“Money” and “Notorious” have been dishing out the hype inducing trash talk for some time now. This time, Mayweather has shot back with something cool, calm and collected.
In a recent interview with Fight Hype, Floyd Mayweather Jr. gave his opinion on some of the latest stories floating around concerning his potential fight with Conor McGregor.
As transcribed by MMA Mania, Mayweather retorted to McGregor’s latest claim that he will knock out the boxing phenom.
“I feel he’s entitled to feel the way he wants to feel, the only thing you can do is respect that,” Mayweather told Fight Hype.
Mayweather then added in a few points of his own for McGregor to think about.
“I didn’t just become world champion overnight, it was a process, it took me longer than four years, but not as a professional, as professional it took me less than two years to become world champion. But as an amateur, I had my first amateur fight in 87 and I wasn’t a world champion in the professional ranks until I was 21 I think, 1998.”
An official announcement has not yet been made for the potential cross-promotional bout with the UFC Lightweight Champion. But UFC President Dana White recently admitted that he finds the fight inevitable.
