Let’s get ready to rumble: expletives and excitement as Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor face-off
More than 11,000 fans crowd into Los Angeles’s Staples Centre for a raucous first live showdown ahead of bout in Las Vegas on August 26
Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor lit the touchpaper for their cross-combat superfight, turning the air blue in an expletive-laden face-to-face meeting to launch their global promotional tour for the bout.
More than 11,000 fans crowded into Los Angeles’s Staples Centre for a raucous first live showdown between former boxing world champion Mayweather and Irishman McGregor, one of the biggest stars of mixed martial arts.
The two men are set to face each other in Las Vegas on August 26 in what could be the richest fight in history after finally agreeing to climb into a boxing ring following a year-long guessing game over whether they would ever do battle.
The fiery face-off saw the swaggering McGregor strut onto stage confidently in a three-piece suit featuring pinstripes made up of an offensive two-word insult.
The immaculately tailored profanity set the tone for a spectacle shot through with an endless torrent of abuse from both fighters, no doubt delighting promoters as they attempt to sell a fight for which ringside tickets will go on sale at around US$10,000.
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