Former world champion Chris Eubank Sr., father and trainer of IBO super middleweight champion Chris Eubank Jr., is boasting that he possesses the perfect strategy to defeat Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Last week, the five division world champion announced that he was coming back to boxing, for a match with UFC superstar Conor McGregor on August 26th at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Mayweather retired from the sport in September 2015, after dominating Andre Berto over twelve rounds at the MGM Grand.

There are a lot of observers who believe Mayweather-McGregor is disrespectful to the sport - because Mayweather stands to gain his 50th win against an opponent who never had a single professional boxing match.

Eubank Sr. not only loves the match, but hopes that one day his own son will get the opportunity to face a UFC star in a boxing ring.

“Everything controversial is good for boxing," Eubank Sr told The Sun. “This fight between Mayweather and McGregor is making a crossover between MMA and boxing - they are the first to do it.

“I hope one day my son, Christopher, will be able to take part in a crossover fight and bring a UFC fighter into the boxing ring. The key word is ‘entertainment’. There are no negatives with Mayweather fighting McGregor as far as I’m concerned. It is good for boxing. The first martial art my son learnt aged around ten was jiu-jitsu so he can already wrestle. I’d have no concerns about Christopher boxing someone from MMA.”

Eubank Sr. hints that he might be willing to pass on his winning strategy to McGregor himself.

“If you did a poll of trainers on how to beat Mayweather I would be surprised if anyone came back with a winning strategy. I have the strategy but I am not going to tell you what it is," Eubank Sr. said.

“I am not teasing you. I am talking from a position of 19 world championship wins, five world championship losses, beatings, severe injury. I am talking about being unbeaten for ten years. And I am talking about the ’90s, when fighters were of a different calibre. The ability was far better than what you see today.

“I was very surprised Alvarez was not given the correct strategy to beat Mayweather. How I think Mayweather can be beaten is for one person’s ears only — and that is McGregor. Would I tell him? Everything is possible, although really it’s not my place to give it to him, it’s for his trainer to come up with the strategy.”