If a tune-up is what he wants before re-matching Pac, then Giorgio Petrosyan is a solid opponent. He may be a kickboxer, but it would be a more legitimate match than the McGregor fight. He's used to punching with those type of gloves, and he's familiar with the blocks and all that. The main thing would be the stance. The announcement put out a few weeks ago did say they were looking at kickboxers, as well as MMA fighters and boxers. Of course it may not be as much money as Mayweather likes to make. If not him, who do you think is appropriate for the aforementioned tune-up?
Only if Petrosyan is filled with anabolic steroids to murderous levels before the fight and he is let loose in a fit of rage into the ring after being told that Floyd had sex with his wife. Then that would be worth the money.
You should check him out. He's considered by many to be the kickboxing equivalent of Mayweather(as far as technical brilliance is concerned and defense) but personally I think he's much more enjoyable to watch than Money Mayweather(Baby face has an argument) @IntentionalButt will vouch for me that he's indeed a very skilled operator.
Wish there were more people here that appreciated him and other skilled kickboxers. Technique and discipline often rivals that of top boxers.
I saw that to do the RBR for Glory too. I catch that when I can too. Now I can go to the MMA on here instead of *website I can't mention.
His name is giving me horrible flashbacks to the Terry Flanagan/Petrov fight. So by default, keep me far away from this idea!
Yeah, tbf, he was for a time probably the "Mayweather" of his sport - in more ways than one: He was/is a supreme technician and consummate gymrat who dealt with B to A- range opposition almost effortlessly in his prime exhibiting top shelf ring generalship in addition to extremely precise striking and careful defense (some would say to a fault; although kickboxing fans certainly never considering him as "boring" as some boxing fans consider Mayweather he definitely wasn't making anyone's "biggest thrillers" list either - he's another "one for the purists"). He was the clear p4p #1 to many (including myself) for a number of years, making handsome paydays and ever respected by aficionados despite not always maintaining a consistently high level of competition. He always carried a contingent of doubters/haters calling into question his ducking of a certain archrival (in Petrosyan's case, being perceived as dodging a rematch with Buakaw for years after they fought to draw was his "let Pacquiao age out from his prime") - with the fairness of those accusations of ducking being a long debated point of contention.