JAKARTA - Floyd Mayweather has no intention of going up in the boxing ring again. Unless paid dearly. He said he was ready to face Conor McGregor or Khabib Nurmagomedov if paid 300 million US dollars (Rp2.9 trillion).
The 43-year-old beat McGregor in August 2017, bringing his professional boxing record to a 50-0 streak, which has been so far unsolved that he hung up his gloves.
The American boxer once entered the boxing ring for an exhibition fight against Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa, but never intended to return to the professional boxing ring.
Quoting Antara, Thursday, October 1, Mayweather has not ruled out fighting again, but even if that happens the opponents are definitely not young boxers like Errol Spence or Terence Crawford, but boxers who will not threaten their health.
"Conor McGregor can't hit. He can't hit. I want to have fun," he said on Shannon Sharpe's 'Club Shay Shay' podcast.
"So why do I have to show up there and fight against the young boxers, the young lions, and put my health at risk? I'm just saying your health is yes your health.
"So as far as I went there to fight someone like Conor McGregor, oh of course."
Asked how much it would cost to get him back in the ring with McGregor or to face Khabib for the first time, Floyd replied: "$ 150 million? Not enough. 'Absolutely not, my health is more important ... You give me $ 300 million, of course. only.
"I have my time, I have my era, so this is the era of young fighters. But it's okay for me to fight Khabib or Conor and take it - with those two fights I could get 600 million US dollars. So it doesn't hurt. "
McGregor looks set to return to the boxing ring against former opponent Mayweather and fellow world doubles world champion and sports legend Manny Pacquiao. Fighting has not been confirmed, but both sides have announced their intentions to make it happen in 2021 and talks are ongoing.
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