http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/ne...tory?id=3165552 <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Floyd Mayweather Jr., the world's No. 1 boxer, is strongly considering a revolutionary jump to mixed martial arts under a deal being discussed with Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. Leonard Ellerbe, Mayweather's adviser and best friend, told ESPN.com Friday night that the five-division world champion, who generated 3.25 million pay-per-view buys and more than $200 million in revenue in two mega fights in 2007, came away from a Thursday meeting with Cuban giving serious thought to taking his game and considerable drawing power to MMA. "It's definitely something he is interested in, and when Floyd makes his move, obviously it's going to be a mega event," Ellerbe said. "We don't have a timetable. Floyd is taking some time off, but Floyd understands what is involved. You have to take time to go out and understand what you're getting involved in, and he's ready to do that. But it's something he's definitely interested in doing. "Mark Cuban is a very successful business man and has some very, very successful business ventures that we've discussed. We're looking to do a lot of business with Mark. He's a great guy, and we had a great meeting. Doing an MMA event with him is most definitely something we are looking at, among many things we are looking at doing with Mark Cuban."</div>
If he does jump, I bet he'd face a patsy and whoop him. I'd be more interested in seeing someone like Kermit Cintron jump, when he expressed interest, since he also has an amateur wrestling background.
Think about it, he doesn't have a loss in boxing, he moves to MMA and gets his first loss. haha If I was him, I wouldn't do it. Retire as a champ.
I think its a BS story designed to help promote Cuban and his personal fight project, nothing more. Floyd has nothing to prove or gain by going to MMA.
I find this interesting nonetheless. He has been talking about retirement, and this is a way he can use his marquee value to extend his career/earning years.
