Showtime Sports Executive Vice President Stephen Espinoza has chimed in on the significance of Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather. Espinoza had been working with Mayweather Promotions and the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in hopes of getting the deal done. Mission accomplished. McGregor and Mayweather will meet in a boxing ring on Aug. 26 live on […]
Showtime Sports Executive Vice President Stephen Espinoza has chimed in on the significance of Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather. Espinoza had been working with Mayweather Promotions and the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in hopes of getting the deal done. Mission accomplished. McGregor and Mayweather will meet in a boxing ring on Aug. 26 live on […]
The oft-discussed Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather was finally made a reality yesterday (Wed., June 14, 2017), and as a result, the entire combat sports world has weighed in with their reactions. As expected, McGregor chimed in to get the trash talk started, Dana White revealed the details of the pending mega-bout, and even Nate […]
The oft-discussed Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather was finally made a reality yesterday (Wed., June 14, 2017), and as a result, the entire combat sports world has weighed in with their reactions.
But all hoopla and media hype aside, a reaction of a sort we haven’t seen much of came from professional boxing champion Chris van Heerden, who at one time shared a squared circle with McGregor for a sparring session. Van Heerden was miffed by those apparently telling him Mayweather would have a tough time hitting McGregor, so shortly after the fight was announced yesterday afternoon, he posted a video of the session with the perspective that he was able to land on “The Notorious”
Check it out:
People telling me Mayweather will have his hands full trying to land on McGregor -STOP IT! I respect McGregor BUT i ain't Floyd and i landed pic.twitter.com/gd4dFi3XUU
Based on this video alone, it obviously appears that McGregor has a ton of work to do to be considered a true professional boxer, and that’s not really a surprise considering the fact that his entire combat sports career has been focused on MMA, which ties together all aspects of fighting, making the ability to specialize in only one area like boxers can a luxury UFC competitors simply cannot afford.
This may have been some months ago, and there’s a great chance McGregor’s boxing has improved in recent months as he’s stayed out of the octagon and focused on the sweet science in preparation for what should be the biggest bout of all-time. We’ll just have to wait and see if that’s even close to enough to compete with one of the greatest boxers of all-time.
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President Dana White doesn’t believe Conor McGregor or the promotion loses credibility if Floyd Mayweather emerges victorious on Aug. 26. The impossible became reality when McGregor vs. Mayweather was made official. The two will enter a boxing ring inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event will air on […]
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President Dana White doesn’t believe Conor McGregor or the promotion loses credibility if Floyd Mayweather emerges victorious on Aug. 26. The impossible became reality when McGregor vs. Mayweather was made official. The two will enter a boxing ring inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event will air on […]
UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor is acutely aware of the potential lawsuit he will face if he throws a kick at Floyd Mayweather in their August 26 boxing superfight, according to UFC President Dana White.
The long-rumoured crossover b…
UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor is acutely aware of the potential lawsuit he will face if he throws a kick at Floyd Mayweather in their August 26 boxing superfight, according to UFC President Dana White.
The long-rumoured crossover bout between the pair has finally been made official, and White said it is clear in the contract McGregor, 28, faces financial sanctions if he calls on some of the weapons that make him so dangerous in MMA, per Martin Domin in the Mirror:
“That [kicking] will not happen; it’s in the contract. This is a boxing match under the Nevada commission under the rules of boxing. We talk about a guy of Floyd Mayweather’s value in the sport—the lawsuit if that ever happened…Conor loves money and he would lose a lot of money if that happened.“
Mayweather, 40, has been retired since September 2015, when he bowed out with a defeat of Andre Berto that took his professional record to 49-0.
However, there has been increasing clamour for Money to take on Irishman McGregor, and the American confirmed the bout, which will be fought at light-middleweight, on social media on Wednesday:
Mayweather is rightly regarded as one of the all-time greats of boxing. While he has fielded criticism from some quarters for being defensive and boring, his record is hard to argue with, and he is a five-division world champion.
McGregor, meanwhile, is the only fighter in UFC history to have held titles in two weight divisions simultaneously—he is the former featherweight champion.
His MMA record currently stands at 21-3 but has never boxed professionally.
Mayweather will be the heavy favourite for the August clash, but both will come out as winners in the end given they are expected to pocket as much as $100 million (£78.8 million) each, per Kevin Iole of Yahoo Sports.
No, it’s not a misprint.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. is fighting Conor McGregor.
The man formerly known as Pretty Boy will emerge from a hiatus to surpass Rocky Marciano and extend his pristine professional boxing record to 50-0. But the foe he selected for t…
No, it’s not a misprint.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. is fighting Conor McGregor.
The man formerly known as Pretty Boy will emerge from a hiatus to surpass Rocky Marciano and extend his pristine professional boxing record to 50-0. But the foe he selected for the milestone achievement is someone few on the mainstream radar would have anticipated when he last exited the ring, back in September 2015.
The former five-division world champion went public on his Twitter account on Wednesday afternoon, posting a 10-second clip alongside the all-caps exclamation “IT’S OFFICIAL!!!” McGregor trollingly followed suit soon after, posting dueling headshots of himself and Mayweather’s father, Floyd Sr., with the exclamatory message “THE FIGHT IS ON.”
According to UFC President Dana White on SportsCenter, the fight will be held at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Aug. 26, and though Mayweather has opened as a prohibitive favorite—the early line requires an $800 outlay to return $100 in profit, per OddsShark—it’s got the potential to draw the mainstream interest that fueled Mayweather’s 2015 bout with Manny Pacquiao to more than 4 million pay-per-view buys.
Leonard Ellerbe is aware of the punching power Conor McGregor brings. Ellerbe, who is the CEO of Mayweather Promotions, believes Floyd Mayweather realizes he can’t take the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight title holder lightly. “Notorious” and “Money” will compete in a boxing match on Aug. 26. Speaking to the media, Ellerbe explained why McGregor […]
Leonard Ellerbe is aware of the punching power Conor McGregor brings. Ellerbe, who is the CEO of Mayweather Promotions, believes Floyd Mayweather realizes he can’t take the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight title holder lightly. “Notorious” and “Money” will compete in a boxing match on Aug. 26. Speaking to the media, Ellerbe explained why McGregor […]
UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor is acutely aware of the potential lawsuit he will face if he throws a kick at