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Floyd's not coming back
Floyd is 40 years old, has a history of hand issues, and got no bigger than 160lbs (fully dressed, shoes on, ***elry on his neck, money/things in his pockets) at his highest weight during the layoff.
Beyond that, the UFC is allegedly going to be on the hook for a likely billion dollars over 4-7 fights (haven't heard anything definitive on the structure of the deal). Don't kid yourselves.
Floyd and Tyron may end up in a gym together, Tyron will show him a few tools (Tyron defaults to being a really good boxer with great wrestling, who also has a fighter's mind, so the linkup makes sense; check the leg kick, sprawl and brawl, etc), and Floyd may even spar in the gym a few times, but I doubt it goes any further than that.
If Floyd and Tyron get along, I see Floyd doing what he can to give Tyron the rub and help his exposure; the UFC/Reebok deal being what is, I could've imagined Floyd working to get a 'TMT' sponsorship onto Tyron Woodley in some way (also with Cris Cyborg, Demetrius"Mighty Mouse" Johnson, Nate and Nick Diaz, and Jon 'Bones' Jones, but that's another conversation).
Which would honestly make more sense for the UFC, tbh; getting the casual fight fan to give some of the UFC's bluechip fighters a look could turn a 200k PPV buys fighters like Johnson into a 400k-500k PPV buys fighter, and push a guy like Woodley up to being a 700k PPV buys fighter.
Take the numbers that the UFC was getting for Conor and Ronda when they were scorching, split that across 5-6 fighters (Jones, GSP, Woodley, Stipe, Cris Cyborg, etc) and you've got a chance back; if Conor ever returns, you'd have the chance to get back on a boom.Comment
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Mayweather is old. He will get embarassed in MMA. All those who overstay their welcome eventually get punished and Mayweather isn't immune. His reflexes are not the same and trying to learn a new compat sport this late will get him he hurt. Let him proceed, he might not be able to enjoy the money.Comment
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