Now that the epic fight between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor is actually going to happen, it has instantly become one of the main marquee sporting events of the year. Because of the event’s popularity, tickets for the fight are going to be insanely expensive.
This may be why former NFL wide receiver and co-host of Nación on ESPN2 Chad Johnson may have figured out a way he could watch the fight for free and get paid for doing so. So what’s Johnson’s plan to get into T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas in late August? Well, Johnson simply just wants to fight in an undercard match.
I want to fight on Mayweather-McGregor undercard
— Chad Johnson (@ochocinco) June 14, 2017
Now Johnson could, of course, be joking. After all, he has never competed in a professional boxing match before in his life and is no spring chicken at 39 years old. Plus, his NFL career ended in 2012, which despite a brief stint in the Canadian Football league and in a Mexican football league, Johnson’s athletic career is largely in the past. But then again, McGregor has never boxed professionally before, so perhaps Johnson could actually fight in an undercard match if he trains properly.
Of course, McGregor is much younger than Johnson and has fought in the UFC for quite some time, so he is better suited to the boxing ring than the former All-Pro receiver. However, the fact that Mayweather and McGregor are going to square off against each other is already pretty strange, so perhaps throwing Johnson into the mix wouldn’t even be that big of a deal.
