Dana White stepped into negotiations over a potential Floyd Mayweather Jr Vs Conor McGregor boxing match this week by offering both fighters $25 million + a cut of the pay-per-view, but that was laughed off by ‘Money’ who called the UFC president, “a f***ing comedian.”
Now White has responded in an interview with TMZ Sports, saying that there’s no way that Mayweather deserves to earn more than McGregor at this stage in his career.
“First of all, Floyd thinks he’s so much bigger than Conor. He’s wrong,” White said. “Floyd has gone undefeated for 20 years and I give him all the credit in the world for doing that. Conor has been around for three or four years. For him to think that he’s a much bigger star than Conor isn’t true. I’m not going to pay him way more money than I’m going to pay my guy.”
During an earlier interview with TMZ, Mayweather had seemed more interested in showing off his expensive new watch rather than seriously discussing White’s offer, but the UFC boss thinks that’s exactly why the boxing legend needs this paycheque.
“We all know $25 million isn’t peanuts and so does he. He’s hanging his watch out the window, his watch is the problem. When you’re wearing a watch that is $250,000 you’re going to need $25 million real quick, pal. Hey, Floyd. Taxes are coming up, too, buddy. Gonna be all over you, pal.”
