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Floyd Mayweather, Conor McGregor Talk Trash at Presser; Notorious Predicts KO

Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor finally threw punches ahead of their Aug. 26 megafight in Las Vegas.
Well, at least verbal ones.
Mayweather and McGregor put on a show Tuesday in Los Angeles at their press conference to discuss the former’s return t…

Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor finally threw punches ahead of their Aug. 26 megafight in Las Vegas.

Well, at least verbal ones.

Mayweather and McGregor put on a show Tuesday in Los Angeles at their press conference to discuss the former’s return to a boxing ring and the latter’s debut. For his part, McGregor seems fully confident he can end Mayweather’s undefeated boxing run.

“He’s f–ked,” McGregor said during the live broadcast, which was streamed live on YouTube and a number of other platforms.

McGregor, 28, is the reigning UFC lightweight champion and is the only mixed martial artist in history to hold two UFC championships concurrently. While this is a boxing match, McGregor made it clear he sees his discipline as more difficult than Mayweather’s.

“I don’t fear him, I don’t fear his limited set,” McGregor said. “This isn’t a true fight. If this was a true fight, it wouldn’t take one round.”

McGregor also guaranteed he would knock Mayweather out within four rounds and seemingly poked fun at his opponent’s recent tax troubles.

“He’s in a f–king track suit, he can’t even afford a suit anymore,” McGregor said.

Mayweather, 40, will be fighting for the first time since defeating Andre Berto by unanimous decision in September 2015. He’ll be looking to go 50-0 as a boxer and made it abundantly clear to McGregor that he’s the star of the show.

“I’m the A-side,” Mayweather said. “That’s why this b—h had to come to the boxing ring.”

“He looks good for a seven-figure fighter; he looks good for an eight-figure fighter, but motherf–ker, I’m a nine-figure fighter,” Mayweather added.

The highest-grossing boxer in history then brought out a nine-figure check, presumably from his bout against Manny Pacquiao. That led to perhaps the best barb of the presser, with McGregor telling Mayweather it was “for the tax man.”

The crowd, which was an estimated 20,000 people deep, was decidedly pro-McGregor throughout the short press conference. The fight itself will likely be an uphill battle for the MMA pound-for-pound king, as he enters as a significant underdog.

In terms of building anticipation for the fight, this event more than hit the mark. We’ll have to see whether they can actually deliver in the ring.

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Conor McGregor Makes Bold Prediction For Mayweather Fight

The fight between UFC lightweight champ Conor McGregor and undefeated former boxing champ Floyd Mayweather Jr. kicked off today (Tues. July 11, 2017) in Los Angeles from the Staples Center ahead of their boxing bout next month in “Sin City.” Earlier this year it was announced that “The Notorious One” would be making his professional […]

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The fight between UFC lightweight champ Conor McGregor and undefeated former boxing champ Floyd Mayweather Jr. kicked off today (Tues. July 11, 2017) in Los Angeles from the Staples Center ahead of their boxing bout next month in “Sin City.”

Earlier this year it was announced that “The Notorious One” would be making his professional boxing debut against “Money” is a superfight that has been built-up for the better part of a year. The pair will go 12 three-minute rounds wearing 10 ounce gloves in, arguably, the biggest exhibition bout the sport has ever seen.

The pair kicked off a World Tour to promote their epic clash today in L.A., the first of four stops to hype the amazing fights. McGregor starting

“He’s in a f*cking track suit. He can’t even afford a suit anymore. He is f*cked. There is no other way around it. His little legs, his little core, his little head – I’m going to knock him out inside four rounds, mark my words.”

“He will be unconscious inside four rounds. The movement, the power, the ferociousness – he has not experienced this.”

Mayweather and McGregor will go one-on-one on Showtime Boxing PPV from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on August 26, 2017.

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Live: Watch The Mayweather vs. McGregor World Tour Kick Off In Los Angeles

The whirlwind of promotion for a bout that could rank as the biggest in combats sports history is set to kick off when the first press event of the Mayweather vs. McGregor world tour spanning four cities and three countries airs live today (Tues., July 11, 2017) from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California […]

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The whirlwind of promotion for a bout that could rank as the biggest in combats sports history is set to kick off when the first press event of the Mayweather vs. McGregor world tour spanning four cities and three countries airs live today (Tues., July 11, 2017) from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California at 5 p.m. EST/2 p.m. PST.

Of course, Conor McGregor, MMA’s biggest star and the only simultaneous two-division champion in UFC history, will be on hand to unleash his revered smack talk on by far his biggest-ever foe, the 49-0 all-time great “Money,” who has barely been hit cleanly throughout his undefeated career, let alone ko’ed. The much younger McGregor has obviously been saying he’s going to do just that.

