Last week Floyd Mayweather was on an Instagram live feed talking about a not so surprising subject—Conor McGregor—when he announced, "You a punk ass, McGregor. I'm gonna slap McGregor. I'm gonna slap the shit out of McGregor when I see him." Flash forward nine days and Dana White has advice for the retired boxer: don't do it, man. It's just not worth it.
The UFC president made his comments to a TMZ cameraman, which is fortunate for all of us since we then get to hear the violent warning for ourselves. "Let me tell you what, you had to aim the camera down here [to interview Floyd]" White said to the TMZer, in an effort to mock Mayweather's height. For the record Mayweather is 5'8", 151 pounds. McGregor is 5'9", 154 pounds. So unless an inch and three pounds are a huge difference, that would seem to be a slight at the expense of both of them.
At that point White sounded off, with trash talk akin to what we've become accustomed to between McGregor and Mayweather. "His hands are like peanut brittle," White claimed of the undefeated boxer. "He has to wrap them a million times, so he doesn't break his hands. Floyd better hope he don't run into Conor on the street. Let me tell you what, not only will Conor kick his ass. He'll kick the shit out of every one of his security guards too. 100 percent. I would love to be there when Floyd tries to slap Conor McGregor."
At that point he pointed at the camera to speak directly to Mayweather "I promise you Floyd, you will never try to walk up and slap Conor McGregor. And you know it too."
From there he poured water on the rumors of the fight (and not nearly for the first time either). Finally he proclaimed "That fight will happen before Floyd tries to walk up and slap Conor. I promise you that. [McGregor] will kick his head to another planet. And then he'll murder every one of his security guards." Sounds like a tall order.
Keep an eye on Mayweather's Instagram for a response.
