Mayweather-McGregor circus entertained us to the last punch
August 26, 2017 - 10:42 pm
Updated August 27, 2017 - 3:03 am

Floyd Mayweather Jr. blocks a punch from Conor McGregor during the first round of their fight at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal

Floyd Mayweather, right, lands a punch against Conor McGregor in the blank round on Saturday, Aug 26, 2017, at T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto

Floyd Mayweather, right, lands a punch against Conor McGregor in the blank round on Saturday, Aug 26, 2017, at T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto

Floyd Mayweather, right, lands a punch against Conor McGregor in the blank round on Saturday, Aug 26, 2017, at T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto

Conor McGregor, right, lands a punch against Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the blank round on Saturday, Aug 26, 2017, at T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto

Floyd Mayweather, left, lands a punch against Conor McGregor in the blank round on Saturday, Aug 26, 2017, at T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto

Floyd Mayweather, right, lands a punch against Conor McGregor in the blank round on Saturday, Aug 26, 2017, at T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto

Conor McGregor, right, lands a punch against Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the 3rd round on Saturday, Aug 26, 2017, at T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto

Floyd Mayweather, left, lands a punch against Conor McGregor in the 4th round on Saturday, Aug 26, 2017, at T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto

Floyd Mayweather, left, gets tied up with Conor McGregor on Saturday, Aug 26, 2017, at T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto

Floyd Mayweather, left, lands a punch against Conor McGregor in the blank round on Saturday, Aug 26, 2017, at T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto

Floyd Mayweather, left, lands a punch against Conor McGregor in the blank round on Saturday, Aug 26, 2017, at T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto

Floyd Mayweather, left, lands a punch against Conor McGregor in the blank round on Saturday, Aug 26, 2017, at T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto

Conor McGregor, left, lands a punch against Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the blank round on Saturday, Aug 26, 2017, at T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto

Floyd Mayweather, left, lands a punch against Conor McGregor in the blank round on Saturday, Aug 26, 2017, at T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto

Floyd Mayweather, right, lands a punch against Conor McGregor in the blank round on Saturday, Aug 26, 2017, at T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto

Floyd Mayweather, right, lands a punch against Conor McGregor in the blank round on Saturday, Aug 26, 2017, at T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto

Floyd Mayweather, left, lands a punch against Conor McGregor in the blank round on Saturday, Aug 26, 2017, at T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto

Floyd Mayweather, right, lands a punch against Conor McGregor in the blank round on Saturday, Aug 26, 2017, at T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto

Floyd Mayweather, right, lands a punch against Conor McGregor in the blank round on Saturday, Aug 26, 2017, at T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto

Floyd Mayweather, left, lands a punch against Conor McGregor in the blank round on Saturday, Aug 26, 2017, at T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto

Floyd Mayweather, right, lands a punch against Conor McGregor in the blank round on Saturday, Aug 26, 2017, at T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto

Floyd Mayweather addresses the media after defeating Conor McGregor on Saturday, Aug 26, 2017, at T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto

Floyd Mayweather addresses the media after defeating Conor McGregor on Saturday, Aug 26, 2017, at T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto

Floyd Mayweather addresses the media after defeating Conor McGregor on Saturday, Aug 26, 2017, at T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto

Floyd Mayweather addresses the media after defeating Conor McGregor on Saturday, Aug 26, 2017, at T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto

Conor McGregor puts his hands up in frustration after his TKO loss to Floyd Mayweather on Saturday, Aug 26, 2017, at T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto

Conor McGregor, right, shakes referee Robert Byrd's hand after his TKO loss to Floyd Mayweather on Saturday, Aug 26, 2017, at T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto

Floyd Mayweather, middle, answers questions from the media after his TKO victory over Conor McGregor in the blank round on Saturday, Aug 26, 2017, at T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto

Conor McGregor looks up in frustration after his TKO loss to Floyd Mayweather on Saturday, Aug 26, 2017, at T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto


