FMJ: I’m in the $100,000,000 business, not the $100,000 business
Floyd Mayweather Jr: “I’m in the $100 million business, not the $100,000 business. I shouldn’t even be stooping to certain levels, because it doesn’t make any sense.”
The rise of mixed martial arts has usurped boxing as the source of the baddest man on the planet. It is not however the source of the best fighter on the planet. That would be Floyd Mayweather Jr.
MMA fans have delighted in suggesting that UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey could kick his ass, but FMJ takes it stride. In fact, he has a long and positive history with UFC president Dana White.
“I can remember, I think you can go back to the beginning, to day one of my career, my first fight — my uncle Jeff Mayweather and I, that’s when Dana White used to work for us, he used to be with us,” said Mayweather to FightHype.com, as transcribed by Damon Martin for FOX Sports. “When nobody else knew who Dana White was, before when he was a little square white guy, before he cut all his hair off and became a tough guy in the MMA.”
“He used to run around with me and nobody would wear his patch and I said I would do it for free, showed him love and I’m proud of him. I’m proud of how far he has come.”
“I’m in the $100 million business, not the $100,000 business. I shouldn’t even be stooping to certain levels, because it doesn’t make any sense. People that’s in MMA, I wish them nothing but the best. I don’t have anything negative to say about them. The hand I was dealt in life, I was dealt a royal flush and I just have to be thankful and appreciative of the hand I was dealt.
“I don’t have anything negative to say about anyone. I wish everyone of them nothing but the best.”
So would the boxer fight Rousey?
“You’re a comedian,” said Mayweather with a sly smile.