If the intended goal was to get people to start talking about a potential Mayweather-McGregor fight it is working.
McGregor filed for a boxing license and everyone went hmmmm…..
So, what did Mayweather and The Money Team think about this?
We spoke with Floyd this week … who says he thinks McGregor is all talk when it comes down to it.
Mayweather has previously told us he thinks Conor is piggybacking off his name to try and get even more famous … and it’s clear he still feels that way.
Leonard Ellerbe, the CEO of Mayweather Promotions, who knows Floyd as well as anyone.
Ellerbe is usually reserved in his commentary but when I informed him of McGregor’s licensure, he was animated.
“It’s all a game. It’s all a calculated effort to gain more fans,” Ellerbe said. “He got a boxing license. Congratulations to him. Conor McGregor can say anything he wants to but he has a boss and his name is [UFC president] Dana White. He is under contract to the UFC and if he wanted to fight Floyd Mayweather in a boxing match he can’t because his bosses wouldn’t allow that to happen. The brass [from WME-IMG] who recently purchased the UFC [for $4 billion earlier this year] are very smart people and they would never — and put this in bold caps — let him step into a boxing ring with Floyd Mayweather because everyone knows what the outcome would be. He would get his ass beat from pillar to post.”
So, there you have it, but remember one thing about fighting sports everyone lies on a daily basis, so stay tune.