Maybe That Conor McGregor-Floyd Mayweather Fight Isn’t Dead After All

Rumors have swirled for months over a potential Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor fight.

And while it’s still probably nothing more than speculation — Mayweather himself seemed to put things to rest last week — it seems McGregor just can’t let the idea go.

At the UFC 205 press conference Tuesday at Madison Square Garden in New York, McGregor finished proclaiming himself as the next lightweight champion before being asked who on the stage — a group that included Donald Cerrone, Kevin Gastelum, Frankie Edgar, Chad Mendes, Eddie Alvarez, Chris Weidman and Tyron Woodley, to name a few — would give him the best fight.

McGregor started by embarrassing featherweight Jeremy Stephens, who spoke up and said McGregor just TKOs people instead of knocking them out.

“Who the f–k is that guy?” McGregor said through a laugh. “Who the f–k is that?”

But then Mystic Mac got serious.

“When I take that guy’s belt (Alvarez’s lightweight championship), I’m looking around — I don’t know what anyone else has for me here,” McGregor said. “I might have to jump up and f–king drag Floyd Mayweather out back and see what the f–k he’s at again.”

The response, predictably, drew a response from the MSG crowd.

Who knows? Now that New York is in the picture, McGregor vs. Mayweather at MSG — and the paychecks for everyone involved — might be too perfect to pass up.