Floyd Mayweather, right, celebrates with referee Robert Byrd after his TKO victory over Conor McGregor on Saturday, Aug 26, 2017, at T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto

Conor McGregor addresses the media after his loss to Floyd Mayweather on Saturday, Aug 26, 2017, at T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto

Conor McGregor addresses the media after his loss to Floyd Mayweather on Saturday, Aug 26, 2017, at T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto

Conor McGregor drinks whiskey at the post fight press conference after his loss to Floyd Mayweather on Saturday, Aug 26, 2017, at T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto

Conor McGregor addresses the media after his loss to Floyd Mayweather on Saturday, Aug 26, 2017, at T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto

Floyd Mayweather, left, and Conor McGregor salute the crowd at the post fight press conference on Saturday, Aug 26, 2017, at T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto

Floyd Mayweather, left, and Conor McGregor joke around at the post fight press conference on Saturday, Aug 26, 2017, at T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto

Floyd Mayweather Jr. reacts defeating Conor McGregor in their super welterweight fight at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Mayweather won via 10th round technical knockout. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal

Fight fans walk along the Strip before Floyd Mayweather Jr. takes on Conor McGregor at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal

Undercard fights go on before Floyd Mayweather Jr. takes on Conor McGregor at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal

Fans walk the concourse before Floyd Mayweather Jr. takes on Conor McGregor at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal

The venue before Floyd Mayweather Jr. takes on Conor McGregor at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Morgan Lieberman Las Vegas Review-Journal

An Irish flag being carried around before Floyd Mayweather Jr. takes on Conor McGregor at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Morgan Lieberman Las Vegas Review-Journal

English residentsTerry Watson, left, and Jamie Cooper, right, before Floyd Mayweather Jr. takes on Conor McGregor at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Morgan Lieberman Las Vegas Review-Journal

English residents Terry Watson and Jamie Cooper in themed outfits before Floyd Mayweather Jr. takes on Conor McGregor at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Morgan Lieberman Las Vegas Review-Journal

Roberto Rodriguez selling miniature boxing gloves before Floyd Mayweather Jr. takes on Conor McGregor at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Morgan Lieberman Las Vegas Review-Journal

Dublin resident Rene Cadwell before Floyd Mayweather Jr. takes on Conor McGregor at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Morgan Lieberman Las Vegas Review-Journal

Dublin residents Peter Byrne and Rene Cadwell before Floyd Mayweather Jr. takes on Conor McGregor at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Morgan Lieberman Las Vegas Review-Journal

The official Mayweather merchandise store before Floyd Mayweather Jr. takes on Conor McGregor at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Morgan Lieberman Las Vegas Review-Journal

McGregor fans before Floyd Mayweather Jr. takes on Conor McGregor at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Morgan Lieberman Las Vegas Review-Journal

McGregor fans chanting before Floyd Mayweather Jr. takes on Conor McGregor at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Morgan Lieberman Las Vegas Review-Journal

Manjit Singh heading down the escalator before Floyd Mayweather Jr. takes on Conor McGregor at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Morgan Lieberman Las Vegas Review-Journal

Manjit Singh before Floyd Mayweather Jr. takes on Conor McGregor at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Morgan Lieberman Las Vegas Review-Journal

The Fox News station in front of the venue before Floyd Mayweather Jr. takes on Conor McGregor at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Morgan Lieberman Las Vegas Review-Journal

Floyd Mayweather Jr. enters the ring before his fight against Conor McGregor at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal

Floyd Mayweather Jr., left, hugs his father, Floyd Mayweather, before his fight against Conor McGregor at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal

Conor McGregor enters the ring before his fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal

Conor McGregor enters the ring before his fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal

Conor McGregor takes a swing at Floyd Mayweather Jr. during the first round of their fight at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal

Conor McGregor, left, and Floyd Mayweather Jr. during the first round of their fight at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal

Lebron James takes his seat before the Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor fight at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal

Former boxer Mike Tyson, left, and NBA superstar Lebron James seated before the Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor fight at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal

