Floyd Mayweather Reacts To Dana Whiteβs Offer
Earlier today (Jan 13, 2016), UFC President Dana White appeared on an edition of The Herd and made an offer to Floyd Mayweather regarding the often discussed boxing fight between the retired former pound-for-pound king and UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor. White offered both Mayweather and and McGregor $25 million and said that the pay-per-view (PPV) split would be discussed later on.
While White called the proposition a βrealβ offer, Mayweather, who has said he would need a guaranteed $100 million to make the fight happen, is unsurprisingly not interested. In fact, TMZ Sports caught up with βMoneyβ shortly after Whiteβs comments were released, and Mayweather laughed, while also calling the UFC boss a βf*cking comedianβ
βHeβs a f*cking comedian,β Mayweather said about the $25 million offer. βLook at that watch I bought. Do you know how much that costs? Look it up.β
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Mayweather Promotion’s Leonard Ellerbe commented on the situation as well, sharing the same sentiment as “Money”:
βThatβs one of the silliest things Iβve heard in some time,β Mayweather advisor Ellerbe told Yahoo Sportsβ Kevin Iole on Friday. βFloyd is the biggest star in anything combat sports. Dana White or anybody else canβt offer Floyd Mayweather [expletive].β
Well-respected MMA journalist Ariel Helwani also made waves today regarding the situation when he tweeted that the potential Mayweather vs. McGregor bout was βno longer just a PR stuntβ. Helwani noted that many hurdles would have to be conquered, but he said that the bout was now in an βexploratoryβ stage.
One of those hurdles is certainly how much money Mayweather will demand for the fight, and it appears as if Whiteβs offer falls a bit shy of what βMoneyβ is looking for.