Floyd Mayweather Jr.: record, next fight and profile →
BROOKLYN, NY - Undefeated IBF #6 middleweight contender, Luis Arias (18-0, 9 KOs), is coming off a stellar performance, winning by fifth round knockout against once beaten, Arif Magomedov. He now has his sights set on conquering the whole entire middleweight division.
Conor McGregor's UFC coach John Kavanagh has warned Floyd Mayweather the Irishman's boxing skills are improving all the time. The mixed martial arts star is set to face undefeated former five-weight world champion Mayweather in Las Vegas on August 26 under normal boxing rules. McGregor, 28, has never boxed as an amateur or professional and has roundly been written off by experts who say he has no chance against Mayweather, b ut Kavanagh feels his man is already shaping up well.
Conor McGregor reminded Floyd Mayweather Jr. and anyone else that doubts him Wednesday what happened the last time he was an underdog. McGregor recalled that all he heard during his previous trip to Toronto was that he couldn’t beat Jose Aldo, then UFC’s dominant featherweight champion. The Irish southpaw was a slight underdog entering their fight at UFC 194, but needed just 13 seconds to knock out Brazil’s Aldo in their December 2015 fight at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Conor McGregor blasted Floyd Mayweather and fight promoters Showtime during the second leg of the pair's media tour in Toronto. UFC star McGregor has never boxed professionally, but will take on undefeated former five-weight world champion Mayweather in Las Vegas on August 26 at the T-Mobile Arena under normal boxing rules.
There are many in the boxing world who are appalled by the prospect of Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor climbing into a ring next month. Top Rank's Bob Arum is, emphatically, not one of them. After more than half a century in the fight game, the legendary 85-year-old promoter often gives the impression of a man who has seen it all before.
Floyd Mayweather challenged Conor McGregor to put his money where his mouth is during a fiery Toronto press conference. On the lastest leg of their world tour to promote their August 26 clash in Las Vegas, Mayweather was roundly booed by a pro-McGregor crowd.
UFC champion Conor McGregor has continued to blame Showtime for a microphone malfunction during Tuesday's press conference at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. McGregor has been livid because he believes Showtime intentionally manipulated his mic, to prevent him from responding to the verbal bombs that were being hurled by Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Carrying his own microphone, Conor McGregor made sure he wasn’t interrupted while hurling insults at Floyd Mayweather Jr. on Wednesday night in Toronto. A day after McGregor claims employees for Showtime Sports cut off his microphone during a press conference in Los Angeles, the loud, unfiltered UFC superstar ridiculed everything from Mayweather’s clothes to his reading ability to the gentlemen’s club Mayweather owns in Las Vegas. Thousands of fans surrounding the Budweiser Stage in Canada’s biggest city ate it up as McGregor mocked Mayweather during the second stop on the four-city, three-country, four-day tour to promote their August 26 boxing match in Las Vegas.
Mayweather-McGregor Gallery Toronto Press Conference Photos - In what could be the largest financial extravaganza in combat sporting event history, a worldwide audience will witness a one-of-a-kind sporting event when legendary boxer and pound-for-pound king Floyd “Money” Mayweather returns to the ring to battle all-time MMA great and UFC champion “The Notorious” Conor McGregor in a 12-round boxing match. The fight announcement on June 14 captured the world’s attention as fans across the globe anticipate the outcome of this once-in-a-lifetime showdown taking place Saturday, Aug. 26 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The event will be produced and distributed live by SHOWTIME PPV and promoted by Mayweather Promotions.
As BoxingScene.com reported a few days ago, the IRS claims five division world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. still owes $22.2 million in taxes from 2015, the year he earned his biggest payday with the blockbuster fight against Manny Pacquiao. A notice of a federal tax lien filed against the undefeated fighter nicknamed "Money" shows the balance as unpaid as of March 6. The document was filed with county officials in Las Vegas in April.