Dana White's opinion on Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor is simple: 'No guarantees'

It’s absurd to think of now, but there was a time not too long ago when we (you know, the collective “we”) debated whether Ronda Rousey could beat Floyd Mayweather.

Remember that? Why was that ever even worth bringing up?

Anyway, it was in 2014 at the height of Rouseymania, when she was plowing through the UFC women’s bantamweight division as she became arguably the biggest star in UFC history. Many people had an opinion on the matter, chief among them UFC President Dana White, who chimed in that Rousey (12-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) could “badly” hurt Mayweather.

Well, fast forward almost three years, and here we are on the brink (so it seems) of a boxing match actually happening between Mayweather and another UFC star in lightweight champion Conor McGregor (21-3 MMA, 9-1 UFC).

Thanks to a recent interview with X17 Online, we now have White’s opinion on McGregor’s chances against one of the greatest boxers of all time.

“Great thing about fights is you never know who’s going to win,” White said. “Believe me, there are a lot of weekends we put on fights, and I think people aren’t going to win, and they do. It’s the crazy thing about the fight business.

I mean, if it was guaranteed that Floyd was going to win this fight, why would you pay for it? There are no guarantees.”

For what it’s worth, Nate Diaz, who has split two fights with McGregor, gives “The Notorious” a decent chance if he can make something happen while he’s still fresh in the early rounds. Longtime boxing trainer Freddie Roach has said he also won’t count out McGregor because of his punching power alone.

If this fight does happen, McGregor will have youth on his side at 28 years old compared to Mayweather being 40 and retired. McGregor also will be bigger and stronger, no doubt about that.

So, the question is: Will any of those measurables trump the wealth of boxing experience that the 49-0 Mayweather has over McGregor?

We’d like to find out sooner than later please.

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