Are MMA fans willing to pay money to watch another high-profile fighter from our sport venture into boxing to challenge Floyd Mayweather ? Not so much. Earlier this week, Tristar Gym head coach Firas Zahabi said he’s been actively trying to get former UFC two-division champion Georges St-Pierre to pursue a fight with Mayweather. “I want Georges to fight Mayweather,” Zahabi, who’s trained St-Pierre out of Montreal for many years, said during the “JRE MMA Show” podcast. “I keep bothering Georges, ‘You fight Mayweather. You fight him.’ He’s like, ‘It’s crazy.’ I know it’s crazy.” Related MMA oddsmaker: Why Floyd Mayweather should be -10,000 favorite over Georges St-Pierre Of course, we’ve been down this road once before.
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