Floyd Mayweather v Conor McGregor: American says fight 'won't go the distance'

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Floyd Mayweather is a five-weight world champion, having made his debut in 1996

Floyd Mayweather says his fight with Conor McGregor in Las Vegas on 26 August "won't go the distance".

Mayweather, 40, has won all 49 of his professional bouts, but has not boxed since September 2015 and came out of retirement to fight the Irishman.

The 29-year-old mixed martial arts fighter has not boxed professionally.

"He's looking forward to ending the fight early, I'm looking forward to ending the fight early - it won't go the distance," said Mayweather.

The American, whose last fight was a points victory over Andre Berto, said he will be doing his "homework" on McGregor, a two-weight world champion in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

"It's not really watching fight tapes, it's about knowing the person you're facing across the ring from you," added Mayweather.

"You want to know what they like to eat, what they're doing when they're not in camp."

Britain's Nathan Cleverly will feature on the undercard of the Mayweather-McGregor bout, as the 30-year-old Welshman will aim to make the first defence of his WBA light-heavyweight title against Sweden's Badou Jack.

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  • Comment posted by Mr B, at 13:38 11 Aug 2017

    Both should fight the Highland way - bare breasted and each carrying an eight pound baby.

  • Comment posted by Kraznaya Zvezda, at 13:33 11 Aug 2017

    It's a farce really isn't it ?

  • Comment posted by Jota180, at 13:13 11 Aug 2017

    McGregor is going to get embarrassed by Mayweather but he'll be able to cry into his 100 million bucks.

  • Comment posted by U16656810, at 14:26 11 Aug 2017

    In a pure boxing bout, McGregor would lose to Katie Taylor.

    So his only interest here is to go in and get dismantled for the money.
    Make the purse payout to winner only and McGregor would have no interest at all.

  • Comment posted by Antony, at 14:23 11 Aug 2017

    Blah, blah, blah. Who cares? This contest has zero sporting value and has been dreamed up by greedy men to fleece the gullible out of a ridiculous amount of money. It will be fixed so that McGregor lasts at least 5 rounds, otherwise people will feel short-changed, but this whole thing is a charade. It's worse than WWE

  • Comment posted by U16338151, at 16:39 11 Aug 2017

    Have some dignity folks, don't pay for this stupid event. They are rich enough and you probably are not.

  • Comment posted by valjester, at 15:29 11 Aug 2017

    @48 Really, mate? It's going to be like a grandmaster playing chess against a very good draughts player. In this analogy, Mayweather is Kasparov

  • Comment posted by drogsbreath, at 14:27 11 Aug 2017

    Next week we have Frankie Dettori fighting the newly retired Wladmir Klitscho for the right to take on the winner of the Clare Balding v Butterbean bout.
    My money's on Clare Balding as she's bigger than Butterbean and Klitscho and far more irritating than Dettori ( or anyone else for that matter)

  • Comment posted by GDRH, at 13:18 11 Aug 2017

    Typical mayweather...it will go the distance. But he will school Mcgregor...I hope he does anyway. Mcgregor needs to be put back in his box.

  • Comment posted by U15394510, at 14:58 11 Aug 2017

    Probably because he isn't an actual boxer.

    Next up: Roger Federer v Ma Long (Ping Pong world champion)

  • Comment posted by shrimper, at 15:49 11 Aug 2017

    Let's be honest the fight will go on for as long as Mayweather's sponsors want it to last.

  • Comment posted by common sense, at 14:25 11 Aug 2017

    Farce!

  • Comment posted by Red Mist Rising, at 13:43 11 Aug 2017

    McGregor's mind games not working on Floyd. Going to be a painful beating for Conor before he gets pulled out by his corner or disqualified. Either way, it wont be pretty.

  • Comment posted by Cos-my-neighbour-said-so, at 13:27 11 Aug 2017

    Why is this in the boxing section ?
    Surely it should be in Entertainment > Comedy > Farce ?!

  • Comment posted by slamdunc, at 15:53 11 Aug 2017

    The greatest boxer of his generation (although I and millions of others don't like him) will completely outclass the UFC fighter, who it will show is completely out of his depth !!

    It's a different sport !!

    An exhibition and nothing more

  • Comment posted by valjester, at 13:55 11 Aug 2017

    It ends pretty much whenever Mayweather wants it to end. Despite the facts that he is knocking on a bit, that he has for a while not been KOing his opponents, and that he's been out of the ring for two years...he is the greatest boxer, p4p, of all time. And he's fighting some pooch who's never had a paid ruck in a boxing ring. It's going to be good fun. But it's not going to be competitive.

  • Comment posted by mb018538, at 13:18 11 Aug 2017

    I think anyone with half a brain cell knows Mayweather wins this easy as you like. The fact that he's 2/9 with the bookmakers is embarrassing really - he should be priced nearer 1/33, but all the McGregor fanboys are meaning there is value to be had backing Floyd. I'll be having a decent wager on Floyd, and will enjoy the profit!

  • Comment posted by ronniedt, at 17:26 11 Aug 2017

    If folk are dumb enough to give them money for this circus act, they are smart enough to take it.

  • Comment posted by VoodooMagicMan, at 13:21 11 Aug 2017

    It will end in a way to leads most directly to a rematch.

  • Comment posted by Display Name, at 22:24 11 Aug 2017

    antman you and the Mcgregor fans are going to make me some money by betting McGregor. The odds are great for Mayweather.

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