Floyd Mayweather claims Conor McGregor fight will earn him over £230m
American boxing legend hopes to equal the record-breaking figures he earned for fighting Manny Pacquiao in 2015
FLOYD MAYWEATHER hopes to earn over £230million by fighting Conor McGregor.
The American boxing legend is in London supporting his protege Gervonta Davis.
Mayweather, 40, visited York Hall in Bethnal Green mentoring Davis at the public workout ahead of his IBF world super featherweight clash with Liam Walsh on Saturday night at the Copper Box.
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It did not take long before Mayweather was questioned about the proposed cross-sports match up between him and two-time UFC champion Conor McGregor.
At first he was reluctant to answer questions.
Mayweather told : "Right now today, from now until Saturday, I don't want nobody asking me about McGregor.
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"Ask me after Saturday, after Tank's fight is over with, then you guys can ask me about the McGregor fight then I'll answer."
But Mayweather did hint that he could be set to equal the 300 million dollars (£231m) he made in one night by beating Manny Pacquiao in 2015.
The former pound for pound great, who is spending part of his fortune on a Las Vegas lap dancing club, said: "I think I'm one of the highest paid athletes in history, probably Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, LeBron [James] all them guys made a ton of money.
"I made 300 [million dollars] in one night. Throughout my career I made 800 [million dollars] and it's possible I can make another 300 [million dollars]."
Mayweather told : "There's only one fight that makes business sense.
"I came out of retirement because I'm a business man and I want to give the world what they want to see.
"McGregor's a fighter, I'm a fighter and that's what the people want to see.
"I think we can do record-breaking numbers, do I think we can break me and Pacquiao's number? I don't know, all I can do is keep my fingers crossed and hope we can do it.
"I can't sit right here and say that they [Team McGregor] are waiting on us, they not waiting on us and we're not waiting on them.
"As soon as his side communicate with my side and they come to an agreement, then the fight will happen.
"Once my team come to me and say 'Floyd it's a go,' then it's a go.
"It's just another fight, that the fans want to see and I want to give the fans an explosion if the fight does happen."