By Edward Chaykovsky
Retired former five division world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (49-0, 26KOs) has responded to some recent comments which came from UFC President Dana White.
A few months ago, there was some talk of Mayweather facing UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor in a fantasy fight.
Mayweather, 39-years-old, retired from boxing in September 2015 but was recently considering a bout with McGregor. The two fighters were going back and forth through social media for weeks, but then everything seemed to die down.
McGregor, 28, is under contract with the UFC, and any potential fight against Mayweather (or anyone else) would have had to involve a co-promotion or the UFC's blessing.
White says Mayweather's team never contacted the UFC to discuss any aspect of the fight - including the rules. If they do speak, Mayweather would have to deal with punches and elbows.
"I never thought it was going to happen. No [I never did]. Two totally different sports. [Mayweather and McGregor] seem to want the money, probably. But I don't know how bad they actually want to make that a reality. Listen, Conor's under contract with me. We can start with kicks, punches, and elbows [as the fight rules]. That's right. Kicks, punches, and elbows. He doesn't have to learn to do anything, but he's going to get kicked and elbowed," White told TMZ Sports.
Mayweather hit back at White making the fight rules - pulling rank by stating that White has never been in the ring as a fighter and underpays his vast stable of mixed martial artists in the UFC.
"It’s easy for another guy to speak when he’s not in there in a contact sport. It’s easy to get a ton of money off these UFC guys while they’re not really getting paid and he’s living better than the UFC guys. There’s a difference [between me and White].... they can say 'Floyd is living better than his guys.' - well guess what? I was a fighter myself so I put in the work on both sides," Mayweather told a group of reporters after his company staged a show in Las Vegas on Saturday night.