No stranger to a big bout, Australian boxer Danny Green concedes the now official Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor fight will attract plenty of attention but should only have one winner.
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The 44-year-old, who himself drew a sizable crowd to the Adelaide Oval in February when he boxed Anthony Mundine, is clearly backing Mayweather to get the job done come August 27.
Though refusing to rule McGregor out, Green thinks the UFC man's lack of boxing experience will be too big a hill to climb.
"McGregor is a novice boxer," Green told news.com.au.
"A real novice. So he’s going to be out of his depth, but in saying that he’s a phenomenal fighter. He’s a real fighter.
"I have a lot of respect for both of them, but I just think Floyd is one of the greatest boxer’s of all time and I think he’s going to pick Conor McGregor apart and potentially expose him as a fairly novice fighter."
In an attempt to familiarise himself with boxing, McGregor has been seen sparring with professional boxers and Green suspects the Irishman has been preparing for quite sometime.
"His style has adapted in the last six months," Green said.
"He’s predominantly been training boxing for the last 6-10 months.
"I reckon he’s known this fight has been coming and he’s been planning it and been boxing the whole time.
"So I think his style when he goes into the ring against Floyd will be altered more for boxing."
Despite this shift, Green is still skeptical of McGregor's chances but does have some advice for him.
"It’s going to take 10-15 years to turn him into a fighter that would be able to beat Floyd Mayweather," he said.
"If he was going to be able to beat him it would take 10 years not 10 weeks. I don’t think it will make much difference.
"He cannot sit back and try to outbox Floyd Mayweather.
"He has to go for broke. He has to go hard early and he has to go for broke.
"That'd be a mistake to sit back and try to play cat and mouse with him. He could do it in the UFC, but he can’t with Floyd."
