Conor McGregor's Next Fight Will Be A Wheelchair Boxing Match

Conor McGregor will return to the ring on September 11 in a wheelchair boxing match, it has been confirmed.

The Irish fighter, who is currently recovering from a broken leg sustained during the first round of his bout against Dustin Poirier at UFC 264, will take on impressionist Al Foran in a charity event to raise money for the Irish Wheelchair Association.

It is believed McGregor will take on Foran in the co-main slot at the Clayton Hotel in Galway next month.

In a Twitter post on his official account, Stevo Timothy, who has organised the event, confirmed that the pair will face off in the ring.

McGregor's coach, John Kavanagh, also spoke about the upcoming fight while speaking to reporter Laura Sanko.

"Conor had volunteered to be the co-main event where he was gonna box, there's a guy called Al Foran who is an impressionist," he said.

"You might have seen him do some of Conor's impressions. So Conor's gonna fight Conor in the co-main event."

"So Conor was going to fight Conor in the co-main event, which I thought was quite funny, he was accepting his first-ever co-main slot.

"He's been main-event for a couple of years now. But anyway in the heat of all this he just turned and went, 'You know, I'm gonna do the wheelchair boxing fight now'.

"Because he's off his feet for a while. He made a joke about that.

In the interview, Kavanagh also put any rumours of a potential 'early retirement' from MMA to bed.

"He truly loves this and it's hard to imagine him not wanting to come back, not wanting to do this again," Kavanagh added.

"Because we really just got this fantastic rhythm.

"He's turning 33, which to me is a peaking time where strength meets conditioning and mental and physical and spiritual maturity, everything's coming together.

"I think we have a couple of years of this ahead of us.

We can't wait to see this bout against Al Foran next month and it's all for a great cause. Who will win?

Let us know in the comments.

Topics: SPORT, Conor Mcgregor, UFC, MMA

Jack Kenmare

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