By Edward Chaykovsky
One of the oddest stories in the last few months, was retired former five division world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. considering the possibility of returning in the fall for a cross-sport fight with UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor.
Both Mayweather and McGregor conducted numerous interviews where they expressed their interest in facing each other.
Even though the fight was likely never going to happen, the mainstream press jumped all over it and there were articles being written on a daily basis.
Former world champion Amir Khan, who chased Mayweather for years, believes he will never fight McGregor.
"I don't think Mayweather would ever take it," Khan said to FloCombat. "When Mayweather knows he's in a real fight, he just backs out of it. It was good hype while it lasted but I knew it was never going to happen. If it did happen, it would be the biggest fight ever."
"It would've been a great business move, but I don't think it would've been a good fight. I don't think Mayweather would want to fight under MMA rules. I look at it more as a publicity stunt. People were talking about it. It worked while it lasted, and they brought the hype up."
Khan on the other hand would be willing to get in the cage with McGregor and trade some punches.
"I'm a little different in that sense, where I would get into a cage and I would fight in MMA rules, so that's the difference between me and Mayweather," said Khan. "I would definitely give it a go. It's something to learn, as well. I'm at that age where I'm still learning, adapting and getting better. So I still have time under me as well. I'm still a young lad and got loads left in me."
"But look, as a fighter, that's a fight I would take. McGregor is a massive name in MMA, and I'm a big name in boxing, so globally, I think it would be a massive fight. Sometimes, you have to put friendship aside and you have to take it in the cage or in the ring. But yeah, if that fight comes up to me, I'm not one to back away from it."
Khan has been out of the ring since May, when he moved up to a catch-weight of 155-pounds and got knocked out in six rounds by Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez.
