Mayweather offers Rousey boxing advice: 'I'm here to help you'

Surprisingly, Floyd Mayweather is taking the high road following Ronda Rousey's destruction at the hands of Holly Holm.

With their strange, sometimes volatile inter-sport rivalry regularly spilling over onto the pages of newspapers, websites, and on ESPN award shows, one would assume Mayweather is relishing Rousey's sudden fall from grace at UFC 193.

Not so, says Mayweather.

"I want Ronda Rousey to hold her head up high and don't let this discourage you," Mayweather told Fight Hype, according to MMAFighting.com's Guilherme Cruz. "If you need help as far as with boxing, I'm here to help you. It's all about timing and inches. Her ground game is unbelievable. She'll be okay."

Although conventional wisdom (and UFC president Dana White) suggests Rousey will earn an immediate rematch with Holm, Mayweather thinks the promotion should slowly build toward the eventual showdown in order to maximize the drama/payday.

"Me as a former fighter, I think that she needs some time off to regroup and refocus," Mayweather said. "I think they're rushing her. They need to build Ronda Rousey back up, her confidence back up, even though I think she's probably still confident. Let Holly fight, defend the title a few times, and build it. That's what I would do, looking at it as being a former fighter and now promoter. I wouldn't rush it.

"What I would do, I would put them on the same card fighting against different opponents and then slowly build it up. It's all about timing. That's what I did with the (Manny) Pacquiao fight. The fight went from me making 100 million to me making 300 million, so it's all about timing."