and Mayweather have been attacking each other on social media for months now and the retired boxer who turned 40 on Saturday has now officially called out the UFC star.
'I'm here to
say today, on my birthday, they keep throwing the Conor McGregor name out
there,' Mayweather told Showtime Boxing. 'Conor McGregor, like I said before,
I'm here let's make it happen.'
'Let's make
the fight happen. Let's give the fans what they want to see. There's only one
fight out there that's important and that's Mayweather and Conor McGregor.'
Mayweather
has already been made the overwhelming favorite as the fight between him and
Conor will be a boxing match with McGregor, a kick boxer/martial artiste never
engaged in a professional boxing fight before..
But
Mayweather has insisted that Conor can
still match him in the ring as a boxer.
'I mean
cause every time Conor McGregor goes out there and compete and win, he do it
standing up,' Mayweather said in response to the idea that he'll defeat Conor.
'When Conor
McGregor did lose, he lost on the ground. He didn't lose standing up. So he's a
hell of a fighter and a very, very tough competitor and he has the will to win.
'The UFC
gloves is no different from boxing gloves, they just a little bit smaller but
if a guy got power, he got power and Conor McGregor got power.'
We don't
really have to talk about that. We already know what my number is. My team and
us, our number is there,' Mayweather said reference how much guaranteed money
he would need to fight McGregor.
'He has to
get his thing in order with his team.
'Once Conor
McGregor speaks with the UFC and his bosses, and then we can make it happen.
Because we already know that Floyd Mayweather is his own boss. We've got
Showtime [pay-per-view], Mayweather Promotions, which is the past and present
and the future of sports and entertainment.'
He added:
'I don't
know if the fight is going to happen. If it did happen that would be my last,
my final fight. It can be the biggest fight in the history of the sport, we
just don't know.'
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