Do you want to see Conor McGregor take on boxing legend Manny Pacquiao for his next fight? Because it sounds like the wheels could be in motion.

Pacquiao, the only boxer to win championships in eight different divisions, today said he has begun talks to fight McGregor in a boxing match in April when he breaks away from his duties as a senator in the Phillippines.

“If we can negotiate it, I have no problem. It is OK with both of us,” Pacquiao told news wire service AFP, via Yahoo.com, when asked if he was seeking a fight with McGregor.

When asked by AFP if there’d been communication with McGregor’s representatives, Pacquiao confirmed that to be true.

“Initially, but we have not yet had any follow-up conversations,” Pacquiao said.

Pacquiao, 38, last fought in July, dropping a controversial unanimous decision to Australian Jeff Horn in Brisbane, Australia. Pacquiao (59-7-2 boxing) would like to fight again, but he stressed that it had to take place during the Phillippines’ lengthy Senate recess.

Pacquiao also made it clear that McGregor is just one of several opponents being considered.

“It depends who they can finalize as my opponent by April,” Pacquiao said.

Still, this takes things a step further than Pacquiao’s Instagram post last month, when he seemingly called out the UFC lightweight champion by wishing McGregor a Happy Thanksgiving and encouraging him to “stay fit, my friend.” Pacquiao also included the hashtags “#realboxingmatch #2018.”

McGregor (21-3 MMA, 0-1 boxing) is coming off an unsuccessful boxing debut against Floyd Mayweather – at least from a competitive standpoint. In August, Mayweather picked apart McGregor before winning by TKO in the 10th round.

While it wasn’t the result McGregor hoped for in the ring, he certainly was happy with business outcome. The boxing spectacle between McGregor and Mayweather drew 6.7 million pay-per-view buys around the world, smashing the record set by Mayweather’s 2015 fight vs. Pacquiao, according to UFC President Dana White. McGregor is believed to have eclipsed a $100 million payday.

If McGregor opts for another boxing match over MMA, his decision is sure to be met with criticism from the MMA community. He has yet to defend the UFC lightweight title he won from Eddie Alvarez in November 2016.

McGregor seemingly has a natural next MMA opponent in interim lightweight champ Tony Ferguson, who claimed the title in October at UFC 216. However, a title-unification bout faces a potential delay following Ferguson’s announcement Thursday that he’d undergone elbow surgery. That could give McGregor more incentive to pursue Pacquiao instead.

McGregor remains under contract exclusively to the UFC, though White has said the two sides are working on a new deal. White also said last month that McGregor “might never fight again.”

Perhaps that only pertains to MMA?

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