UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev in an interview with , he suggested that in his current form he would have had a competitive fight against an undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather .
Currently, 32-year-old Makhachev holds the UFC championship belt, having suffered one defeat in 26 professional fights. Mayweather Jr., 46, retired in August 2017 after winning 50 professional fights. In his last boxing match, Mayweather defeated MMA fighter Conor McGregor ahead of schedule.
— In 2021, after the fight with Drew Dober, you jokingly called out Floyd Mayweather. Mayweather is now 46 years old and has already had two exhibition fights. How do you think your fight would go now?
“It was definitely a joke at the time.” He just screamed. It would now be a competitive fight. Exactly with this Mayweather. I’m not saying that three or five years ago I could have given him a competitive fight, but now he’s in a big decline, I don’t think he trains much. And I’m at the top. Judging by the last fight between Ngannou and Fury, the MMA fighter can give a good fight to the best boxer in the world.
— He has already fought seven exhibition fights, his opponents were Logan Paul and MMA fighter Aaron Chalmers. Were you interested in watching these fights?
– No. I watched his fight with McGregor, but I didn’t watch other exhibition fights,” Makhachev told .
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