Five opponents Conor McGregor could fight next with Dustin Poirier and Manny Pacquiao bouts in works
CONOR McGREGOR is being lined up with potential superfights against Dustin Poirier and Manny Pacquiaio.
Notorious has been out of action since defeating Donald Cerrone in January and subsequently retiring in June.
But it is nigh-in impossible for the Irishman to stay out of the headlines and now all talk has turned to who he could take on next.
Here, SunSport runs down five potential opponents.
Dustin Poirier
McGregor looks set to take on his old UFC rival – who he beat in 2014 – in a charity rematch in Ireland in December.
It all came about on Twitter. McGregor was firing off tweets when he responded to Poirier’s post and asked him for a fight, with the Diamond duly agreeing.
However, something that could stop the bout is both fighters’ exclusive deal with UFC.
Boss Dana White will not want to see two of his biggest names fighting in an exhibition bout that, in McGregor’s words, has “zero to do with the UFC”.
Still, it’s provisionally booked in for December 12, so the countdown is on.
Manny Pacquiao
Before the Poirier tweets came McGregor’s bombshell social media post about a boxing fight against the eight-division world champion Pacquiao.
The Filipino legend has since confirmed the pair are in talks over a bout set for January in the Middle East.
McGregor previously fought Floyd Mayweather under Queensberry Rules in 2017, and was stopped in the tenth round.