Floyd Mayweather says he will make £153m fighting Khabib Nurmagomedov… double what he made beating Conor McGregor
FLOYD MAYWEATHER reckons he can make an eye-popping £152.6million from fighting Khabib Nurmagomedov - double what he banked beating Conor McGregor.
And the retired 50-0 king has welcomed the challenge of taking on the Russian MMA star, saying "come to my world".
Nurmagomedov beat McGregor in the fourth round of their UFC 229 showdown in Las Vegas before calling out Mayweather, who says the fight must take place in the Nevada city.
Mayweather, 41, told TMZ: "Oh, we fighting. He called me out. So, he gotta come to my world.
"I'm my own boss. So, I can't say what's going on on Khabib's end. But, on my end, we can make it happen.
"When I face Khabib I'm getting a nine-figure payday. It's more than the McGregor fight. Probably $100m more, guaranteed.
"I'm going to say somewhere between $110m and $200m guaranteed."
Nurmagomedov extended his perfect professional mixed martial arts record to 27-0 and retained his UFC lightweight title after beating McGregor.
But the bout will be remembered for what happened afterwards, with both fighters exiting the Octagon to fight people on the outside.
McGregor made a brief foray into boxing last year to take on Mayweather, who moved to 50-0 in the paid ranks by stopping the Irishman in the 10th round in Las Vegas - a city where Nurmagomedov says he will not fight.
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Former multi-weight champion Mayweather was unable to knock McGregor down, which Nurmagomedov did over the course of the October 6 bout at the T-Mobile Arena before forcing his bitter rival to tap out.
Nurmagomedov told Mayweather "in the jungle there is only one king" in requesting a bout.
And Mayweather's response warned Nurmagomedov to behave on fight night, with the Russian's purse from the McGregor fight withheld by the Nevada State Athletic Commission after he leapt over the cage and attacked a member of McGregor's team.
Mayweather said: "Vegas is the fighting capital and after the fight you have to conduct yourself like a true professional, not just in the ring, but outside the ring also."