Floyd Mayweather took 10 rounds to stop Conor McGregor in the boxing ring, but according to Mayweather, he didn’t force the KO because he was concerned for McGregor’s long-term health.
McGregor, 29, was taking a beating and on his way to being knocked out cold by Mayweather. If not for referee Robert Byrd stepping in to save McGregor early in the 10th round, chances are the UFC champion was going to hit the canvas.
Mayweather said he didn’t want to see McGregor’s career cut short due to potential brain damage.
“He has a career. You know, he still has a career. He’s still young,” Mayweather said on the Hollywood Unblocked podcast, per MMAJunkie. “It could’ve been very damaging. We have to think about these fighters. Even, like, my uncle Roger. Right now, I just got a call just before I came here. He keeps walking off, wandering off. No one can find him. He ends up in a hospital. So, brain damage – it happens. It happens.”
Despite Mayweather’s claims, he was throwing everything he had at McGregor in the 10th round and looked to be head hunting.
Mayweather still insists, on paper, his younger opponent McGregor had the big advantage going into the fight, despite never having stepped foot in the boxing ring for a professional fight.
“OK, hold on. It’s a catch 22,” Mayweather said. “If I blew him out in the first round, they would have something to say. If we let the fight go on a little longer than expect, they’re going to have something to say. So it’s like, damned if I do, damned if I don’t. If I let it go the distance, they’re going to say something.
“Once again, we’re praising him. We’re not praising me. We’re praising him. Because I’m 40 years old, retired for two years. He’s 28, he’s active. I’m inactive. He’s taller, he’s bigger. Hey may not be stronger. He has a longer reach. He’s taller. He’s bigger. He’s younger. Youth is on his side. I’m just saying, everything on paper links on him. For me to come and be off, and really only train totally, probably three weeks .. and (I was) out every night partying.”
The UFC lightweight champion had success early in the fight but faded in the middle rounds. Floyd Mayweather said in his post-fight interview that was his final boxing match and he is retired now.
While Conor McGregor said in his post-fight interview, he would like to try another boxing match.
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His wife should be so lucky.
Lmao…. What a fake..
He actually tried to place a bet for round ten and they didnt accept it. He could only bet $84,000 that he was going to win.
It was the ref that save him, not Floyd.
It was the ref that called off the fight. It was Floyd who didn’t follow the text book approach to fight a Southpaw from the Orthodox stance and hit him with the straight right hand followed by the hook.
Instead Floyd walked him with basic 1-2 for 10 rounds with barley a hook in site.
u didnt wanna stophim till the 10th round anyway . u had money on u to finish him in 10
I agree. Smart move..all it takes is constant punching to the head….which he did anyway….but still..could have been worse. Better to be knocked out with one punch than to constantly get tagged over and over again…
Fuck off
You owed him for the last payday
Not a Mayweather fan but he was taking it easy on his business partner.
Nice guy
He hustled McGregor until the 10th round and then TKO’d his ass. Did anyone really doubt this match?
Half a fight
Lol he should chill and remember those are not real fights.
He could have lost his ability to read… then they’d have everything in common except for ethnicity and race.
smart. mcgregor was a couple hard rights away from a coma.
You have to be joking
Brice McCord no i’m not joking at all. conor is not used to taking an accumulation of punches from an experienced all time great like mayweather. conor suffered mild brain trauma in that fight. floyd did him a favor or he could have gotten seriously hurt.
https://www.mmamania.com/2017/9/1/16240362/doctor-conor-mcgregor-suffered-mild-traumatic-brain-injury-tko-loss-floyd-mayweather-mma
he’s so full o shit. he has no power and conor gets hit with shins, elbows, body slams, knees.. whatever Floyd you fucking egotistical tard. you step into the octagon and you’re done in less than a minute. that is a solid bet
now thats class!
Floyd beat on Connor like they were dating!
Say what? Look for $50-100 million, I have some brain damage to spare lol. Please knock me out, just sign that check!
Bullshiit floyd vs mc greggor big fake iscripted
He is a hero for protecting him from brain damage
And that this fight was a set up. The truth is slowly revealing itself
Ian Reilly
Fake news
Stfof
Yup. 100% agree. He could have killed him! The best boxer ever was fighting a guy who had NEVER boxed! If you were one of the gullible ones who wasted money on this, I’m sorry. But, this was a joke from the start.
Or the real truth, is because he isn’t an offensive fighter and he would be left open to get KOd. He could talk the same shit about Pacquiao or Canelo, but then he also would have got the shit beat out of him, because his style consists of hiding and running behind his jabs. Do you think if he was the aggressor against Pac-Man, that he would have stood a chance in Hell? If you do, you are just on the Money bandwagon