MMA fighter Conor McGregor switched to the boxing ring to make one of the richest professional fights in history possible and now Floyd Mayweather hints he might return the favour .
Mayweather , who hasn ’t fought since knocking out McGregor in that boxing match last year , teased fans Friday night by posting a picture on his Twitter page of himself wearing mixed martial arts gloves and standing in an UFC cage .
“Billion Dollar Man ,” Mayweather said in the tweet.
Mayweather and McGregor’ s cross-combat fight in August failed to live up to the hype in the ring as veteran Mayweather easily outpunched the inexperienced McGregor, but it did well at the box office .
The contest generated 4 .3 million pay -per -view buys in North America , trailing only Mayweather’s 2015 world title boxing match with Filipino Manny Pacquiao that generated 4. 6 million buys and earned $ 600 million .
It is the second time this week Mayweather has teased his fans with the idea . Earlier this week he posted video on Twitter and Instagram of himself shadow boxing in a cage .
He said “Come at the king, you best not miss …”
Mayweather ’s August fight with the Irishman was supposed to be his last as it secured his perfect 50 - 0 record . But the American has retired several times only to negotiate “comeback ” fights for bigger paydays.
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