Floyd Mayweather has backed his former nemesis Conor McGregor ahead of his upcoming fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov.
The champion boxer faced the Irish UFC star in the ring last year, and although there was plenty of rivalry between the pair, the 41-year-old has since praised his former competitor.
Speaking about Conor’s upcoming fight with Russian MMA fighter Khabib, Floyd told TMZ, “Conor’s not gonna back down and he’s not a scared fighter at all, win, lose or draw. Conor gonna come to fight.”
Despite publicly bashing one another last year, Floyd now wants Conor to train in his personal boxing club in order to prepare for his upcoming fight.
“I know that UFC got a training facility but we’d like for him to work out at the Mayweather Boxing Club,” he said.
The boxer also stated that he has never seen Khabib Nurmagomedov fight, but added, “From what I know he’s a hell of a guy that’s on the ground — hell of a grappler — and he can wrestle.”
However, Floyd believes that the fight will be tough as The Notorious won’t back down.
He added, “Conor McGregor, he’s a tough competitor, like I said before Conor McGregor’s not gonna back down from anyone, he’s not scared, he’s a warrior.”
The fight will take place on Saturday 6th October (5:30AM Sunday 7th October IST).
