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27th Feb 2017

WATCH: Floyd Mayweather’s birthday wish is to get into the ring with Conor McGregor

Rory Cashin

This has to happen.

Both McGregor and Mayweather have been talking up this potential fight for some time now, and talking ring-side at a Showtime Boxing event in California over the weekend, Mayweather brought it up again:

“Once Conor McGregor speaks with the UFC and his bosses, then we can make it happen. Because we already know that Floyd Mayweather is his own boss.”

But far from just talking smack about his potential opponent, Mayweather had nothing but praise to heap upon the Emerald Warrior:

“I mean because every time Conor McGregor goes out there and competes and wins, he does it standing up. When Conor McGregor did lose, he lost on the ground. He didn’t lose standing up. So he’s a hell of a fighter and a very, very tough competitor and he has the will to win. And the UFC gloves is no different from boxing gloves, they just a little bit smaller. But if a guy got power, he got power and Conor McGregor got power.”

Like we said, this has to happen.