Hyped for its novelty and spectacle, the bout between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and UFC star Conor McGregor materialized into a real fight ― and an entertaining one at that. Mayweather beat the Irishman McGregor in Las Vegas Saturday by way of technical knockout in the 10th round of their battle to keep his perfect record intact. … Then take him out at the end.”“I thought it was close, and I thought the stoppage was a little early,” McGregor said. Boxing promoter Lou DiBella told HuffPost from the arena that boxing fans got what they wanted. But he has always been a smart fighter and he chopped McGregor down little by little and zapped him of his strength.

Source: Huffington Post August 27, 2017 05:05 UTC