Rocky v. Thunderlips II???

When I woke up this morning I considered three things to be absolute truths.

Of course I'm talking about death, taxes, and Rocky v. Thunderlips as the greatest inter-disciplinary fight of all time.

If UFC president Dana White has his way, one of those truths will be in serious jeopardy.

Dan Wetzel at Yahoo Sports wrote yesterday about the war of words going on between White and super-badass and boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather Jr.

A few highlights...

"UFC's champions can't handle boxing. That's why they are in UFC." Mayweather said Tuesday from Las Vegas during a break in training. "Put one of our guys in UFC and he'd be the champion. Any good fighter, he'd straight knock them out."

"Take Chuck Liddell," Mayweather said of the UFC's biggest star and light heavyweight champion (about 205 pounds). "Put him in the ring with a (boxer) who is just 10-0 and Chuck Liddell would get punished."

"Boxers couldn't become mixed martial artists. That's why they're boxers," White countered Wednesday from England where UFC has an event Saturday. "They are one trick ponies. Our guys can do everything. They can box, they can kick box, they can wrestle and do jiu-jitsu. They are much better athletes than boxers."

"I used to talk like Floyd Mayweather when I was involved in boxing," White said. "I talked just like him, until I educated myself about this sport. These guys are amazing athletes, Floyd Mayweather is one of the best boxers ever, (and) Sean Sherk will whoop his ass in under two minutes."

"Any day that Mayweather wants to put his money and his ass where his mouth is, I'm ready," White continued. "If he wants to step up, let's do it."

I realize this will never actually happen, but as we are all things sports here at Shooter and Gracey, I felt it was important to throw our support behind this potential battle. I have no idea what would happen or who I would want to win, but one thing is certain... Rocky III would never be the same.