The hype train is rolling for the biggest spectacle in combat sports history. UFC’s ‘Notorious’ Conor McGregor is set jump into the boxing world for the biggest pay-per-view fight of all time as he faces the undefeated Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather on August 26th. The two biggest trash talking charismatic superstars in sports started the press conference tour in front of thousands today in Los Angeles at the Staples Center. The press tour for the fight is pretty epic, packing arenas, and garnering huge audiences through multiple media outlets. It’s over-the-top charisma on full display. It’s still crazy this fight between the biggest star in MMA and Boxing, right? The press tour continues later this week with Wednesday in Toronto, Thursday in Brookly, N.Y., and ending Friday in London.
You can watch the entire hour plus hype show from today here. McGregor started first, taking to the podium to roast Mayweather’s track suit and boldly proclaiming that he will leave the 49-0 boxing great “unconscious” within 4 rounds. McGregor noted that Mayweather’s instituted rules for the weight of the gloves, saying he didn’t care. The Irish fighter also threw another insult in Mayweather’s direction comparing him to boxer James Toney who failed to make the jump into MMA when he was easily squashed by UFC great Randy Coture, saying Toney had a problem with his sport but at least he stepped into the Octagon. The UFC Lightweight Champion exuded confidence and happiness heading into the fight, even though he is deeply rated as the underdog by all the reputable gambling houses.
Mayweather not to be outdone took to the podium, bragging he still has “it” even though at 40, he’s coming out of retirement for this mega-fight. ‘Money’ then promised he would “knock this b**** out”. He then asked for a backpack to be brought over, so he could show a yet-to-be-cashed check for $100 million dollars to cement his heel role heading into the billion-dollar bout. Bringing up his recent tax issues with the Internal Revenue Service, McGregor interrupted that Mayweather would have to fork that hefty check over to the “taxman”, to which Mayweather retorted “I am gonna tax your ass.” Mayweather playing the heel, continued to bring up his money-making status stating that while McGregor was a “seven-figure fighter” , he was a “nine-figure fighter”. “You going out on your face or your back. Which way you wanna go?’ said Mayweather.
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