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Mayweather Versus McGregor: Who?s Worse?
By Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, Fri, 25 Aug 2017
Boxing , like all sports, is addictive because it is so unsatisfying. In a boxing film, you can be assured of a narrative arc, building to a meaningful ending: a victory?or, more often, a moral victory, assuring viewers that the world makes sense, even when it doesn?t seem to. But in boxing itself n Read Full Story >>>Things to Ponder While Pretending To Ignore Mayweather-McGregor
By Paul Magno, Boxing.com, Fri, 25 Aug 2017
Boxing is for us, and one million of our closest fans?ONLY one million?and they have to be the RIGHT kinds of fans?
We get it?You?re a ?real? boxing fan and won?t put up with any of that Mayweather-McGregor nonsense. You care so little about this mega-farce that you will read every article about Read Full Story >>> 5 Reasons Not to Waste Your Money on the Mayweather vs. ?White Mayweather? Fight
By Stephen A. Crockett Jr., The Root, Fri, 25 Aug 2017
The fight that no one wants to pay for but everyone kind of wants to see, if only to laugh as Floyd Mayweather Jr. beats the stuffing out of Conor McGregor, is Saturday. We all know that this is going to be a shit show of epic proportions. It most likely won?t even be remotely entertaining.
In f Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather issues '100 percent' guarantee he'll KO Conor McGregor
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Fri, 25 Aug 2017
LAS VEGAS -- Floyd Mayweather's reputation is as one of the greatest defensive fighters of all time. As the highest-paid fighter in history, he has grossed nearly $1 billion in large part because of his "Money" persona and the skills to back it up.
So it may come to a surprise to some that Maywea Read Full Story >>> Showtime exec pumps brakes on talks of ?Mayweather vs McGregor? breaking PPV record
By Jesse Holland , MMA Mania, Fri, 25 Aug 2017
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight champion Conor McGregor has taken a break from his mixed martial arts (MMA) duties to try his luck at boxing, in what is being billed as a ?Money Fight? against undefeated pugilist Floyd Mayweather.
Probably because everything is so damn expensive, Read Full Story >>> Oscar De La Hoya once summed up why so many boxers find Floyd Mayweather's defensive style to be a nuisance
By Scott Davis, Boxing Insider, Fri, 25 Aug 2017
Floyd Mayweather has vowed to "go to" Conor McGregor in their August 26 bout and fight an offensive fight, but many are skeptical.
Mayweather traditionally fights a defensive battle, using his patented shoulder rolls and defensive tactics to avoid big punches and win by points.
The style i Read Full Story >>> I want Conor McGregor to kick Floyd Mayweather?s head into outer space so nobody wins
By Matt Ufford, SB NATION, Fri, 25 Aug 2017
Every boxing expert agrees: Conor McGregor has no realistic chance to beat Floyd Mayweather, Jr. The Irishman?s primary skill, as it pertains to this fight, is his ability to sell a fight; conventional wisdom and reality agree that McGregor, a novice boxer, has no chance against the son of a boxing Read Full Story >>> Nate Diaz believes Conor McGregor ?has a great chance? to beat Floyd Mayweather
By Dave Doyle, MMA Fighting, Fri, 25 Aug 2017
Consensus seems to hold that Conor McGregor doesn?t have much of a chance at beating Floyd Mayweather on Saturday night in Las Vegas since they are, of course, fighting in a boxing ring, which is Mayweather?s domain.
Consensus among people who have never actually fought McGregor, that is.
McGr Read Full Story >>> Mayweather team play down ticket sales concerns
RTE Sport, Fri, 25 Aug 2017
Leonard Ellerbe has dismissed concerns that Floyd Mayweather's fight with Conor McGregor is yet to sell out.
Saturday's fight at Las Vegas' T-Mobile Arena has long been billed as the biggest and richest in history, but suggestions it could prove a greater commercial success than Mayweather's bout Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather makes shocking allegation against Conor McGregor hours before fight
By George Mills, Daily Star (UK), Fri, 25 Aug 2017
The 49-0 boxer has repeatedly suggested that McGregor would struggle to make weight for the fight this weekend, despite the Irishman?s previous success in the UFC?s 145lb featherweight division.
