For the last year, the MMA and boxing communities have been taken over by the proposed crossover super-fight between UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor and boxing great Floyd Mayweather Jr. With UFC President Dana White now seemingly on board with making the fight a reality, fans are hoping the fight will be made for later this year, though there remains a healthy amount of skepticism as to whether the bout will actually materialize.

Even if the bout does happen, the general consensus among boxing aficionados is that McGregor, a man with zero professional boxing experience, stands little to no chance against one of the greatest boxers of all time. But Mayweather’s father, Floyd Mayweather Sr., is willing to take that even further, saying that McGregor wouldn’t stand a chance against him, much less his son.

“He don’t want that fight. Floyd’s gonna turn him upside down,” Mayweather Sr. told FightHype.com. “That be like you and Floyd in the ring! [Laughs]. He looks bad in the ring. That’s a done deal right there. They’ve already showed the best that he’s got.

“He ain’t nothing but talk! I told them people on the TV already, forget about Floyd. Let’s throw Floyd to the side. Here I am, I’m a 64-year-old man and I’ll beat your ass. I’ll beat the s**t out of McGregor! Anytime he wants it, let’s go.”

Mayweather Sr. was a talented boxer in his own right, amassing a 28-6-1 record and even competing against Sugar Ray Leonard during his rise to the top of the boxing world. He left fighting and began training boxers, working most notably with Oscar De La Hoya and even B.J. Penn for a short stint. Though he and his son had a tumultuous relationship, he resumed training Mayweather Jr. in 2013 and would, ostensibly, train him for a bout with McGregor.

As for why Mayweather Sr. thinks he could outbox a man almost 40 years his junior, it’s because he doesn’t put much stock in McGregor as a boxer. Mayweather thinks this is all a cash grab and that McGregor doesn’t know the the first thing about elite boxing requirements.

“I’m telling you right now, he can do all the stuff he want to do but this guy don’t know nothing about how to get your body right and the amount of time and everything you’ve got to do, he don’t know nothing about that.”

Safe to say the Mayweather family doesn’t think much of McGregor the boxer.

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MUST-READ STORIES

125. Bellator signed six new women’s flyweights.

Waiting game. Robert Whittaker says he’s content to wait for a UFC title shot.

Amends. Tito Ortiz buries the hatchet with Dana White.

In the mix. Holly Holm believes she’s still in the title picture despite current three loss skid.

Retired. Antonio Rodrigo Noguiera says he doesn’t feel the itch to return to fighting.

Surgery. “Jacare” Souza underwent surgery for a torn pectoral muscle.

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EXTRA CREDIT READING

America. Been awhile since I’ve done this but Huge Mantis wrote an engaging opinion piece about how the UFC reflects America writ large and y’all should read that.

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VIDEO STEW

Tommy triple shot.

Some absolutely savage highlights here.

Tyson Nam’s awesome last second KO. (Fight Nights also put up a ton of fights so check those out.)

Bisping getting his movie star on.

Oh yeah, we’re getting more Reem.

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LISTEN UP

The MMA Circus. Chas Skelly + Gilbert Burns interviews as well as me co-hosting.

Three Amigos. The amigos dive into the Frank Mir vs. USADA situation.

MMA Mad. Cortney Casey interview from MMA Mad.

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SOCIAL MEDIA BOUILLABAISSE

This is great especially considering Al’s Twitter weekend.

For instance:

Seriously, he went on all weekend. There are tons more if you want to go check his feed.

And JBJ and DC back at it again.

Big weekend for Twitter beef as Angie went in on Paige’s Reebok tweet (which has been deleted but here’s what she left up.)

Matt Hamill KO.

Tecia Torres.

Heat.

Indeed.

Is Sage always flexing or is he just a Martian?

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FIGHT ANNOUNCEMENTS

Vitor Belfort (25-14) vs. Nate Marquardt (35-17-2); UFC 212, June 3.

Dominique Steele (14-8) vs. Luke Jumeau (11-3); UFC Fight Night Auckland, June 11.

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TODAY IN MMA HISTORY

2000: Mark Coleman defeated Akira Shoji, Kazuyuki Fujita, and Igor Vovchanchyn to win the Pride FC Openweight Grand Prix.

2009: Toby Imada recorded the 2009 Submission of the Year, scoring an inverted triangle over Jorge Masvidal in the Bellator lightweight tournament semifinals.

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FINAL THOUGHTS

Maybe Conor will accept Mayfather’s challenge and he’ll give us a Million Dollar Baby moment.

(Sidebar: rewatching this, all I could think of was Art Jimmerson. Oh MMA, you wild beauty, you.) But as much as I decry Conor’s attempt at boxing, I’ve got to imagine he could in fact beat 64-year-old Mayweather.

Anyway, if you didn’t watch the Anthony Joshua-Vladdy Klitschko boxing match from over the weekend, do yourself a favor and go check it out. One of the few times in combat sports that a fight with as much significance as that one had, actually turns out to be an absolute heater. Best heavyweight fight in many, many years.

And we’re back for another off week. No UFC or Bellator but bear with us through this empty patch. Something big will happen soon I’m sure. Take it easy and Conor bless.

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