Inspired by Conor McGregor’s recent prediction that he’ll knock out Floyd Mayweather Jr. “inside four rounds,” the Westgate sports book posted a prop on their Aug. 26 boxing match.
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UFC star Conor McGregor made fun of boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s tax problems Wednesday during the second stop of their four-city tour to promote their boxing match Aug. 26 at T-Mobile Arena.
MGM officials announced Tuesday that they came to an agreement with the Big3 basketball league to move its championship game to the MGM Grand Garden on Aug. 26, clearing T-Mobile Arena for Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor.
Between the format and Conor McGregor’s microphone apparently being shut off during Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s rants, the cross-talk was limited. But the boxer’s father was willing to fill in for his son during McGregor’s individual session with reporters.
Conor McGregor was called onstage first and awkwardly left alone to pose and dance to Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s entrance music for several minutes. The undefeated boxer drew mostly boos from an overwhelmingly pro-McGregor crowd.
Live video from the news conference for the boxing match between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor in Los Angeles.
Floyd Mayweather Jr., who made upward of $250 million from fighting Manny Pacquiao in 2015, is facing a $22 million tax lien from the IRS, according to documents obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Floyd Mayweather’s boxing match against Conor McGregor will be held at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas after promoters reached an agreement with Ice Cube to move the championship game of his Big3 basketball league.
When Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor get together for their Aug. 26 boxing match in Las Vegas, it will cost $89.95 for a pay-per-view subscription, plus $10 more for high definition.
Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor finally have a date for their first of many face-offs until they meet Aug. 26 at T-Mobile Arena.
The first stop on an international press tour to promote the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Conor McGregor boxing match will be Tuesday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
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CG Technology has taken a $50,000 wager on Floyd Mayweather Jr. but still has written eight times as much money on Conor McGregor — a plus-575 underdog — and 12 times as many tickets for their Aug. 26 boxing match at T-Mobile Arena.
Tim Hague, the former UFC fighter known as “The Thrashing Machine,” died Sunday, two days after he was critically injured when he was knocked out in a boxing match against former Edmonton Eskimos defensive end Adam Braidwood.
The excitement around a Sergey Kovalev-Andre Ward rematch was modest, so losing headlines to another bout days before the fight hardly did those involved any favors.
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