Former HBO boxing commentator Larry Merchant doesn’t view mixed martial arts (MMA) as having technical fighting. Merchant has long been a boxing analyst, so he’s heard of the Aug. 26 “super fight” between Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight title holder Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather. The two are due for massive paydays after their showdown, […]
Former HBO boxing commentator Larry Merchant doesn’t view mixed martial arts (MMA) as having technical fighting. Merchant has long been a boxing analyst, so he’s heard of the Aug. 26 “super fight” between Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight title holder Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather. The two are due for massive paydays after their showdown, […]
It looks like UFC lightweight champ Conor McGregor is now taking his trash-talking talents to the National Basketball Association (NBA). On the heels of, arguably, the greatest combat sporting event of all time, McGregor prepares to make his professional boxing debut against the undefeated 49-0 Floyd Mayweather on Showtime pay-per-view (PPV) next month (Sat. August […]
It looks like UFC lightweight champ Conor McGregor is now taking his trash-talking talents to the National Basketball Association (NBA).
On the heels of, arguably, the greatest combat sporting event of all time, McGregor prepares to make his professional boxing debut against the undefeated 49-0 Floyd Mayweather on Showtime pay-per-view (PPV) next month (Sat. August 26, 2017) from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The pair held a four stop World Tour earlier this month to promote the bout in which they engaged in a slew of trash-talk to promote the fight.
Now that the promotional side of things have wrapped up for the time being, the pair can now focus on the physical preparations for their epic clash – or so you may have thought.
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Just because the press conference is up doesn’t mean McGregor is done talking trash, as he recently got into a bit of verbal beef with Golden State Warriors’ forward Draymond Green on Instagram. Green took to Instagram to call out “The Notorious One” for wearing a Warriors jersey with his number on it and ordered him to take it off due to he and the team’s allegiance to Mayweather.
It didn’t take long for the Irishman to respond in the comments section, pointing out it was the jersey of former Warriors player C.J. Watson – not Green. McGregor then proceeded to make little of Green’s athletic career, stating he dribbles heads off the floor as opposed to balls like Green does in the NBA.
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This isn’t the first time McGregor has referenced Watson, however, as Watson was linked to Mayweather’s domestic abuse case against former partner Josie Harris back in 2010. McGregor referenced this on Twitter back when talk of a possible boxing match between he and Mayweather was beginning to pick up (via USA Today):
“Harris says she awoke with Mayweather screaming and grabbing her hair. She says he’d read affectionate text messages between her and NBA basketball player C.J. Watson, described in her book draft as her “summer love.”
Abi Clarke, the girlfriend of boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr., has reportedly been harassed by fans of Conor McGregor ahead of the pair’s fight next month.
According to Ed Gleave of the Daily Star Sunday, Clarke on Thursday had a brick thrown through her wi…
Abi Clarke, the girlfriend of boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr., has reportedly been harassed by fans of Conor McGregor ahead of the pair’s fight next month.
According to Ed Gleave of the Daily Star Sunday, Clarke on Thursday had a brick thrown through her window at her home in Essex, England. It had a note attached to it that read “F–k the Mayweathers,” which is “often chanted by McGregor fans.”
Per Gleave, Clarke and Mayweather have “secretly been dating for months” and she was targeted “within hours of the news breaking” that Mayweather and McGregor were going to fight Aug. 26.
In addition, Clarke is said to have been confronted by three individuals in the street and verbally abused. “You’re loose,” the trio in question are alleged to have said. “Mayweather’s gonna die.”
A source quoted in the report said Clarke, who was a regular on the cast of reality television showThe Only Way Is Essex, is “worried about her safety.”
“It was horrific,” said a friend quoted in the report. “Abi was understandably shaken by what happened.
“When neighbours went round to offer support, she was having a panic attack.”
Clarke posted the following snap of herself alongside Mayweather on Instagram in August 2016:
According to the report, Clarke will be in attendance at the T-Mobile Arena to back Mayweather when he takes on McGregor in a bout said to be worth £500 million.
Mayweather has not been in a professional boxing ring for nearly two years but has come out of retirement to take on the UFC sensation in a much-anticipated contest. The man known as Money boasts a perfect 49-0 record and is considered by many to be the finest boxer of his generation.
