UFC champion Conor McGregor obtained a boxing license in the state of California, causing many people to believe a fight between him and Floyd Mayweather was on the verge of happening. Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe, however, says the license doesn't bring them any closer to a fight between the UFC king and boxing king.

“It’s all a game. It’s all a calculated effort to gain more fans,”Ellerbe told ESPN.com. “He got a boxing license. Congratulations to him. Conor McGregor can say anything he wants to but he has a boss and his name is [UFC president] Dana White. He is under contract to the UFC and if he wanted to fight Floyd Mayweather in a boxing match he can’t because his bosses wouldn’t allow that to happen. The brass [from WME-IMG] who recently purchased the UFC [for $4 billion earlier this year] are very smart people and they would never — and put this in bold caps — let him step into a boxing ring with Floyd Mayweather because everyone knows what the outcome would be. He would get his ass beat from pillar to post.”

McGregor has been taking shots at Mayweather in interviews and on social media, trying to push the retired champ into the ring similar to what Manny Pacquiao did before his highly anticipated fight against Floyd. After McGregor's victory over Alvarez at Madison Square Garden, he told fans at a New York City nightclub that Mayweather would never fight him because "he's afraid of a real fight.

“Floyd’s not ready for this,” McGregor said.  “Much respect to Floyd. He’s a solid businessman on what he’s been able to do, he’s a f***ing animal at what he’s been able to do. But as far as real fighting, as far as true pure unarmed combat, Floyd don’t want none of this.”

Ellerbe scoffs at that notion and says Mayweather who told USA TODAY Sports earlier this month he’s content being retired, simply has no interest in fighting McGregor.

“He beat world champions over a 20-year period and here’s a guy, McGregor, who has about 20 fights and lost three of them, and three fights ago he was seen on the mat quitting. What are we talking about?,” Ellerbe said. “And I have a great deal of respect for what he does for a living. Floyd and I have nothing against UFC or any of their fighters. I respect all fighters who step in a ring or the Octagon, but Floyd is in the Bahamas enjoying life. He’s not thinking about Conor McGregor or anyone else."

“What McGregor is attempting to do is take a page out of Floyd’s book from the marketing and promotional side by using his name. The quickest way to become famous is to align yourself with another famous person, and he’s done a good job of that.”

Source: ESPN