“Ideally I would like to take one of the boxers into an MMA bout – someone come into my world now.

“I went into their platform and faced the so-called best-of-the-best and I handled him pretty easily in the early rounds, before I got fatigued and got stopped.”

The match ended with a 10th-round stoppage as Mayweather ended his career with a perfect 50-0 record.

But McGregor, nicknamed “The Notorious”, said he would beat the 40-year-old American in a rematch by changing his training regime.

“He (Mayweather) was a tactical genius in there. He changed his game plan three times and that is the sign of a true champion,” said McGregor.

“If it happened in a rematch, it’s a simple adjustment of me having a heavier sparring partner coming in the later rounds, leaning on me and walking me down.

“My sparring in the lead-up to the camp was always against fast-twitch, light-on-their-toes opponents. I was never against forward pressure because he (Mayweather) had never fought like that. That took us by surprise and I got beat.

“But if we had a rematch I would correct that and beat him.”

Referring to a possible Mayweather rematch, he added: “He’s retired. I will not call him out. I respect what he has done.”

Asked if he would get back in a boxing ring, McGregor replied: “Of course. Boxing is certainly an interest of mine. But the next fight will be to defend my UFC lightweight belt.”