Mixed Martial Artist Miguel Torres Calls Out Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

According to an interview with Yahoo Sports, WEC bantamweight had this to say about Floyd Mayweather, Jr's recent comments about MMA being for white guys:

"I would love to fight Mayweather, just because of the simple fact that I think he’s a cocky asshole…I’m not a white person, and I will smash his ass. I don’t care.

"His style of boxing is all built on getting people in the clinch. He’ll hit them, and then he’ll get in the clinch with them. Then the referee breaks them, and he’ll hit them and grab them again. I think it’s a great strategy. It’s not clean boxing, but it’s smart boxing. He’s going to hit somebody and grab them in MMA, and he’ll be done for. They’ll take him down. That’ll be all. I’ll be on top of the list to fight him."

I'm not sure what Torres is trying to accomplish with this statement, because I highly doubt Mayweather has any idea who he is. Mayweather has talked about how even the biggest mixed martial artists aren't on his level, and Torres isn't even amongst the sport's top draws. He is one of the pound for pound best in MMA, but not a top PPV draw.

As for his statement, of course he would smash Mayweather in an MMA contest, just as Mayweather would trounce him in a boxing ring.

Neither is going to happen, so what is the point?

As for the bigger boxing versus MMA debate Mayweather is trying to stir up, here is my take on the whole thing:

Boxing for me is like my wife of many years. She was my high school sweetheart, we fell in love, and got married. Over the years, she has had my kids and gained a few pounds, and I began looking at a much younger woman named MMA.

I began cheating on boxing with MMA because she is young and pretty and makes me feel all bubbly on the inside. Sometimes boxing is boring and gets on my nerves. MMA seems to always be there for me when boxing lets me down.

However, as much as I like MMA, I'm not leaving boxing. Not now, not ever. I will just keep MMA on the side, as my little secret.