Conor McGregor reveals he was ‘messing around’ before Floyd Mayweather crossover and insists on rematch
- McGregor analyses his infamous 2017 boxing bout with Mayweather ahead of UFC 246 fight
- Irishman insists they had a ‘verbal agreement’ to fight in MMA after boxing debut
Conor McGregor is sure he will avenge his infamous loss to Floyd Mayweather in their 2017 boxing crossover bout after revealing he was “messing around” before the fight.
“Most certainly, I’d like to rematch Floyd,” McGregor (professional MMA record 21-4) told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani ahead of his UFC comeback against Donald Cerrone this weekend.
“I had 10 weeks to prepare for the Floyd fight. Before that I was messing around again. Now I’m fully focused to we’ll see what happens.”
The 31-year-old Irishman lost to Mayweather (professional boxing record 50-0) via 10th-round TKO in their record-breaking pay-per-view event. McGregor reflected on his mistakes he made during his boxing debut.
“I done phenomenal in that bout. The only reason I lost was because I prepared for a back-footed … style of opponent. And when the fight was like that I was picking him apart.
“Then he came forward and started pressing and I wasn’t sinking into my shots like I am now with my boxing coach under my belt, [who] are drilling specific boxing things into me again,” said McGregor.
The former UFC double champion also insisted that Mayweather would never cross into the MMA realm despite saying so in the past.
