Floyd Mayweather Says He’s 50-50 On Competing In MMA In 2018

In an interview with Fight Hype (via MMA Fighting), Floyd Mayweather said there’s a 50-50 chance he will compete in MMA before the end of 2018. Here are highlights:

On a possible MMA debut: “I started training already. 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.”

On not being sure if he’l lfight again: “I can’t really say how things are gonna play out. 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.”

On already being the biggest name in MMA: “I know right now I’m the biggest name in MMA, hands down. I know this. And the second biggest name is Conor McGregor. I know this. It’s all about entertainment. I love having fun. The first two or three rounds, I wasn’t even doing anything, I was letting him do what he do. But in MMA it would be totally different because we don’t have no shoes on and with four-ounce gloves on – you think I’m fast with eight-ounce gloves on, imagine how fast I’d be with four-ounce gloves on.”