Years of trash talk led to months of hype, which will all finally culminate in a grand Saturday night spectacle when Floyd Mayweather squares off against Conor McGregor at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
The intrigue around this event goes far beyond boxing, though. If this fight was all about what will happen in the ring, there likely wouldn’t be much drama. But that doesn’t mean there won’t be entertainment value. When two showmen like Mayweather and McGregor occupy center stage, it’s difficult to look away.
We’ve brought together our panel of boxing and MMA experts—Jeremy Botter, Chad Dundas, Lyle Fitzsimmons, Kevin McRae and Jonathan Snowden—to give their thoughts on all the talking points ahead of the weekend’s festivities. The panel is unsurprisingly high on Mayweather’s chances, but there are a range of opinions on what we’ll see in the days leading up to the fight, just how badly Conor will lose and what’s next for both fighters.
Read on to see the B/R staff’s predictions on anything and everything Mayweather-McGregor.