Floyd Mayweather has defeated Conor McGregor after the two men squared off in what was billed as the Fight of the Century in the highly anticipated and Hollywood studded match in a Las Vegas arena on Saturday night.
Mayweather outlasted McGregor, who began to visibly falter before he fell against the ropes in a technical knockout, winning Mayweather?s 50th undefeated match as the champion boxer swore it was his last fight ever.
The two super-welterweight fighters had been preparing for the big boxing match for months and the event generated hype as the world waited to see who would become boxing’s undisputed king.
The audience was packed with 20,000 ravenous fans at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas with private jets ferrying celebrities into Vegas as bets worth more than a million dollars were placed on the match.
Some of those A-listers who took their seats ringside were Bruce Willis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lopez, Vanessa Hudgens, Demi Lovato and LeBron James, all spotted eagerly waiting for the big fight.
The money-spinning showdown is likely to break all records and surpass the $600million generated by Mayweather’s fight with Manny Pacquiao in 2015.
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Floyd Mayweather has defeated Conor McGregor after the two men squared off in what was billed as the Fight of the Century in the highly anticipated and Hollywood studded match in a Las Vegas arena on Saturday night
Bruce Willis, one of the many celebrities attending the big fight, took his seat shortly before the high-profile match took place
Leonardo DiCaprio was another Hollywood star to be spotted among the rich, powerful and A-lister crowd
Actress Jennifer Lopez and former MLB player Alex Rodriguez attend the super welterweight boxing match
Dozens of stars sat ringside for the fight, such as LeBron James and Mike Tyson, (both pictured) as the fight could surpass the $600m generated by Mayweather’s fight with Manny Pacquiao in 2015
Hollywood actor Gerard Butler stared up at the fight. He hasn?t wasted any time since splitting from former beau Morgan Brown. The star was spotted kissing a mystery blonde at a Las Vegas nightclub ahead of the superfight
Disney girl Demi Lovato, 25, belted out the United States national anthem right before the big fight
LeBron James waits with his wife for a super welterweight boxing match between Mayweather and McGregor on Saturday. The superstar player for the Cleveland Cavaliers sits in front of former boxer Mike Tyson
P Diddy arrived with his singer girlfriend Cassie, who happened to be celebrating her 31st birthday on the day of the match
Jamie Foxx, 49, sported an all black outfit as he arrived at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. He also joked on Instagram that if he slipped, at least he was wearing his Gucci fur loafers
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In the sixth round Mayweather stepped up the pace and begins landing in volume. He battered McGregor with a series of punches and lands some good lead right hands. McGregor?s punches seem to lack snap.
McGregor made his ring walk with an Irish flag draped over his shoulders. He pumped his fists in the air to the crowd, which cheered loudly.
McGregor?s handlers held aloft his UFC title belts after he got into the ring for his first pro boxing match.
Floyd Mayweather Jr., meanwhile got a bit theatrical, wearing what looks like a ski mask under an oversized hat. He was greeted with a mixture of cheers and boos.
The odds at fight time favored Mayweather by about a 5-1 margin.
McGregor came sporting a shorter haircut than he had in the days leading up to the fight, with his girlfriend behind him pushing their 3-month-old baby in a stroller.
McGregor was calm and confident in his televised pre-fight interview, telling Showtime’s Jim Gray that he would ‘paint a beautiful picture’ in his fight against heavily favored Mayweather.
He was subdued in the interview, and he was still wearing a dress shirt, tie and vest, even though his hands were already wrapped about an hour before the start of the bout.
‘I’m going to go out and be myself ? free, spontaneous, creative ? and paint a beautiful picture,’ he said. ‘I see me truly outclassing this man and putting him to sleep.’
McGregor said he thought he weighed ‘about 170’ pounds after rehydrating from Friday’s weigh-in, where he was 153. Mayweather weighed in at 149 ?.
Mayweather is guaranteed $100million for his night’s work, and could make double that if the pay-per-view buys are strong as expected. McGregor’s guarantee with the Nevada State Athletic Commission is $30million.
There are two more fights on the under card before the main event begins. There will also be two national anthems, with the U.S. version sung by Demi Lovato and the Irish anthem by Imelda May.
Promoters had nearly 2,000 tickets still to sell on fight day at prices ranging from $2,500 to $10,000.
The fight is expected to set records on pay-per-view, with some 5 million homes buying at $99.95. The main event is expected to begin about 9pm local time.
The big money continued rolling in just before fight time at this city’s sports books, with several million-dollar bets on Floyd Mayweather Jr. to beat Conor McGregor.
Bookies had faced taking a big loss because McGregor tickets outnumbered Mayweather tickets by as much as 18-1 at some books. But the big bets started coming in Thursday on Mayweather and at the William Hill chain of sports books 74 percent of the money on straight bets was on Mayweather.
There were a handful of million-dollar bets on Mayweather, with three coming in just hours before the fight. The biggest reported bet on McGregor is $100,000.
