Floyd Mayweather Jr.: record, next fight and profile →
Last month, UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor earned widespread praise for his composed and confident performance against five division world champion Floyd Mayweather - but MMA rival Nate Diaz is not buying it.
Carl Frampton is picking countryman Conor McGregor to defeat Paulie Malignaggi in a boxing match - if that bout ever comes together. Last month, McGregor made his professional boxing debut against former five division world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
A few days ago, UFC superstar Conor McGregor has wished Floyd Mayweather a happy retirement but thinks his conqueror has "very strong tools he could bring into an MMA game". Mayweather resumed his illustrious boxing career to do battle with McGregor in a mega-money fight in Las Vegas last weekend.
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya has been a firm critic of last month's crossover bout between five division champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and UFC superstar Conor McGregor. Mayweather, at 40 years old, returned to the ring after two in retirement to stop McGregor in the tenth round at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Former UFC champion Daniel Cormier was very proud of Conor McGregor and the performance of his MMA stablemate from last Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. McGregor, the current UFC lightweight champion, was making his professional boxing debut against a boxer who most consider to be one of the best pure boxers in history, Floyd Mayweather.
Former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo believes his MMA rival, Conor McGregor, is getting way too much credit for last Saturday's performance against Floyd Mayweather. McGregor, the current UFC lightweight champion, was making his professional boxing debut against one of the best defensive fighters in the history of the sport.
UFC President Dana White was either joking or misinformed a few days ago. White, in a video recording, stated that last Saturday's fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor had generated at least 6.5 million buys on pay-per-view. If that were true, the number would easily break the current record of 4.6 million buys, which was set by Mayweather's long awaited showdown with Manny Pacquiao in May of 2015.
They were once good friends, but eventually became rivals when their pay-per-view events were set down three weeks apart at the same venue, the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya finalized a date of September 16th, on HBO Pay-Per-View, for Saul "Canelo" Alvarez to challenge IBO, IBF, WBA, WBC middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin.
Holly Holm is one of the few fighters to win major world title in boxing and mixed martial arts. After being regarded as one of the best female boxers in the world, Holm jumped over to MMA a few years ago and shocked the entire combat world when she knocked out Ronda Rousey at UFC 193 to capture he company's bantamweight title.
Gennady Golovkin’s detractors point to an unblemished record that, while loaded with impressive knockout victories, lacks elite-level conquests. Golovkin’s trainer thinks that all will change when the long-reigning middleweight champion is able to “dominate” Canelo Alvarez in their middleweight title fight September 16 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The 35-year-old Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs) is slightly favored to defeat the 27-year-old Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KOs) in their HBO Pay-Per-View main event, a 12-round fight that’ll be contested for Golovkin’s IBF, IBO and WBA 160-pound titles two weeks from Saturday night.