Boxing: Conor McGregor has "very serious" boxing ambitions

Joseph Parker and Conor McGregor. Photo / Craig Stanaway

Conor McGregor continues to fuel the fire around a possible mega-boxing bout with Floyd Mayweather, having recently obtained his boxing licence to compete in the state of California.

"I could go now and maybe conquer the boxing scene. That's a very serious thought. That's a very serious conversation that's happening," McGregor told Ireland's RTE Sport.

"So we'll see... I've got those wrestling guys trying to contact me as well. I've got Hollywood guys trying to contact me as well. I've got so many options.

"We'll see what happens. We've got the boxing license but, again, his pay-per-view was 250,000 buys in his last fight. It was a flop, the fight was a dud.

"His last two fights have been duds, so I certainly don't need him. I could pick some local schmuck and still do big numbers, that's where I'm at.

"Of course, the Floyd fight is the fight the public wants to see, it's the fight we all want to happen but we'll see. These things take time."

McGregor also revealed he may not be taking a long hiatus from the UFC after all.

Following his second round TKO against Eddie Alvarez in November, McGregor said he was looking to meet with UFC bosses about receiving some sort of equity or a possible ownership deal after raking in record breaking numbers for the company across his last few fights.

McGregor said he wasn't going to fight again until he had a chance to meet with the new owners while also awaiting the birth of his first child in May.

UFC president Dana White then said that he expected McGregor to be out of action for the next 10 months, which means the current lightweight champion wouldn't return until the second half of 2017.

McGregor said that there's a chance he would come back before then, but he still won't sign on for any bout until after he sits down to talk with WME-IMG co-CEO's Ari Emanuel and Patrick Whitesell to discuss his future.

"As far as a break, I don't know. I know Dana's (White) been on record been like 10 months, he's taking 10 months. Why do you say 10 months? Originally I thought the baby was being born in March and then it was May and then I was like maybe I could get another one. But I just don't know," McGregor explained.

"I'm weighing up my options. Again, I expect that conversation, I expect them to fly that jet to me. Ari (Emanuel), Patrick (Whitesell), the new owners from WME-IMG, the guys that bought the UFC for $4 billion, I want to speak to them."

"I want to see what their plan is cause right now I don't know what anybody's plan is. All I know is they're trying to type onto a keyboard and say we're taking this belt and we're taking that belt, we're doing this, we're doing that - you ain't doing nothing without contacting me first," McGregor warned.

"I'm ready for anything. I did say I was going to take a break but a Christmas break, the holidays. At least give me the holidays off. We'll see what happens in the future."