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The Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor promotional world tour has been quite entertaining thus far, although the third stop in Brooklyn, which took place yesterday (July 13, 2017), didn’t live up to previous stops in Los Angeles and Toronto.

At one point during the event in New York, Mayweather actually had his body guards form a ‘voltron’ around McGregor, which nearly led to the two sides coming to blows. Speaking after the event at his own press conference, however, the “Notorious” one said it was ‘nothing’:

“Juicehead fools,” McGregor said. “I don’t know, man. I didn’t even see them until they were on top of me. I was like, ‘what?’ and then everybody was pushing and shoving. But, handbags, we call that back where I come from. It means it’s nothing, it’s just handbags. It’s just a term we use.”

Continuing on, McGregor issued a warning to Mayweather and his team. If something like that happens again, the Irishman said that he’ll ‘slap the hell’ out of ‘those f*cking juiceheads’:

“We’re having a good time, but I’ll tell you what, if those f*cking juiceheads [do that again], I’ll slap the hell out of all of them,” McGregor said. “If something like that happens at the next one, something will have to happen.”

Mayweather and McGregor are set to finish off their world tour with one final meeting later today (July 14, 2017) at Wembley Stadium in London. The two will then face off in the squared circle on Aug. 26 live on Showtime pay-per-view (PPV) from Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor met last night (July 13, 2017), continuing to promote their Aug. 26 showdown, which will take place in Las Vegas, Nevada. The only problem, however, was that this stop, which took place in Brooklyn, New York, didn’t live up to the previous stops in Los Angeles and Toronto.

There was a variety of issues with the press conference, but one thing that remained was the intense stare downs between Mayweather and McGregor, and as he has throughout the week, UFC President Dana White was there to separate the two stars.

And according to the UFC boss, he was actually given ‘specific directions’ from Mayweather’s longtime advisor Al Haymon regarding the stare downs:

“Al Haymon gave me specific directions,” White told MMAFighting.com. “To make sure that Conor McGregor does not touch Floyd Mayweather. I’ll be in the middle.”

White and the UFC will certainly make a large amount of money after Mayweather vs. McGregor is all said and done, but that doesn’t mean the promotion will continue to actively promote boxing fights. White admitted that he approved this event specifically for McGregor, although he left the door open for the future as well:

“This is for Conor,” White said. “Listen, are we gonna make money? We’re absolutely gonna make money. We’re gonna make money, those guys are gonna make money. But at the end of the day, the only reason why I even considered doing this is for Conor.

“I don’t want to say I’d never do it again, because I said I’d never do it. So, I don’t know. Obviously we’ll see how this whole thing plays out in the end and where we end up when it’s over.”

What did you make of the press conference held in Brooklyn, and what are you hoping for when the show roles into London later today?

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Yesterday (July 11, 2017), Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor met face-to-face for the first time in Los Angeles to promote their upcoming Aug. 26 boxing match.

To no surprise, the trash talk was evident, but the back-and-forth banter between the two stars that fans had been hoping for was lacking, and that was due mainly in part to McGregor’s microphone being shut off after he tried to respond to Mayweather.

Showtime, who will promote the event on pay-per-view, released a statement (Via MMAFighting.com) soon after the event claiming that the network did McGregor’s microphone was not shut off:

“At no point did Showtime or event productions cut any microphones intentionally during Tuesday’s kickoff event in Los Angeles. The point of this world tour is to let these superstars interact with the fans and with each other. Cutting their mics would go against our goal of delivering these fighters to the masses and letting their charismatic and entertaining personalities take center stage.”

Today (July 12, 2017), Mayweather and McGregor once again met, this time in Toronto, Canada. And unlike yesterday, McGregor had no problem speaking when he pleased, and he didn’t hold back with his mic time.

In fact, he walked right up to Stepehen Espinoza and unleashed on the Showtime executive:

“While we’re at it, f*ck Showtime too,” McGregor said. “You little weasel. Look at you you little f*cking weasel, I can see it in your eyes, you’re a f*cking bitch. Cut my mic off? Cut the champ’s mic off? Hell no. You f*cking weasel.”

The “Notorious” one continued on, claiming that Showtime was trying to catch him ‘off guard’:

“They’re trying to set me up at every turn out here,” McGregor said. “They’re trying to catch me off guard. … There is nothing they can do to faze me. Twenty-eight years of age, I’m getting fight checks and promoter checks. When Floyd was 28, he was on Oscar De La Hoya’s undercard.”

What did you make of round two of the Mayweather vs. McGregor world tour?

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