Money talks, and then some.
Connor McGregor is making all sorts of noise about how the MMA loudmouth tough guy now is a professional boxer, and wants to take on Floyd Mayweather. No, not MMA style, but in boxing, squared circle, 8 oz padded gloves, pugilism. That kind of boxing.
He'd lose. Badly. As in, picked apart, toyed with, beat up, and KTFO in a matter of rounds.
I've been as critical of the way Floyd picked and chose who he fought in order to keep a perfect record, and it robbed him of being as great as he truly could have been. But make no mistake here, even retired, even aging, Floyd is still one of the very best fighters in the world, and one of the better fighters in history. He has incredible ring skills, defense, and punching precision, coupled with speed. McGregor is not even ranked in the top 10, and may not even be in the top 100 in his weight class. In fact any top 10 fighter at 147/155 would beat him easily in a boxing match. Contender Chris Van Heerden was not in fighting shape, tired and jet lagged and sparred with McGregor, and considered it easy work.
But hey, if Floyd wants an easy paycheck, and another notch in his perfect record, I'm sure he'd be more than welcome beating a loudmouth sub par boxer, letting us know it's all legit and valid.
http://boxingjunkie.usatoday.com/2017/01/07/chris-van-heerden-conor-mcgregor-was-easy-work-in-sparring/