Conor McGregor says Floyd Mayweather should do MMA after he tried boxing – and claims he’ll regret it if he doesn’t
McGregor says 50-0 boxer is flirting with switch and should follow in his footsteps and make the move
CONOR McGREGOR believes Floyd Mayweather will earn respect if he enters the world of MMA - and claims the unbeaten boxing icon will regret it for the rest of his life if he doesn't try it.
McGregor, who is still weighing up his next fight after his cross-over bout with The Money in August, said Floyd should return the favour after he made the switch to Queensberry Rules last year.
The Notorious said: “If he does do it, I know he’s flirting with it, I would have respect for him. I think it would get his earned respect then, if he was to step in [the Octagon].
"He’s engaging, we’re engaging, so we’ll see.”
McGregor says if the recent videos Mayweather has posted showing him in the octagon are just hype, “it will follow him for the rest of his days that he did not do it".
He added: “Of course, I’m seeing all the stuff Floyd’s putting out, all the stuff in the media.
“If it is [just hype], it will follow him for the rest of his days that he did not do it."
McGregor said he stepped up and went into the sport of boxing now Mayweather has to step into MMA.
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He said: “I said I would do it and I stepped up and I done it. His time now. I went into his game, he should come into mine.”
McGregor said he is currently in negotiations and has many options.
McGregor, who has not fought in UFC since beating Eddie Alvarez in November 2016, revealed: “I’m currently in negotiations to face my next opponent and we have many options.
“There’s the current interim lightweight champion [Tony Ferguson], there’s an undefeated Dagestani [Khabib Nurmagomedov], maybe a big Russian event, there’s obviously the [Nate] Diaz trilogy, of course the Mayweather fight is there.
“There’s many options. So we’re just at the table at the moment. Time's is good, life is good.”