Conor McGregor enters the arena before his fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal

Conor McGregor enters the ring before his fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal

Floyd Mayweather Jr., center, enters the ring before his fight against Conor McGregor at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal

Floyd Mayweather Jr., left, fights Conor McGregor in their super welterweight fight at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Mayweather won via 10th round technical knockout. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal

Floyd Mayweather Jr., left, fights Conor McGregor in their super welterweight fight at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Mayweather won via 10th round technical knockout. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal

Floyd Mayweather Jr., left, fights Conor McGregor in their super welterweight fight at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Mayweather won via 10th round technical knockout. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal

Floyd Mayweather Jr., left, fights Conor McGregor in their super welterweight fight at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Mayweather won via 10th round technical knockout. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal

Floyd Mayweather Jr., bottom, fights Conor McGregor in their super welterweight fight at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Mayweather won via 10th round technical knockout. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal

Conor McGregor, left, fights Floyd Mayweather Jr. in their super welterweight fight at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Mayweather won via 10th round technical knockout. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal

Floyd Mayweather Jr., left, fights Conor McGregor in their super welterweight fight at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Mayweather won via 10th round technical knockout. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal

Conor McGregor, left, fights Floyd Mayweather Jr. in their super welterweight fight at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Mayweather won via 10th round technical knockout. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal

Floyd Mayweather Jr., right, delivers the final blows to Conor McGregor in their super welterweight fight at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Mayweather won via 10th round technical knockout. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal

Floyd Mayweather Jr., left, delivers the final blows to Conor McGregor in their super welterweight fight at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Mayweather won via 10th round technical knockout. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal

Floyd Mayweather Jr. jumps onto the ropes after defeating Conor McGregor in their super welterweight fight at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Mayweather won via 10th round technical knockout. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal

Floyd Mayweather Jr. after defeating Conor McGregor in their super welterweight fight at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Mayweather won via 10th round technical knockout. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal

Conor McGregor, left, fights Floyd Mayweather Jr. in their super welterweight fight at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Mayweather won via 10th round technical knockout. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal

Conor McGregor, left, fights Floyd Mayweather Jr. in their super welterweight fight at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Mayweather won via 10th round technical knockout. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal

Conor McGregor, left, fights Floyd Mayweather Jr. in their super welterweight fight at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Mayweather won via 10th round technical knockout. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal

Floyd Mayweather Jr., left, fights Conor McGregor in their super welterweight fight at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Mayweather won via 10th round technical knockout. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal

Conor McGregor, left, fights Floyd Mayweather Jr. in their super welterweight fight at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Mayweather won via 10th round technical knockout. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal

Floyd Mayweather Jr., left, fights Conor McGregor in their super welterweight fight at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Mayweather won via 10th round technical knockout. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal

Conor McGregor, left, fights Floyd Mayweather Jr. in their super welterweight fight at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Mayweather won via 10th round technical knockout. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal

Floyd Mayweather Jr., left, fights Conor McGregor in their super welterweight fight at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Mayweather won via 10th round technical knockout. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal

Floyd Mayweather Jr., left, fights Conor McGregor in their super welterweight fight at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Mayweather won via 10th round technical knockout. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal

Conor McGregor after being defeated by Floyd Mayweather Jr. in their super welterweight fight at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Mayweather won via 10th round technical knockout. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal

Floyd Mayweather Jr. after defeating Conor McGregor in their super welterweight fight at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Mayweather won via 10th round technical knockout. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal

Conor McGregor is introduced before taking on Floyd Mayweather Jr. in their super welterweight fight at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Mayweather won via 10th round technical knockout. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal

Conor McGregor, left, fights Floyd Mayweather Jr. in their super welterweight fight at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Mayweather won via 10th round technical knockout. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal

