Floyd Mayweather Jr. announced this weekend that he was “officially out of retirement” with the intentions of lacing up gloves against UFC superstar Conor McGregor. With a litany of back-page headlines built up over the course of many months attributed to the mooted “Billion Dollar Fight”, fans have built up somewhat of an immunity to […]
Floyd Mayweather Jr. announced this weekend that he was “officially out of retirement” with the intentions of lacing up gloves against UFC superstar Conor McGregor. With a litany of back-page headlines built up over the course of many months attributed to the mooted “Billion Dollar Fight”, fans have built up somewhat of an immunity to […]
Conor McGregor is only a signature away from meeting Floyd Mayweather Jr. in his 50th career fight in the summer, according to the boxing legend. UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor and boxing’s living-legend Floyd Mayweather Jr. have dominated the headlines in their respective sports for what seems like an eternity. Accusations of a mutually benefitting […]
Conor McGregor is only a signature away from meeting Floyd Mayweather Jr. in his 50th career fight in the summer, according to the boxing legend. UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor and boxing’s living-legend Floyd Mayweather Jr. have dominated the headlines in their respective sports for what seems like an eternity. Accusations of a mutually benefitting […]
Mayweather seems to be getting fed up with talks of a potential boxing match with Conor McGregor. During a recent appearance ‘Money’ called out ‘The Notorious One’ by telling him to ‘sign the paper’ so they can settle their differences inside the squared circle once and for all. Mayweather then told FightHype yesterday (Thurs. March
Mayweather seems to be getting fed up with talks of a potential boxing match with Conor McGregor.
During a recent appearance ‘Money’ called out ‘The Notorious One’ by telling him to ‘sign the paper’ so they can settle their differences inside the squared circle once and for all. Mayweather then told FightHype yesterday (Thurs. March 9, 2017) that he believes the Irish lightweight champ doesn’t really want to fight; and if he did he’d sign the contract (quotes via MMA Fighting):
“I think that, a lot of times with competitors and athletes and fighters, we can ask for certain things that we really don’t want. I want to fight, I want to fight. There’s a lot of barking but there’s no biting. When you talk about biting, sign the contract. Don’t talk the s**t. If you really want to fight, sign the contract and we can make it happen.
“So just letting the world know that he’s full of s**t and he don’t really want to fight. ‘Oh, I want to fight, I want to fight, I want to fight. Mayweather’s scared of me.’ Listen, I’m my own boss, so let’s make the fight happen. You talking all that s**t, you acting like you want to fight, I don’t think you really want to fight. Sign the contract, let’s make it happen.”
Mayweather then doubled down on his previous statements that he is the ‘A side’ when it comes to negotiations between he and McGregor. The undefeated and retired boxing legend stated that ‘Notorious’ should take whatever money is offered to him to make this fight happen, just like he did when he started off on the ‘B side’:
“You belong to the UFC and you don’t own anything. Don’t bid yourself out. Just make the fight happen. Just like when I went out and I competed, at one particular time, I had to be the B side. I didn’t cry, I didn’t complain. When they brought the money to the table, I took it, kicked a**, and became the A side. Now I’m the A side, come kick my a** and you become the A side. . .
“At one particular time, I was the B side. When they made me an offer, I didn’t cry, I didn’t complain, I took the offer and went out there and fought and became the A side. When I became the A side, I demanded what I wanted. He cannot demand anything because he’s not in a position to demand anything. If we offer you, or your team offers you, a certain amount of money – I don’t know what it is – take it.”
Regardless of whether or not the fight ever comes to fruition Mayweather knows he will continue to live a lavish lifestyle, and concluded by calling the 155-pound UFC champ a ‘little b**ch’:
“With or without Conor McGregor, Floyd Mayweather is still going to get seven figures every month for the rest of his life and still live a lavish life,” said Mayweather.
“Conor McGregor, stop blowing smoke up peoples’ a****, you little b**ch. If you want to fight, let’s make it happen you punk.”
Diaz has fought the Irish superstar Conor McGregor twice in the UFC and is certainly far removed from writing off the abilities of “The Notorious”. It seems everyone and their grandmothers has an opinion on how Conor McGregor would fare in a boxing match against Floyd Mayweather Jr. The vast majority of those questioned will have […]
Diaz has fought the Irish superstar Conor McGregor twice in the UFC and is certainly far removed from writing off the abilities of “The Notorious”. It seems everyone and their grandmothers has an opinion on how Conor McGregor would fare in a boxing match against Floyd Mayweather Jr. The vast majority of those questioned will have […]
Plenty of the biggest names in boxing are not happy with the rumored Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor boxing match talk going around, and Gennady Golovkin is one of them. The WBC, IBF, and IBO Middleweight champion ‘GGG’ has made quite the name for himself since the departure of Mayweather from the boxing world, racking
Plenty of the biggest names in boxing are not happy with the rumored Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor boxing match talk going around, and Gennady Golovkin is one of them.
The WBC, IBF, and IBO Middleweight champion ‘GGG’ has made quite the name for himself since the departure of Mayweather from the boxing world, racking up a 36-0 record that includes 33 knockouts. Before he could challenge Mayweather in what would be a spectacle of an event, however, ‘Money’ walked away from the sport with an undefeated record of 49-0.
Golovkin recently joined ESPN’s First Take (quotes via MMA Mania) to discuss Mayweather’s plans to come out of retirement to fight McGregor, which the Kazakhstani believes is nothing more than a ‘commercial fight’ to save Mayweather’s record:
“It’s not too much interest for this fight because it’s a commercial fight, a businesses fight. It’s not boxing, it’s just very good for Floyd’s record,” said Golovkin.
‘GGG’ would love to get a crack at breaking Mayweather’s undefeated record, and is even willing to drop down to as low as 154 pounds in weight to make it happen:
“I’m not too big, I’m 65, after sparring I’m 64. For Floyd, I will go to 154 or 160 if he wants. This is a huge fight.”
While Mayweather chases down a huge payday against Conor McGregor, Golovkin is trying to make a big money fight of his own happen against Mexican star Canelo Alvarez. Alvarez is booked to take on Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. next on May 6th, while Golovkin is booked to square off against Daniel Jacobs on March 18th from Madison Square Garden.
If each man wins their respective upcoming fights it is likely they will finally meet inside the ring next.
Gennady “GGG” Golovkin, one of the biggest names in boxing, sees no benefit for the sport of boxing in Conor McGregor facing Mayweather Jr. The WBC, IBF, and IBO Middleweight champion, and boxing boogieman Golovkin has no interest in seeing 49-0 living legend Mayweather and UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor face off. Golovkin opines that it is […]
Gennady “GGG” Golovkin, one of the biggest names in boxing, sees no benefit for the sport of boxing in Conor McGregor facing Mayweather Jr. The WBC, IBF, and IBO Middleweight champion, and boxing boogieman Golovkin has no interest in seeing 49-0 living legend Mayweather and UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor face off. Golovkin opines that it is […]
Regardless of whether or not the fight ever comes to fruition Mayweather knows he will continue to live a lavish lifestyle, and concluded by calling the 155-pound UFC champ a ‘little b**ch’: