For the past several months, Floyd "Money" Mayweather Jr. has spoken about fighting inside the octagon or at least considering it. Last week, Mayweather stated that he was going to apply for an MMA license and just this past weekend, UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley announced that he and Mayweather have been talking and were planning to begin his MMA training this week.
But before the excitement of seeing Mayweather in the octagon looms, the boxing legend is now stating that there’s only a 50% chance that you’re going to see him fighting in the cage.
“I started training already,” said Mayweather. “Not the physical part, just the endurance part. I’m thinking about fighting in MMA. I’ve thought about it. I started training in Miami. I look forward to fighting probably at the end of the year. We don’t know. Right now it’s 50/50, it’s not 100 percent but I’ve already started training. . . I really don’t know yet but I’m very, very interested. We’ll just see. Everything takes time. Everything takes time.”
Mayweather retired from boxing last August after defeating Conor McGregor in the superfight spectacle that moved his professional boxing record to 50-0. Mayweather admits he’s not sure if and when he would fight again, but it seems obvious that a McGregor rematch is what he’s after.
“I can’t really say how things are gonna play out,” said Mayweather. “I’m a numbers man. I’m all about the numbers. If the numbers like [a McGregor rematch], we can make it happen. One thing about me, I’m never ducking no fighters. So, Conor McGregor - tough, vicious competitor. Just like he feels he’s got dynamite hands with the four-ounce gloves on, I feel like I’ve got dynamite power with the four-ounce gloves on. In our fight he said there’s no way he’s gonna get knocked out with eight ounce gloves on. I feel like he was complaining about the ref stopping it but if the ref wanted me to really actually kill a guy, he could have let that happen, but he saved him.”