Conor McGregor, left, fights Floyd Mayweather Jr. in their super welterweight fight at T-Mobile Arena, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. Mayweather won via 10th round technical knockout. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal
It was at a media gathering a few weeks ago when Floyd Mayweather said that if Conor McGregor could go the distance and still lose their globally anticipated fight, he would consider it a victory for the crossover UFC star.
It wouldn’t have been, of course. A loss is a loss.
But what is it we saw Saturday night?
The circus followed a script many believed would occur all along, with Mayweather taking a few rounds to figure out McGregor and then relying on a lot more experience and better conditioning, winning via technical knockout at 1:05 of the 10th round at T-Mobile Arena.
It’s true referee Robert Byrd could have allowed the action to continue, that as gassed as McGregor was, he might have been able to survive another round.
But that’s where the fine line between responsible and reckless appears for the third man in the ring.
Mights and maybes are too vague when talking a fighter’s health.
It wasn’t a terrible stoppage. It was more time than not.
McGregor, valiant effort and all, was done.
It is a historic outcome on countless levels for boxing and MMA, beginning with the fact Mayweather has surpassed Rocky Marciano’s renowned record of 49 wins against no defeats and is now 50-0. He has said forever that the mark means little to him, but fewer believe that than thought McGregor had a legitimate chance to win.
They didn’t sell out the fight as promoters from both camps predicted, an announced gathering of 14,623 paying exorbitant prices for certain seats.
“It was a great event,” said Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe. “You’re not always going to get it right (on pricing). We get it right more times than not.”
There were sections of empty seats in the upper levels.
“I guess it was because there weren’t people in them,” Ellerbe said.
Oh.
It was a promotion that began with a world tour of humor and brashness and some vulgarity, and ended with the same sort of technical difficulties that plagued Mayweather against Manny Pacquiao in May 2015. The start of the fight Saturday was delayed as cable operators across the world and the UFC Fight Pass application stalled.
It didn’t reach the point of Showtime searching for some rabbit ears and AAA batteries, but it was closer than the network probably ever imagined.
How this happens in 2017 is a technological mystery, and yet things finally started and the script began its slow, predictable journey.
McGregor deserves all sorts of credit for showcasing his versatile gifts, a UFC champion stepping into a ring for his first professional boxing match and delivering a far more effective effort than odds suggested.
“(Mayweather) is so composed,” McGregor said. “I have to give him great respect. I thought it was close. I just got a little fatigued. He has had a great career. That’s what 50 professional fights will do for you. It was a lot of fun.”
McGregor won the first three rounds — despite what some of the typically bizarre and foolish boxing scores were from two of three judges — before beginning to tire and ending all Irish dreams of an upset that would have trumped any Miracle on Ice or Jets over Colts or Villanova stunning Georgetown or Buster Douglas knocking out Mike Tyson for the summit of sports shockers.
“He is a tough competitor,” said Mayweather, fighting for the first time in two years after coming out of retirement for a guaranteed $100 million to face McGregor. “But the game plan was to let him take all of his shots early and then take him out down the stretch. He got all his power shots off the first 25 minutes, but then he started to slow down.
“This was my last fight. This is it. You won’t see me in the ring again, so whatever young guys are calling me out, forget it. I’m good.”
What now, then?
McGregor will return to the UFC and could possibly fight Dec. 30 in Las Vegas, having only strengthened his standing as one of the world’s more entertaining and talented athletes.
As for boxing, we are three weeks from Canelo Alvarez meeting middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin on Sept. 16 at T-Mobile Arena, when a more conventional promotion will afford us one of the more anticipated fights in decades.
There is a lot of good to that.
But no one can deny the level of worldwide enthusiasm Saturday delivered. Boxing has never been dead — what in the world does that mean, anyway? — and perhaps it even gained more popularity with Mayweather-McGregor.
It was a crazy scene, all right, from beginning to end.
It was great, great theater.
And it ended how you always knew it would.
Send out the clowns. It’s over.
But it was a heck of a ride.
Contact columnist Ed Graney at egraney@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-4618. He can be heard on “The Press Box,” ESPN Radio 100.9 FM and 1100 AM from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday. Follow @edgraney on Twitter.
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