The Notorious has verbally accepted a challenge from Irish boxer Luke Keeler to meet in the boxing ring.

MMA Superstar Conor McGregor is in talks to fight an Irish Champion boxer in Dublin after an online spat, sources have told The Star.

‘The Notorious’ has challenged WBO European Champion Luke Keleer to a boxing bout and the proposed fight could take place as early as December 14, which Conor hinted in a cryptic Tweet.

Dublin, December 14th. — Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) September 16, 2019

Middleweight boxer Keeler took to Twitter to slam The Notorious, claiming the former MMA champion once attacked his friend.

The 32-year-old then called out?McGregor, and later revealed the Irish star agreed to a boxing match during an angry phone call.

Keeler told?IrishBoxing.com: ?I don?t want to get into it too much, but I know he wasn?t happy about the call out. He is not happy. The fight community in Ireland is small enough and Crumlin isn?t too far from Ballyfermot- and I heard he wasn?t happy with the timing of. He rang me and we had a few words. I told him the fight was there to be made and he was all for it. He agreed to fight over the phone.?

Luke Keeler, who is 17-2-1 in his boxing career, revealed management company MTK are currently in discussion with McGregor over the all Irish grudge match.

He said: ?I agree it could be just all talk. Whether he has the balls or not to get in the ring again, never mind with me, we will have to see. He could have been just trying to front up or speaking in anger, but it got to the stage where I felt comfortable enough passing on to my management team.?

Who wants to see Conor Mcgregor in a boxing ring?