UFC news: Gennady Golovkin insists he would face Conor McGregor OR Khabib Nurmagomedov
GENNADY GOLOVKIN has sensationally claimed he would face BOTH Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor.
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Whilst either fight is extremely unlikely, the former middleweight king has claimed he would be happy to box both men.
Golovkin has not fought since his loss to Canelo Alvarez in September, where he lost his middleweight belts.
Since that fight, Alvarez has gone on to sign the richest deal in sports history with streaming service DAZN, whilst GGG has been left in no-mans-land.
However, when interviewed by TMZ, he admitted he would be willing to box either Nurmagomedov or McGregor.
Over the past month, rumours have circulated that Nurmagomedov could be in line for a sensational boxing match against Floyd Mayweather.
Mayweather is known to call out fighters to remain relevant, and stated he would fight Nurmagomedov after the Russian defeated McGregor at UFC 229.
UFC president Dana White has claimed there is no chance of either of his stars stepping into a boxing ring any time soon.
White made a one-time deal with McGregor to allow him to fight Mayweather in 2017, and insisted it would not happen again.4
Nurmagomedov is expected to face McGregor in a rematch of their October 6 fight, which Nurmagomedov won by submission.
Golovkin insisted that he would be ready if the opportunity presented itself.
“I saw the fight, it was a good fight,” he said.
“(I would fight) Both.
“Nobody knows,” he said when asked how a potential fight with either UFC star would go.
Golovkin was also asked about the chances of Mayweather facing Nurmagomedov.
Whilst it seems incredibly unlikely to happen, GGG hinted he would not be surprised if it was given the go-ahead.
“Maybe, maybe, why not?” he said.
“I don’t know,” he said, when asked how that fight would play out.