McGregor, by contrast, made his millions in MMA. The Irishman is the current UFC lightweight champion, though the bout with Mayweather will be his first in professional boxing.
Draymond Green is not a Conor McGregor fan.
The Golden State Warriors forward responded to a photo of McGregor in a Warriors jersey by writing on Instagram, “We rocking with Floyd bro not you…take that off bruh.”
McGregor responded to Gree…
Draymond Green is not a Conor McGregor fan.
The Golden State Warriors forward responded to a photo of McGregor in a Warriors jersey by writing on Instagram, “We rocking with Floyd bro not you…take that off bruh.”
McGregor responded to Green in the comments, saying of the No. 23 jersey: “That’s C.J Watson mate. I don’t know who the f–k you are. No disrespect tho kid, keep hustling and stay in school.”
He added: “Now ask yourself why I’m rocking C.J. when I don’t know or give a f–k about basketball. I dribble heads off the floor. Not a ball. This is no game here kid.”
So why wear a Watson jersey? From USA Today‘s Martin Rogers:
“Back in January, back when the fight still seemed improbable, McGregor took aim at his opponent’s ugly domestic violence record. Mayweather spent time in prison for battering Josie Harris, mother to three of his children, in September 2010.
Having split with Harris, she says he entered her home in the middle of the night and was infuriated to find messages from NBA player C.J. Watson on her phone. Mayweather’s son, Koraun, then 10, told the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department that he had seen his father on top of Harris—hitting and kicking her.”
McGregor and Floyd Mayweather Jr. are set to face off Aug. 26 in one of the more intriguing fights in recent memory. That’s due to McGregor’s background as an MMA fighter, not a boxer, and Mayweather’s perfect 49-0 record on the line.
The buildup to the fight has been controversial, however, with many decrying the amount of racial insensitivity on display.
“Boxing’s checkered history of capitalizing on racial and ethnic rivalries to sell bouts has taken a turn for the worse with this unprecedented megafight, with racist taunts and bigoted trash talk showcased, loudly and vividly, throughout the four-city press tour that concluded in London on July 14.”
Among other comments, McGregor told Mayweather to “dance for me, boy” during the press tour. Mayweather has hardly been an angel, however, using misogynistic and homophobic language during the lead-up to the fight.
It’s unclear if McGregor’s behavior during the press tour is the reason Green is pulling for Mayweather or if he is simply a fan of the undefeated boxer. But if two of the loudest men in sports, Green and McGregor, are about to exchange a war of words online, things could heat up quickly.
Following last weeks both controversial an exhausting world tour, August 26’s Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor is rapidly approaching from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. McGregor will attempt to do something no man has ever done, and that’s defeat the 49-0 Mayweather in a boxing ring. And the Irishman will do it without a […]
Following last weeks both controversial an exhausting world tour, August 26’s Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor is rapidly approaching from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
McGregor will attempt to do something no man has ever done, and that’s defeat the 49-0 Mayweather in a boxing ring. And the Irishman will do it without a true professional boxing fight to his credit, even if his trash talk and pre-fight hype has somehow placed him as roughly a +400 underdog on the quickly shrinking odds, a figure fall smaller than many of Mayweather’s recent opponents who were considered some of the best pugilists in the sport.
That’s a testament to “The Notorious’” sheer ability to promote a fight and get fans believing in him, and it’s obvious that Mayweather has partnered with SHOWTIME Sports to become the biggest name in boxing himself, even if he has been retired for two years. It all leads to a massive co-promotion with the UFC that could legitimately be the biggest combat sports fight of all-time.
With the date just over a month away, SHOWTIME released the official fight poster (not the announcement poster) on Twitter this weekend. Check it out:
Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather now have an official poster for their Aug. 26 showdown. McGregor and Mayweather wrapped up a tour that stopped at four cities and three countries. They’ll do battle inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada live on Showtime pay-per-view. Last night (July 21), Showtime released the official poster for […]
Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather now have an official poster for their Aug. 26 showdown. McGregor and Mayweather wrapped up a tour that stopped at four cities and three countries. They’ll do battle inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada live on Showtime pay-per-view. Last night (July 21), Showtime released the official poster for […]
Abi Clarke, the girlfriend of boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr., has reportedly been harassed by fans of Conor McGregor ahead of the pair’s fight next month.