Khabib: When UFC star called out Floyd Mayweather & trolled Conor McGregor in one video

Ever since Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor’s incredible crossover fight in 2017, which remains the second best-selling pay-per-view bout of all time, call outs from UFC fighters to boxers and boxers to UFC fighters, and even now a host of YouTubers facing professional fighters, has become a greater part of the norm in professional combat sports.

However, most of these call outs unfortunately do not materialise, much to the disappointment of many fans.

One such bout that had both boxing fans and MMA fans licking their lips was the teeing up for a boxing match between two undefeated legends of their respective sports, Khabib Nurmagomedov and Floyd Mayweather.

Back in October 2018, a video appeared on Leonard Ellerbe’s, CEO of Mayweather Promotions, Instagram page, which featured Khabib calling out Mayweather to put their two undefeated records to the test.

The Eagle did not hold back in showing his desire to step into the foreign boxing ring, arguing: “Let’s go Floyd. We have to fight now; 50-0 versus 27-0. We are two guys who never lose. Because in the jungle there is only one king. Of course, I am the king because he cannot drop McGregor, but I drop him easily. Let’s go.”

When Khabib Nurmagomedov called out Floyd Mayweather after meeting Leonard Ellerbe: "I am the king. He cannot drop Conor McGregor, but I drop him easily." pic.twitter.com/mhu08wYm3R

Khabib, of course, was referring to his fourth round submission of bitter rival Conor McGregor just a week earlier, in which the Dagestani impressed many with his standing boxing skills against the tricky boxer McGregor. Thus, the confidence to call out Mayweather a mere week after his dispatch of the Notorious Irishman was understandable and had fans waiting in