The Fight Is On: Mayweather Vs McGregor Date Has Been Set

That doesn’t mean Mayweather doesn’t have the ability to knock out another fighter, especially in the case of McGregor.

Known for his devastating striking and highlight-reel knockouts, McGregor is also quick and irrational on his feet, but few would back him to beat one of the most complete boxers of all time.

“I know what big events feel like”, Ellerbe, a key member of Mayweather’s inner circle, added.

I think Connor takes it!

If Mayweather wins this fight, he could finish his career at a ideal 50-0. “He’s very happy, I’m very happy and I can’t wait”.

“Floyd is the greatest of all time and Conor is the master of our sport”, MMA promoter Dana White said. It is money, and the chance to make a lot of it without any risk of defeat, that persuaded Mayweather to come out of retirement.

Lightweight champion Conor McGregor is clearly the biggest star in the UFC.

“I’m one of those who believes in being able to cross over”, said Holm, a former boxing world champion, ahead of her UFC fight in Singapore on Saturday. “Anywhere and everywhere I go, it’s all that people are talking about”.

And while Mayweather has had lucrative fights in the past, it would take a special kind of matchup to draw the eyeballs that his fight with Pacquiao did. They get that big payday, and they’re done.

It’s insane to think, but McGregor was merely a blip on the UFC radar just a few years ago, trying to make it as an up-and-coming fighter from Dublin. They don’t want to work anymore.

“First of all, it’s about the fans”, White continued. Every sports fan can judge him, and we can do it using the thing he cares about so much he uses it as his nickname. GGG is going to fight Canelo.

“I just don’t like the way he gets on, I just think he’s an a******e”. The same reason is what convinced McGregor to step into an unfamiliar arena of combat that will nearly surely end in defeat. There’s so many great fights. Oscar De La Hoya has called it a farce and said it will harm boxing regardless of the result.

Oddsmakers have made Mayweather anywhere from a -800 to a -2500 favorite for the fight. “Conor McGregor is huge”, UFC president White told Conan. Why keep fighting each other in the media, he seemed to be saying?