Jul 20th, 2017

Jul 20th, 2017

There's already been plenty of hype around the super fight between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor but that doesn’t mean they're necessarily getting carried away with it.

Mayweather has refused to get caught up in the speculation that McGregor was knocked out in a sparring session with MMA fighter Bradley Wheeler.

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The claims were made by boxer Jessie Vargas to Villainfy media, who said the UFC lightweight champion was floored while preparing for the first professional boxing bout of his life.

"I heard that they tried Bradley Wheeler but he knocked him out," Vargas said.

"I’m looking forward to Floyd coming out with a victory by knockout in six, seven rounds. I have no doubt. I actually want to put some money on it. It’s a 99 per cent win."

However, Mayweather remained sceptical after telling Fight Hype that he had been in contact with Vargas, who used to be in his stable of boxers.

"My thing is basically like this, if I ain’t seen no footage, I don’t believe it," Mayweather said. "And me and Jessie Vargas are in communication.

"We’ve been talking about working with him, signing him back for Mayweather promotions.

"We’ve been communicating, but everything is just rumours until I see it. I have to visually see it with my own eyes."

McGregor's camp has also denied the speculation, claiming Wheeler isn't even amongst the roster of sparring partners working out with him.

The Irishman is in Las Vegas for the next six weeks preparing for the bout on August 26 at

McGregor and Mayweather recently completed an intense four-day media tour to promote the fight with the pair regularly trading insults at each other.