--- description: During a Reddit Ask Me Anything, Ronda Rousey said Floyd Mayweather would beat her in a boxing match, but she'd beat him in a ruleless fight. title: Ronda Rousey Says She'd Beat Floyd Mayweather In a No Rules Fight image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte00acfc9aeee1db3/69885ea9e20a876cfba8caef/ronda-rousey2.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 # Ronda Rousey Says She Could Beat Floyd Mayweather In a No Rules Fight  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 11, 2015 11:41 AM CUT  UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey celebrates after defeating Bethe Correia of Brazil by KO during the UFC 190 event on August 1, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro. UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey celebrates after defeating Bethe Correia of Brazil by KO during the UFC 190 event on August 1, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro.Jeff Bottari— Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 11, 2015 11:41 AM CUT Ronda Rousey didn’t let up on her feud with Floyd Mayweather during a Reddit Ask Me Anything session on Monday. [During the AMA](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3gixri/rowdy%5Fronda%5Frousey%5Fhere%5Fama/ "undefined"), a fan asked Rousey, the UFC female bantamweight champion, if she thinks she could beat Mayweather, the pound-for-pound boxing champion, in a “rule-less” fight. Rousey responded, “Floyd is one of the best boxers of all time. He would definitely beat me in a boxing match. I unfortunately don’t get into “matches.” I _fight_ for a living. In a no rules fight, I believe I can beat anyone on this planet. Boxing is a sweet science with strict rules that I respect very much and aspire every day to improve at. But you said ruleless fight, and that’s my honest answer.” Rousey has been verbally sparring with Mayweather since he claimed in a 2014 interview not to know who she was. _Read next:_[ _10 Questions with Ronda Rousey_](http://time.com/3951156/10-questions-with-ronda-rousey/?iid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") [_Listen to the most important stories of the day_](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/autoplay/?xid=spl-fullbrief-article "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3992234/ronda-rousey-floyd-mayweather-ama/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3992234/ronda-rousey-floyd-mayweather-ama/"},"headline":"Ronda Rousey Says She Could Beat Floyd Mayweather In a No Rules Fight","datePublished":"2015-08-11T11:41:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:23:15.848Z","description":"Rousey said Mayweather would beat her in a boxing match, but she'd beat him in a ruleless fight","url":"https://time.com/3992234/ronda-rousey-floyd-mayweather-ama/","keywords":["Boxing","Newsfeed","floyd mayweather","Ronda Rousey"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte00acfc9aeee1db3/69885ea9e20a876cfba8caef/ronda-rousey2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte00acfc9aeee1db3/69885ea9e20a876cfba8caef/ronda-rousey2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"ronda rousey ufc","caption":"ronda rousey ufc","creditText":"Jeff Bottari— 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/3992234/ronda-rousey-floyd-mayweather-ama/","name":"Ronda Rousey Says She Could Beat Floyd Mayweather In a No Rules Fight"}}]},{"@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/3992234/ronda-rousey-floyd-mayweather-ama/","duration":"PT41S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3992234/ronda-rousey-floyd-mayweather-ama/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```