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Ronda Rousey could use a few lessons from Mayweather, after getting run over by Holly Holm last weekend in UFC 193. Holm proved to be the more skilled boxer, and she seemed to confuse Rousey with her technique.
“I want Ronda Rousey to hold her head up high and don’t let this discourage you. If you need help as far as with boxing, I’m here to help you,” explained Mayweather in an interview with Fighthype.com. “It’s all about timing and inches. Her ground game is unbelievable. She’ll be OK.”
Some may be taken aback by Mayweather’s support of Rousey, considering her past criticism of him. But Mayweather brushes it off to Rousey marketing herself. In fact, Mayweather has advice for what Rousey (13-1) should do going forward in her career.
“As a former fighter, I think that she needs some time off to regroup and refocus,” Floyd said. “I think they’re rushing her. They need to build Ronda Rousey back up, her confidence back up, even though I think she’s probably still confident. Let Holly fight, defend the title a few times, and build it.
“That’s what I would do, looking at it as being a former fighter and now promoter,” he added. “I wouldn’t rush it. What I would do, I would put them on the same card fighting against different opponents and then slowly build it up. It’s all about timing. That’s what I did with the (Manny) Pacquiao fight. The fight went from me making $100 million to me making $300 million, so it’s all about timing.”
Rousey would be wise to listen to the champ in both cases. If there is one thing Floyd Mayweather knows more than the ‘sweet science’ of boxing… it is how to make money boxing.
