Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr. (pictured) has cleared a major hurdle in setting up a blockbuster boxing match with UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor – Mayweather has announced he has officially come out of retirement just to face McGregor.
Mayweather upped the ante by setting a June timeframe for their boxing match. All that needs to happen now is for McGregor to agree to Mayweather’s financial terms and put pen to paper. Oh yeah, also get the UFC’s blessing or sidestep his bosses altogether.
“When I faced Arturo Gatti, I went to his turf,” Mayweather told a group of reporters (which was recorded by FightHype.