Thurman: Mayweather Returns For Garcia Before Me or Brook
Jun 10, 2016 • 8:39 AM ET
By Ryan Burton
The fantasy fight between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor is all but dead with the recent announcement of McGregor finalizing his rematch with Nate Diaz for August 20th in Las Vegas.
Mayweather had been pushing the idea of facing McGregor in a fall pay-per-view for the last few weeks.
With McGregor officially out of the running, many fans and insiders are left speculating who Mayweather would fight if he decides to end his retirement.
When Mayweather announced his retirement last September after a dominant unanimous decision victory over Andre Berto which left his career record at 49-0, many felt that he would come back for win #50 to break a tie with Rocky Marciano's 49-0 mark.
WBA welterweight champion Keith Thurman believes the welterweight division is wide open but won't hold his breathe that Mayweather would look in his direction as a potential opponent. He feels that the five-division champion will look for the biggest name with the least risk.
"I believe there are tons of great welterweight champions to fight but I have always said that if Floyd Mayweather comes back he is always going to pick someone with a great record but somebody that he finds non-threatening. Floyd is not one to go after the people that would seem to be somewhat of a threat. The last major challenge that he took upon himself was Canelo Alvarez and he did put on a terrific performance against Canelo Alvarez," said Thurman.
When asked who he thought was the most likely candidate to get the call from Mayweather, Thurman said he believes it will be WBC welterweight champion Danny Garcia.
"If you ask me he is going to fight a Danny Garcia before Kell Brook or Keith Thurman. He loves fighting the 140 pounders who just came up to 47. Maidana is a 140 pounder. It is what it is. I really don't like talking about Mayweather right now bedside he is retired," Thurman told BoxingScene.com.
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