{"id":358586,"date":"2020-08-13T06:52:09","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T13:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=358586"},"modified":"2020-08-13T06:52:09","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T13:52:09","slug":"dana-white-reaffirms-floyd-mayweather-talks-he-wants-to-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-reaffirms-floyd-mayweather-talks-he-wants-to-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White reaffirms Floyd Mayweather talks: He &#8220;wants to fight&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC President Dana White has reaffirmed that he&#8217;s recently been in talks with boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr., claiming the undefeated star &#8220;wants to fight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>White <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-in-talks-with-floyd-mayweather-for-another-combat-sports-event\/\">first revealed<\/a> that he&#8217;s been in communications with Mayweather during a recent interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2020\/08\/08\/dana-white-conor-mcgregor-floyd-mayweather-ufc-boxing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TMZ Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFloyd and I still have dialogue and go back and forth,&#8221; White said. &#8220;We\u2019re still interested on both sides.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>White also divulged that it&#8217;s &#8220;very possible&#8221; the UFC could wind up co-promoting an event with Mayweather, not unlike Mayweather&#8217;s 2017 blockbuster battle with Conor McGregor.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking Wednesday during a live stream with \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yahoo! Sports<\/a>, White reaffirmed that talks with Mayweather are ongoing, adding that Mayweather is not just interested in co-promoting an event with the UFC, but in fighting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFloyd wants to fight,\u201d White said (via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2020\/08\/dana-white-reveals-mutual-interest-in-recent-floyd-mayweather-talks-floyd-wants-to-fight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Junkie<\/a>). \u201c\u2026 He wants to fight. We\u2019re going to probably \u2026 Listen: I\u2019m dealing with all the (expletive) that\u2019s going on with 2020 right now. Floyd and I want to work together. We want to do something. We\u2019re going to do something. I just need a little more time to get my (expletive) together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Floyd Mayweather hasn&#8217;t fought since his boxing match with McGregor, a former two-division UFC champ, but White isn&#8217;t concerned about the boxing stars stint of inactivity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, it doesn\u2019t concern me, but those are things that will all factor into the fight,\u201d White said. \u201cThose are all things that will factor into the fight, 100 percent. \u2026 I don\u2019t know. Those are questions that will be answered when you put the fight on. The Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather fight was the perfect storm. That thing was built from the fans to the media and became what it became.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One option that is often mentioned when future Mayweather fights are discussed is a rematch with Conor McGregor. White, however, reminds that the former two-division UFC champion is currently retired.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConor McGregor is retired,\u201d White said. \u201cYes, Conor McGregor is retired.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If Floyd Mayweather returns to the ring, who do you want to see him fight?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC President Dana White has reaffirmed that he&#8217;s recently been in talks with boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr., claiming the undefeated star &#8220;wants to fight.&#8221; White first revealed that he&#8217;s been in communications with Mayweather during a recent interview with TMZ Sports. \u201cFloyd and I still have dialogue and go back and forth,&#8221; White said. 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