Floyd Mayweather ready to start MMA training soon; will train with UFC champion Tyron Woodley
Undefeated American boxer has poured fresh fuel on rumours that he will fight UFC star Conor McGregor
Former welterweight boxing king Floyd Mayweather has teased the possibility he may come out of retirement for a mixed martial arts bout, revealing that he plans to start training for the octagon later this year.
“I’m going to start soon,” Mayweather said. “We’ve been texting back and forth. We talked a couple times, but we’re going to start working out real soon.”
Although Mayweather has previously ruled out any chance of him taking part in an MMA fight, speculation that he could yet be persuaded has continued.
Mayweather told TMZ he believed he would need between six to eight months to get ready for any potential MMA bout.
“I’ll probably need a little bit longer (than three months),” Mayweather said. “A little bit longer. Even if it takes six to eight months, whatever it takes, we just want to make sure everything is done correctly, and everything is done the right way.
Come at the king, you best not miss... pic.twitter.com/uHx4SJngHx— Floyd Mayweather (@FloydMayweather) February 1, 2018
“I can wrestle. My wrestling game is not that bad. On a scale from one to 10, I would say it’s probably a seven. We can take it up to a nine, if possible. Of course my hand game, on a scale of one to 10, it’s 100. The kicking game, on a scale from one to 10, it’s probably a four.
“We have to tweak a few things to take things to the next level.”
Mayweather has claimed he made $300 million from his cross-combat superfight against McGregor last year, one of the richest fights in history.