Floyd Mayweather wants Conor McGregor rematch after Khabib Nurmagomedov fight
Mayweather stopped McGregor in the tenth round of their fight last year - but he is ready for part II
FLOYD MAYWEATHER insists he will fight Conor McGregor for a second time - after he beats Khabib Nurmagomedov.
Mayweather defeated McGregor last year in a boxing match with the former pound-for-pound 50-0 fighter stopping the Irishman in the tenth round.
Now Mayweather has said he intends on giving McGregor the rematch once he gets past Khabib.
Speaking to , Mayweather said: “McGregor was talking that s*** so it ain’t over.
“After Me and Khabib we lock-up, me and McGregor going to lock-up again."
Mayweather said it was the "crazy numbers" that is the main reason behind him accepting challenges from UFC fighters.
He added: “They say, why you keep fighting all them MMA guys? - man listen, me and Khabib going to do crazy numbers, me and McGregor going to do crazy numbers.
“I only clash with guy that can do crazy numbers."
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When asked to clarify that he will be fighting both Khabib and McGregor in the future, Mayweather said: “Oh absolutely, we going to fight.
“A lot of people didn’t think me and McGregor was going to fight, I want to commend Dana White, he doing a hell of a job.
"But the thing with the Mayweather-McGregor fight, I’m glad that that happened because that made the UFC go up a notch, so all I’m doing is keeping all combat sports alive.
“All I got to say is this, Mayweather-Khabib, 2019."
Mayweather responded to the call out of the UFC lightweight champion by indicating an interest in a scrap, telling his backers to put their hand in their pockets.
Posting on Twitter, Mayweather wrote: "CBS, Showtime and MGM Grand get the checkbook out!.
“Go to @leonardellerbe ‘s page to view Khabib Nurmagomedov challenging me.”