Watch the hype get rolling live streaming courtesy of SHOWTIME Sports right here:

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Dana White Says McGregor Wants to KO Mayweather Within Four Rounds

It’s hard to catch Conor McGregor without confidence, and Dana White knows this perhaps better than most. On Aug. 26, McGregor will step inside the boxing ring against Floyd Mayweather. “Money” is considered to be the best boxer of this generation and some say he’s the greatest of all time. Meanwhile, McGregor is the reigning […]

It’s hard to catch Conor McGregor without confidence, and Dana White knows this perhaps better than most. On Aug. 26, McGregor will step inside the boxing ring against Floyd Mayweather. “Money” is considered to be the best boxer of this generation and some say he’s the greatest of all time. Meanwhile, McGregor is the reigning […]

Floyd Mayweather Fires Back At Unpaid Taxes Claim

Much has been made over Mayweather’s reasons for coming out of retirement to box UFC champion Conor McGregor. All-time great “Money” retired after a lackluster decision win over Andre Berto in 2015, capping off an undefeated career as one of the most lucrative – and polarizing – champions in boxing history. Then news broke yesterday […]

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Much has been made over Mayweather’s reasons for coming out of retirement to box UFC champion Conor McGregor.

All-time great “Money” retired after a lackluster decision win over Andre Berto in 2015, capping off an undefeated career as one of the most lucrative – and polarizing – champions in boxing history.

Then news broke yesterday that the all-time boxing great had filed for a petition to pay installments for his blockbuster match with Manny Pacquiao two year ago where he earned a monstrous payday. That lead to suggestions that he needs the pay from McGregor to pay off those installments.

However, Mayweather took to Instagram on Monday night to dispel any idea that he’s broke and only fighting McGregor because he needs the money.

Check out what “Money” Mayweather had to say to his detractors!

“Believe half of what you see and none of what you hear, especially when it comes to media in this country. While everyone is counting my money and assuming the worst, these are the facts… Uncle Sam received $26 million from me in 2015. What else could they possibly want? I’m sure I would have Brennan notified much sooner if there were any real discrepancies right?

Bottom line is everybody wants to be a part of the “Money May” show, including the IRS, and that’s fine. You can crunch numbers all day but in the end my empire is rock solid and intact! Now calculate that!”

Mayweather pulled in nearly $300 million for the Pacquiao bout in 2015 in a fight that was billed as fight of the century.

While that bout didn’t live up to expectations, Mayweather clearly cashed out.

In his Instagram post from Monday night, Mayweather posted pictures of checks he had written for $24 million and several other checks for $1 million, all to the Treasury Department.

Do you believe Mayweather now that he has posted proof of his 2015 taxes? Or is this just another slick move in “Money’s” arsenal of flashiness?

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Report: Ariel Helwani Banned From First Leg Of McGregor vs. Mayweather World Tour

It looks like the first leg of the awaited Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather world tour will be without one of MMA’s biggest media personalities. With the hype and trash talk set to get started today from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, at 5:30 p.m. EST /2:30 p.m. PST, lines are reportedly out […]

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It looks like the first leg of the awaited Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather world tour will be without one of MMA’s biggest media personalities.

With the hype and trash talk set to get started today from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, at 5:30 p.m. EST /2:30 p.m. PST, lines are reportedly out the door for the anticipated event. But when the questions do start from the press, MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani will apparently not be with them.

Helwani just tweeted that he would no longer be working for SHOWTIME Sports as the UFC specifically requested to have him removed from the opening leg of the tour, after which he expressed his disappointment at their decision:

Helwani also revealed that he had taken a late flight from New York City to be in L.A. for the tour, and was dealt the news when he arrived. Even with that disappointment, however, he reassured fans he would be at future tour stops in Toronto and New York:

If you’ll remember, Helwani’s beef with the UFC runs deep, and he was notoriously barred from covering last year’s UFC 199, also in Los Angeles, when he broke the massive story that former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar was returning at the landmark UFC 200 hours before it was to be officially announced during the pay-per-view (PPV) main card.

He then opened up about his tepid past with the UFC in an emotional segment on his weekly show “The MMA Hour” the following Monday, discussing his tenuous-at-best relationship with the previous UFC regime and adding that it even once became physical became him, Dana White, and Lorenzo Fertitta.

It appears that dislike for Helwani’s style of journalism has carried over into the new regime, as well.

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