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Floyd Mayweather has so thoroughly dominated boxing that he has indicated he's considering giving the sport up and trying a new challenge: mixed martial arts. I think Mayweather could be great at MMA, but most people disagree with me. And one such person is heavyweight boxing champ Wladimir Klitschko, who said in an interview on ESPN today that he sincerely hopes Mayweather stays out of MMA.

"Please, Floyd, don't do it," Klitschko said. "I think he'd get hurt."

"There are so many difficulties from changing one sport you've been doing for a long time and swithcing to something else. ... I wish he'd stick with boxing."

I think Klitschko and others who don't think Mayweather could succeed in MMA are right that MMA is an incredibly difficult sport to take up, but wrong in underestimating how phenomenal an athlete Mayweather is. If you told me Klitschko were taking up MMA, I'd tell you Klitschko was about to get the severest beating of his life. But Klitschko is nowhere near the athlete Mayweather is, and I firmly believe that if Mayweather wants it badly enough that he trains for it with all his energy, Mayweather could make the transition.

Wladimir Klitschko on Floyd Mayweather Leaving Boxing for MMA: 'He'd Get Hurt' - FanHouse - AOL Sports Blog