He will be required to weigh in at 154lb or less to avoid any financial penalty ? but Mayweather sugge Read Full Story >>> Dana White Calls BS on Mayweather, Conor's Not Cheating
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 25 Aug 2017
TMZ SPORTS -- Dana White says Floyd Mayweather is full of crap -- and his allegations that Conor McGregor is using illegal tactics to cut weight for the fight are pure fiction.
Early Thursday morning, Mayweather told Read Full Story >>> McGregor vs. Mayweather: Key Factors That Will Determine Megafight's Outcome
By Alex Ballentine, BleacherReport.com, Fri, 25 Aug 2017
All the hype and talk is almost over for Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather Jr. On Saturday, August 26, the two combat sports stars will finally be done talking and promoting, and all that will be left will be an old-fashioned fist fight.
It's a fight that's been driven by questions, the type t Read Full Story >>> Conor McGregor?Floyd Mayweather Fight Eyeing Record-Breaking PPV Sales
By Brandon Katz , The Observer, Fri, 25 Aug 2017
No, Saturday?s fight between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor isn?t going to save boxing or destroy Mixed Martial Arts, but it is going to make an earth-shattering amount of money for a pay-per-view fight event. Deadline is reporting that the bout is projected to generate $700 million worldwide b Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather's fight-week prep? Hanging at his strip club until the wee hours
By Dan Wetzel, Yahoo! Sports, Fri, 25 Aug 2017
LAS VEGAS ? It?s 2:47 a.m. Thursday morning, maybe 66 hours from the richest fight of his career, and Floyd Mayweather is bouncing around the Girl Collection gentlemen?s club here.
All around him music booms and women dance and singles flitter through the air. Mayweather greets friends and checks Read Full Story >>> Days before McGregor fight, Floyd Mayweather talks business. At 3 a.m. in his Vegas strip club
By Rick Maese, Washington Post, Fri, 25 Aug 2017
LAS VEGAS ? It was past midnight on Thursday when Floyd Mayweather Jr., finished his nightly workout, but he was still hours away from going to sleep. Instead, he cooled down, changed his clothes and made his way to his nightly retreat.
It wasn?t until nearly 2:50 a.m. that Mayweather poked his h Read Full Story >>> Conor McGregor v Floyd Mayweather: Ref Joe Cortez reveals what McGregor is like behind closed doors
By Kevin Taylor, The Irish Sun, Fri, 25 Aug 2017
BOXING referee Joe Cortez insists Conor McGregor is a ?gentleman? behind the scenes and that his personality in front of the cameras is just for show.
The legendary boxing ref was brought into the McGregor training camp to help the 29-year-old prepare for his clash with Floyd Mayweather in Las Ve Read Full Story >>> ONLY TWO BOXING GOLDS FOR THE PHILS. IN SEAG 2017
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 24 Aug 2017
The Philippine amateur boxing team failed to match the five gold haul and the dominant performance they showed two years earlier in Singapore. But considering the conditions that they had to face before and during Read Full Story >>> Vincent Hogan: Mayweather-McGregor circus is loud, lewd - and laughing all the way to the bank
By Vincent Juico, Independent.ie, Thu, 24 Aug 2017
As a desert bird flies, the distance from where the verbal baiting ended (officially at least) yesterday and the fighting begins in the early hours of Sunday morning is little more than a scorched 800 metres.
But walking from the MGM Grand?s KA Theatre to the T-Mobile Arena takes you to the corn Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather: ?I think Canelo wins real good and real easy. He just needs to jab and hook off and Golovkin will never find you!
By Jenna Jay, OTR Boxing Radio, Thu, 24 Aug 2017
Trainer, Floyd Mayweather Sr, returned to his son?s corner back in 2013 and ended that year with a highly anticipated bout against Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez. At that time, Canelo was only 22 years old and was outclassed over 12 rounds by Mayweather Jr. in a bout that sold over 2 million PPV buys. Since Read Full Story >>> What if everybody is wrong and Conor McGregor beats Floyd Mayweather?
By Les Carpenter, theguardian.com, Thu, 24 Aug 2017
hat if the impossible is possible? What if a foot slips, a hand drops, a lucky swing lands right and Conor McGregor knocks Floyd Mayweather cold in the craziest of flukes?
What if everybody with any good sense is wrong, and Mayweather at 40, having not fought in nearly two years, is no match for Read Full Story >>>
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