Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather and UFC champ Conor McGregor will stage a news conference at the Molson Amphitheatre as part of a multi-city media tour promoting their Aug. 26 boxing showdown. The fighters started the tour yesterday in Los Angeles, where they traded boasts and profanities while the Staples Center’s pro-McGregor crowd showered Mayweather with boos. Mayweather is 49-0 as a boxer, and a future hall-of-famer with wins over greats like Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao. McGregor is 21-3 as a mixed martial arts fighter and once held two UFC titles simultaneously, but has never boxed professionally. Video of pro boxer Chris van Heerden battering McGregor in a sparring session have circulated online for months.

Source: thestar July 12, 2017 19:18 UTC