Floyd Mayweather and Ronda Rousey have both achieved the status of the biggest stars in their sports. There was a time when Ronda Rousey was considered to be the best female fighter on the planet, with many people even stating that she could take on her male counterparts.
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Moreover, there was even a notion spreading around that she could beat Mayweather in a fight and this gained even more traction after Money claimed that he would try his hand at MMA
Mayweather reveals his plans for competing in MMA
In an interview with FightHype back in 2018, Mayweather stated that the odds of him competing in MMA were 50/50. ” 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.” He told the reporter.
Moreover, he even claimed that he was the biggest name in MMA, despite not even competing once, and stated that he would be a “different” fighter in MMA.” 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.” He added.
However, former UFC Bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey didn’t seem too eager about Money’s claim, as she stated that he would never compete in the cage.
Ronda Rousey drops a truth bomb on Floyd Mayweather
In an interview later, Rousey was asked to share her thoughts on Mayweather competing in MMA and she stated it was “all talk” and that it will “never happen”.”Yeah, that’ll never happen. It’ll never happen. It’s all talk.” she told the reporter. She also went on and claimed that he would not be good at the sport. “Different strokes for different folks, but I don’t think he’d do well in MMA at all.” She said.
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It’s been 4 years since Rousey made these comments and Mayweather still has not competed in an MMA bout, which makes Rowdy’s prediction spot on. Moreover, it doesn’t seem that Mayweather was interested in competing in MMA as he retired from professional boxing as well after his fight with Conor McGregor.
However, even at 45 years old, Mayweather still competes in exhibition bouts and has earned some big checks with it. He has had 2 exhibition bouts in the last year alone facing Don Moore and Logan Paul respectively and will compete in his next exhibition bout in Japan.
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