{"id":278941,"date":"2018-06-20T06:52:32","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T13:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=278941"},"modified":"2018-06-20T06:52:32","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T13:52:32","slug":"firas-zahabi-wants-georges-st-pierre-to-box-floyd-mayweather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/georges-st-pierre\/firas-zahabi-wants-georges-st-pierre-to-box-floyd-mayweather\/","title":{"rendered":"Firas Zahabi wants Georges St-Pierre to box Floyd Mayweather"},"content":{"rendered":"

If Firas Zahabi gets his way, former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion Georges St-Pierre will follow up in the footsteps of Conor McGregor<\/a> and step into the boxing ring with undefeated legend Floyd Mayweather Jr.<\/p>\n

Zahabi shared his hopes for a St-Pierre vs. Mayweather boxing match on a recent episode of the JRE MMA Show.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI want Georges to fight Mayweather,\u201d Zahabi said (transcribed by Simon Samano for MMAjunkie<\/a>). \u201cI keep bothering Georges, \u2018You fight Mayweather. You fight him.\u2019 He\u2019s like, \u2018It\u2019s crazy.\u2019 I know it\u2019s crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n

St-Pierre, of course, is significantly bigger than Mayweather, so the pair would have to meet somewhere in the middle.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ll fight at a catchweight,\u201d Zahabi explained, clarifying on the logistics of his dream fight. \u201cDo you think Mayweather is worried that he\u2019s going to be concussed? He\u2019s fought all the top punchers in the world. He\u2019s just going to have to worry about Georges\u2019 volume and reach, but he can handle himself, and Georges can handle himself. But the whole world is going to tune into that one.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Zahabi wants this fight to happen, he doesn’t believe St-Pierre has any interest in calling out a smaller fighter. So, if this is ever going to go down, Mayweather will have to call St-Pierre out.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m like, \u2018Georges do it,\u2019 But Georges doesn\u2019t want to fight a smaller guy, doesn\u2019t want to call out a smaller guy,\u201d Zahabi explained. \u201cSo it\u2019s going to have to come from Mayweather. It\u2019s going to have to come from him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Georges St-Pierre last fought in November, when he defeated Michael Bisping to capture the middleweight title and become one of the few fighters in UFC history to wear belts in two divisions. He subsequently vacated the middleweight belt, citing health issues that would keep him out of action for some time.<\/p>\n

Floyd Mayweather, meanwhile, has not fought since August, when he defeated Conor McGregor by 10th-round TKO, and improved to a sparkling 50-0 overall.<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 6\/20\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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