Georges St. Pierreās Coach Wants Floyd Mayweather In Boxing Bout
The coach of Georges St-Pierre is interested in a fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr.
GSP returned to competition in November after four years away from the sport to win the middleweight title with a submission victory in the third round over Michael Bisping at UFC 217.
However, shortly after the fight, he had to vacate the title as he is dealing with colitis. The biggest question this year is if GSP will fight again and if that does actually happen, who would the UFC book him against.
Two months ago, UFC President Dana White came out and stated that they had plans for GSP to fight Nate Diaz at the upcoming UFC 227 pay-per-view event.
Although the fight did not make much sense, the promotion is in need for super fights and this one would deliver as a PPV draw. That fight is not happening.
Thus, this leads us to GSPās coach, Firas Zahabi, telling longtime UFC commentator Joe Rogan on his MMA show that he wants the former UFC middleweight and welterweight champion to fight the boxing legend.
āI want Georges to fight Mayweather,ā Zahabi told Joe Rogan (transcript courtesy of MMA Junkie). āI keep bothering Georges, āYou fight Mayweather. You fight him.ā Heās like, āItās crazy.ā I know itās crazy. Theyāll fight at a catchweight,ā Zahabi said. āDo you think Mayweather is worried that heās going to be concussed?
Heās fought all the top punchers in the world. Heās just going to have to worry about Georgesā volume and reach, but he can handle himself, and Georges can handle himself. But the whole world is going to tune into that one.ā
āIām like, āGeorges do it,ā But Georges doesnāt want to fight a smaller guy, doesnāt want to call out a smaller guy,ā Zahabi said. āSo itās going to have to come from Mayweather. Itās going to have to come from him.ā
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