Floyd Mayweather ‘Didn’t Really Train’ For Conor McGregor Ahead Of Boxing Fight

KEY POINTS

Floyd Mayweather got his 50^th win from Conor McGregor
McGregor made his professional debut against Floyd
Their fight went to distance before the referree stopped the fight in round 10

The fans were given the treat to see an MMA champion to fight in a boxing ring just like how Conor McGregor entered the territory that Floyd Mayweather, Jr. built his 50-0 undefeated record.

In a recent interview, Mayweather claimed that he did not really prepare for his fight against the Irish fighter during their bout in 2017. The 42-year old claimed that he didn’t train vigorously as their crossover fight is approaching.

”You know, actually, when I was getting ready for McGregor, for Conor McGregor I didn’t really train,” Mayweather said in the interview transcribed by MMA Mania. “All I did was just push-ups and sit-ups. That’s all I did.”

“Push-ups and sit-ups, boxed a few times, hit the bag few times,” he shared. “Training camp was in different places. I would do training camp in Vegas a few days. Sometimes I wouldn’t go to the gym for a week.”

When asked about not taking the training seriously, he said that he still wanted to have some fun during the fight and to entertain the crowd. “So you have to give people a show, so I gave people a show. If I wanted to go out and f--- him up and blaze him right out the gate, I could have did that.”

“But you know, my thing is if I would have did that, there probably wouldn’t be a part two.”

The Michigan-born fighter reiterated that he was in shape despite not training for a couple of days. “I wasn’t in shape like the Arturo Gatti fight. I was in dog shape. Diego Corrales, I was in dog shape. I was running in the mountains.”

Mayweather is coming out of retirement and is looking to have a couple of fights both in the MMA and in the ring. Floyd beat McGregor after a 10^th round stoppage that gave him his 50^th victory before announcing his second retirement more than two years ago.