Daily debate: CM Punk is favored over Floyd Mayweather, but should he be?

Phil “CM Punk” Brooks is listed as the favorite over Floyd Mayweather if the two were to ever compete in an MMA bout. But should he be?

That was the question for MMAjunkie Radio’s new daily debate feature.

We polled MMAjunkie readers and MMAjunkie Radio listeners to see what they thought of former WWE superstar Punk (0-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) being listed as the -300 favorite over the +230 underdog Mayweather (50-0 boxing).

They’re both inexperienced in MMA, with Punk having just one UFC fight on his resume to Mayweather’s zero, but “Money” is the best at boxing. That has to count for something, doesn’t it? Why isn’t that enough for Mayweather to be the favorite?

The voters weighed in, and it was a close call (via Twitter):

Check out the video above as MMAjunkie Radio hosts “Gorgeous” George Garcia, Brian “Goze” Garcia and Dan Tom discuss the topic.

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