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Freddie Roach: Mayweather bekräftade att matchen mot Conor McGregor blir av

Allt fler personer pekar på att matchen mellan UFCs lättviktsmästare Conor McGregor och Floyd Mayweather kommer att bli av. Den senaste i raden att bekräfta att denna match är mer än bara ett rykte är den välkände boxningstränaren Freddie Roach.

Under måndagens MMA Hour berättade Roach att Floyd själv hade sagt till honom att matchen kommer att bli av. Sedan gav Floyd ett råd till Roach; att tacka ja om McGregor ville ha Roach som tränare då det fanns mycket pengar att tjäna på ett sådant uppdrag.

Floyd actually came to my gym and told me, Freddie, I hear Conor talked to you.’ And I told him that he never has. He said, ‘If he reaches out and wants you to train him, I would take that job because I am going to fight him and we can all make a lot of money. So, according to Mayweather, yes, he said he was going to fight him and everything is pointing in that direction.

Roach berättade vidare att han själv en gång i tiden ville få till en match mellan Andrei Arlovski och en av Klitschkobröderna, men att den planen slogs ned ganska snabbt. Tiderna har dock ändrats meddelade Roach, och enligt honom pekar allt på att McGregor och Floyd kommer att mötas i ringen.

At one point I didn’t think it was possible. I tried to make a fight one time when I was training Andrei Arlovski, and I tried to put him in with one of the Klitschkos. I thought I had a good idea. I went into Ari’s office, and I hadn’t seen Ari in 10 years. At that time they said it would never happen. But, we’re in a different era now and it looks like it is going to happen. Everything’s pointing in the right direction. He will have his hands full with a boxer like Floyd, but he’s sell-able and making noise. For a while I wanted him to be Georges first fight.

Avslutningsvis säger Roach att Floyd är den självklara favoriten i en boxningsmatch, men han räknar inte ut McGregor.

Well, he is a pretty good striker. The thing is, Floyd is a great boxer. He is good at hitting and not getting hit. It would take a long time for Conor to get ready for a pure boxing match, But, one punch can change anything, so I am not going to count him out completely. Mayweather is the favorite, yes, but I will never count anyone out. He (McGregor) throws, he throws hard and he’s not afraid to throw. I like that about him. He’s sell-able, and he makes me laugh. But, when that bell rings he better be ready because he is fighting one of the best boxers of his era.

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