Gouged at every corner, fight fans get smack talking for free in Mayweather-McGregor tour
Foul-mouthed promotional tour visits New York and will now move on to London for the final round of insults and vulgarities
Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather Jnr will earn perhaps nine-figure pay days while fight fans will be charged US$100 to watch on TV in high def and can’t get into the arena for anything less than a US$500 face-value ticket – if they’re lucky.
But in New York, where a “Hamilton” seat can cost you a rent cheque, there’s still a deal to be found – even in the fight game.
The fight angling to become the richest in sports history is offering fans a bargain-basement price for this week-long smack-talking circus: Free.
It’s the cleanest four-letter word uttered by the Irish UFC star McGregor and the undefeated boxer Mayweather during a foul-mouthed promotional tour that stopped on Thursday at the Barclays Center.
Fans lined outside the home of the Brooklyn Nets hours before they were allowed inside the arena. They flocked in TMT gear or draped themselves in Irish flags as they waited for the pair to start trading insults weeks before they exchange blows.