{"id":247335,"date":"2017-08-22T11:41:57","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T18:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=247335"},"modified":"2017-08-22T11:41:57","modified_gmt":"2017-08-22T18:41:57","slug":"floyd-mayweather-shares-story-backstage-confrontation-conor-mcgregor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/floyd-mayweather\/floyd-mayweather-shares-story-backstage-confrontation-conor-mcgregor\/","title":{"rendered":"Floyd Mayweather shares story of backstage confrontation with Conor McGregor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the buildup to their <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/conor-mcgregor-vs-floyd-mayweather\/\">blockbuster boxing match<\/a>, UFC lightweight champion <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/conor-mcgregor\/\">Conor McGregor <\/a>and five-division boxing champion Floyd Mayweather have exchanged plenty of trash talk. They&#8217;ve hit each other with every diss, insult, and jibe imaginable \u2013 but according to Mayweather, it all stops when the cameras aren&#8217;t rolling.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/la-sp-live-mayweather-mcgregor-off-camera-1503339363-htmlstory.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles Times<\/a>, Mayweather shared a story of a backstage encounter with McGregor during which he attempted to see what the Irishman was all about behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI was like, \u2018I am going to let him know straight up. \u2026 I am going to let everybody know where I stand,\u2019\u201d Mayweather explained. \u201cHe was with all his guys and at the time I was with all my female friends. I say having one [woman] is too close to having none so I had about four of my girls with me and then my daughter was with me.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI let him know, even without my security or my team, I\u2019m still tough. &#8230; I ain\u2019t no punk. I\u2019m just letting [McGregor] know that. So I\u2019m saying, \u2018What\u2019s up little dude?\u2019 Just\u00a0to see if he wants to pop off, because he was popping off on stage.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe didn\u2019t say nothing.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">Floyd Mayweather, who is now 40 years old, is a perfect 49-0 as a pro boxer. After his last fight, a 2015 decision defeat of Andre Berto, he decided to hang up the gloves. Yet this lucrative showdown with McGregor was apparently enough to pull him back to the ring.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Conor McGregor, meanwhile,\u00a0\u00a0is 21-3 as a pro mixed martial artist, and 0-0 as a pro boxer. When we last saw him in the Octagon, he delivered a brilliant knockout of Eddie Alvarez to win the UFC lightweight strap. Given that he still owned the UFC featherweight title at that time, this made him the first fighter in UFC history to hold titles in two divisions simultaneously.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 8\/22\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the buildup to their blockbuster boxing match, UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor and five-division boxing champion Floyd Mayweather have exchanged plenty of trash talk. They&#8217;ve hit each other with every diss, insult, and jibe imaginable \u2013 but according to Mayweather, it all stops when the cameras aren&#8217;t rolling. 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