45-Year-Old Floyd Mayweather Once Revealed Why He Didn’t Knock Conor McGregor Out Early Back in 2017: “I Could Have Did That”

Conor McGregor vs Floyd Mayweather took place 5 years ago, and it was a one-of-a-kind mega event. Prior to this massive super fight, there had been no fight of this magnitude between fighters from different sports.

The outcome of the event may have been predictable, but McGregor’s resilience earned the praise of the boxing community.

Once in a recent interview with, REVOLT, Mayweather shed light on his boxing routine and how he did not up the ante. He stated that he actually wanted to put on a show and hence, he pushed the fight to the later rounds. He also stated that his motive was to book yet another bout with the MMA star and it compelled him to elongate the fight. If he wanted, he could have easily ended the fight in the opening rounds, but that would kill all possibilities of a rematch.

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He said.,” You have to give the people a show, so I gave the people the show. I mean if I wanted to go out there f**k him up and blaze him, right out of the gate, I could have did that. So you know my thing is then there wouldn’t probably be a part 2.”

Floyd Mayweather also made bold claims,’ You didn’t see me training.’

The 45-year-old professional boxer also claimed that he held back even in his training. He stated that he didn’t even train all 7 days of the week and was taking the fight with a laid-back approach for his fight against Conor McGregor.

He said,

” Go back and look at all access mmmm, you didn’t see me training. I mean, I was doing a little bit, I was going to the gym like two or three times and then I didn’t go to the gym like four days You know what I am saying, I was in shape, I mean I wasn’t probably in shape like the Arturo Gatti fight. I was in dog shape.”Watch this story: Event Recap: Best Fights From UFC 273 Alexander Volkanovski vs The Korean Zombie

The rematch between the two giants of the combat sports world seems highly unlikely now. The mixed martial is seeing a downward slide in his career, while Mayweather’s retirement from the sport would not help sell the second fight.