Saturday's well-hyped fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor may well have lived up to the advance billing. Mayweather defeated McGregor when the referee ended the bout in the 10th of 12 possible rounds in Las Vegas. While McGregor (0-1) had the T-Mobile Arena crowd behind his improbable quest, Mayweather (50-0) survived a rough beginning and gradually took control. He brutalized McGregor in the 10th, landing numerous shots and chasing McGregor around the ring until referee Robert Byrd saved the Irishman and stopped the fight. Bookies had faced taking a big loss because McGregor tickets outnumbered Mayweather tickets by as much as 18-1 at some books.

Source: Fox News August 27, 2017 05:04 UTC