--- description: He concluded, "When she can do that, then, call me" title: Floyd Mayweather Finally Thought of a Ronda Rousey Comeback image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt51953c4edf03567a/69885e698e0601c5f6461c2e/floyd-mayweather1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Sports](/section/sports/) ## Sports Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Boxing](/tag/boxing/) ## Boxing Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Floyd Mayweather Finally Thought of a Comeback for Ronda Rousey by [Eric Dodds](/author/eric-dodds/) ## Eric Dodds Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 7, 2015 8:13 PM CUT  LOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 06: Floyd Mayweather Jr. attends the Los Angeles press conference announcing his upcoming Las Vegas fight date at JW Marriott Los Angeles at L.A. LIVE on August 6, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Earl Gibson III/Getty Images) LOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 06: Floyd Mayweather Jr. attends the Los Angeles press conference announcing his upcoming Las Vegas fight date at JW Marriott Los Angeles at L.A. LIVE on August 6, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Earl Gibson III/Getty Images)Earl Gibson III—Getty Images by [Eric Dodds](/author/eric-dodds/) ## Eric Dodds Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 7, 2015 8:13 PM CUT One of the highlights of the ESPYs last month was Ronda Rousey’s red carpet dig at Floyd Mayweather after beating him for the Best Fighter award. “I wonder how Floyd feels being beat by a woman for once,” Rousey said, referring to the[ battery charges ](http://deadspin.com/the-trouble-with-floyd-mayweather-1605217498 "undefined")[the boxer has faced](http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=1820745 "undefined"). “I’d like to see him pretend to not know who I am now.” Nearly a month later, Mayweather has finally [responded](http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-floyd-mayweather-ronda-rousey-20150807-story.html "undefined"). “I’ve yet to see any MMA fighter, or other boxer, make over $300 million in 36 minutes,” Mayweather said during an interview with ESPN after congratulating Rousey on her award. “When she can do that, then, call me.” Rousey recently retained her UFC women’s bantamweight championship by defeating Bethe Correia in just 34 seconds on Aug. 1, while Mayweather announced this week that he’ll face Andre Berto on Sept. 12. \[[_Los Angeles Times_](http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-floyd-mayweather-ronda-rousey-20150807-story.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3989346/floyd-mayweather-ronda-rousey-comeback/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3989346/floyd-mayweather-ronda-rousey-comeback/"},"headline":"Floyd Mayweather Finally Thought of a Comeback for Ronda Rousey","datePublished":"2015-08-07T20:13:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:00:49.517Z","description":"\"When she can do that, then, call me\"","url":"https://time.com/3989346/floyd-mayweather-ronda-rousey-comeback/","keywords":["Boxing","mma"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt51953c4edf03567a/69885e698e0601c5f6461c2e/floyd-mayweather1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eric Dodds","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/eric-dodds/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt51953c4edf03567a/69885e698e0601c5f6461c2e/floyd-mayweather1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Floyd \"Money\" Mayweather And Andre Berto Host Los Angeles Press Conference Announcing Las Vegas Fight Date","caption":"Floyd \"Money\" Mayweather And Andre Berto Host Los Angeles Press Conference Announcing Las Vegas Fight Date","creditText":"Earl Gibson III—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/boxing/","name":"Boxing"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3989346/floyd-mayweather-ronda-rousey-comeback/","name":"Floyd Mayweather Finally Thought of a Comeback for Ronda Rousey"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Ronda Rousey Fights Bethe Correia At UFC 190","description":"Ronda Rousey Fights Bethe Correia At UFC 190","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/zJhkTwVI/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-08-02T18:04:27.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/zJhkTwVI.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3989346/floyd-mayweather-ronda-rousey-comeback/","duration":"PT41S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3989346/floyd-mayweather-ronda-rousey-comeback/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```