CONOR McGREGOR believes his next fight will be a boxing match, rather than an MMA contest.
โI have my eyes on one thing and thatโs Floyd Mayweather,โ McGregor said in a Q&A. โMe and Floyd have got to get together and talk and figure it out the same way him and Manny [Pacquiao] figured it out. Once we come to a number, once we come to a set number that Iโm happy with, heโs happy with, then we go to the customers, then we go to the promoters, the buyers, then we get it done. Thatโs whatโs next.
โThereโs a lot of steps to get through to get the fight done but itโs the fight to make. Itโs the fight that people want. Itโs the fight that I want.โ
McGregor would be a huge underdog in the ring against Floyd Mayweather. But he spelled out how heโd approach that fight. โIโm confident going in there. Iโve got the reach, Iโve got the youth, Iโve got the confidence. Iโve got the unpredictable style. You canโt prepare for a style like me. A guy said to me why conquer one world when you can conquer two. So Iโm going to go conquer two worlds,โ McGregor declared.
โHe needs rules to protect him. I donโt need rules.โ
Mayweather gave Conor an encouraging indication when he spoke on Showtime on Saturday. โI believe the fight can happen. Conor McGregor, like I said before, heโs a tough competitor. He proved throughout the years in the UFC that he can fight standing up. So weโll just have to see what the future holds,โ Mayweather said.
But the UFCโs Dana White warned McGregor would face an โepic fallโ if he tried to fight beyond the auspices of the UFC.