{"id":278545,"date":"2018-06-14T07:02:20","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T14:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=278545"},"modified":"2018-06-14T07:04:36","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T14:04:36","slug":"floyd-mayweather-puts-an-end-to-talk-of-mma-fight-sort-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/floyd-mayweather\/floyd-mayweather-puts-an-end-to-talk-of-mma-fight-sort-of\/","title":{"rendered":"Floyd Mayweather puts an end to MMA talk \u2014 sort of"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, one of the hottest topics in combat sports was boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr.&#8217;s potential move to MMA. Mayweather and his team repeatedly expressed interest in a move to the UFC&#8217;s Octagon, while UFC President Dana White\u00a0suggested there had been negotiations between the boxer and the promotion, and UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley even offered to train the boxer.<\/p>\n<p>Well, it sounds like we can finally put all of that talk to bed. For now, at least.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to TMZ Sports earlier this week, Mayweather assured that he&#8217;s got no time to think about fighting. He&#8217;s too busy with other things, like investing in the construction of the tallest tower in New York City, apparently.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Floyd Mayweather Hits Pause On MMA, &#039;Not Thinking About Fighting Right Now&#039; | TMZ Sports\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bRSRBuSB9FM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p id=\"idcMRj\">\u201cI\u2019m so busy, I got so many different things going on, on the outside,\u201d Mayweather said (transcribed by\u00a0Milan Ordo\u00f1ez for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyelbow.com\/2018\/6\/14\/17462278\/ufc-floyd-mayweather-halts-mma-plans-ufc-boxing-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BloodyElbow<\/a>). \u201cIf you haven\u2019t heard, I\u2019m building the tallest building in New York City. I\u2019m one of the investors, I invested nine figures, actually.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Mayweather is closing the door on fighting in MMA right now, he did admit that he might backtrack down the road.<\/p>\n<p id=\"MlfiVE\">\u201cI\u2019m not thinking about fighting right now,\u201d he said. \u201cTwo weeks from now, you can do an interview with me because I can contradict myself. I\u2019m only human.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"2g02py\">\u201cSo, two weeks from now, you ask me the question, guess what I\u2019m gonna say, \u2018I\u2019m fighting in MMA.\u2019 And then two months from then, I\u2019mma say \u2018I\u2019m not fighting in MMA, I\u2019m not fighting in boxing.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"63mszW\">\u201cActually I don\u2019t know what I\u2019m doing, but I do know one thing: I\u2019m paid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So, from the sounds of it, Floyd Mayweather will not be fighting in MMA or boxing \u2014 though it might be wise to double-check with him on that in a few weeks&#8217; time.<\/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 6\/14\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, one of the hottest topics in combat sports was boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr.&#8217;s potential move to MMA. 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