Conor McGregor will come out of retirement for a boxing fight with Manny Pacquiao in the Middle East, the MMA legend revealed.
McGregor, a former two-weight UFC champion, retired from fighting in June – for the third time in four years.
His first foray into professional boxing saw him face Floyd Mayweather in 2017 and he says his second will be against eight-weight world champion Pacquiao, 41.
“It will be a true honour to have faced two of the greatest boxers of the modern era,” the Irishman, 32, tweeted.
Earlier on Thursday, McGregor posted a video on Instagram of himself shadow boxing in a ring.
McGregor’s last fight was a win over Donald Cerrone at UFC 246 in January, which gave him a 22-4 record in mixed martial arts.
Filipino Pacquiao last stepped into the ring in July 2019, beating Keith Thurman to take his boxing record to 62-7, with two draws.
McGregor was stopped by former five-weight world champion Mayweather in the 10th round of one of the richest bouts in boxing history in August 2017.
The Las Vegas fight generated more than £450m through 4.3m pay-per-view buys in North America, second only to Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao’s 4.6m in 2015.
