Conor McGregor could not hold back when seeing a picture of Floyd Mayweather wearing gloves at a fan meet and greet in the UK.

The boxer appeared to be taking extra care due to coronavirus fears, with the disease infecting more than 110,000 people worldwide, with the death toll almost at 4,000.

2 McGregor temporarily left the UFC in order to fight Mayweather in a boxing match and despite losing to the unbeaten American, believes he performed well and expects another money spinning fight in the future

Meanwhile, in the UK, nearly 300 people have tested positive for coronavirus.

And Mayweather, who is travelling around the UK as part of a tour, was pictured next to a fan, who jokingly wore a t-shirt which read ‘TMT, The McGregor Team’ as opposed to the American’s brand, ‘The Money Team’.

Mayweather beat the mixed martial arts star in a monumental boxing match in August 2017, stopping the Irishman in the 10th round.

It was a valiant effort from McGregor, who had never professionally boxed before and talks of a rematch have never disappeared.

And on the weekend, he was sent the picture of Mayweather greeting the fan with gloves and replied on Twitter ‘Hahah brilliant. The gloves’ and ended the post with a laughing emoji.

Hahah brilliant. The gloves 😂 https://t.co/urT2V0VCJU — Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) March 8, 2020

Mayweather has not boxed since defeating McGregor in a fight which earned the American a whopping $300million and he is likely to earn more if they meet again, something McGregor insists ‘will happen’.

He said: “I done phenomenal in that bout. And the only reason I lost that bout was because I prepared for a back-footed Philly shell style of opponent. And when the fight was like that, I was picking him apart.

“Then, he came forward and I wasn’t sinking into my shots like I am now with my boxing coaches, guys who are drilling specific boxing things into me again. I know I beat Floyd if we rematch – when we rematch.

“He’s not going to do a mixed martial arts fight like it was supposed to be! It was supposed to be me boxing and then we’ll do a mixed martial arts bout. That’s what was said. It wasn’t written, but it was a verbal agreement, right. Obviously, that’s not gonna happen. I’m not even going to push him on that either. But I would like to box him, that would be a good rematch.”

2 Mayweather teased the prospect of the two meeting again immediately after McGregor beat Cowboy Cerrone in January

However, there have been rumours of Mayweather returning against UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov with the Russian demanding at least one round follows MMA rules.

Mayweather, who is 50-0 in the ring, insisted any potential comeback must be worth his while.

He said: “Like [himself and UFC president Dana White] talked about on social media, there’s two names right now.

“We talked about the Conor McGregor fight, we talked about the Khabib fight.

“For myself, the number is $600m. If I’m going to go out there and risk it, it’d have to be worth it.”