“He Didn’t Even Train for This”: Fans Slam Conor McGregor for Making ‘Silly’ Remarks About Potential Floyd Mayweather Rematch, Olympic Medalist Jumps In to Support the MMA Icon

When the biggest name in boxing and the biggest name in mixed martial arts clash, then it is bound to be a ‘big fight,’ right? Well, not necessarily. It becomes ‘The Money Fight’ or ‘The Biggest Fight in Combat Sports History.’ That’s how the 2017 bout between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor got billed. The second-highest-grossing match in boxing’s history ended in defeat for the former UFC Lightweight champion. While both the belligerents have retired, talks of a rematch surface now and then.

The twelve-rounder match was Mayweather Jr.’s last professional contest. He returned after retiring in 2015 to make his record a perfect fifty wins against nil losses. Though he started on a solid note, by the middle rounds, McGregor turned weary—a flurry of punches in rounds nine and ten convinced referee Robert Byrd to stop the fight.

Since then, talks have been going on among fans about whether a rematch will happen or not. Twitter handle @primefrogv2 shared a short video clip of the bout that shows McGregor landing a few punches on Mayweather Jr.’s face and body. Over a million saw the post. Its message read, “Let‘s not forget when McGregor hurt Floyd with a body shot, and he called it a ‘low blow’.”

Later, Conor McGregor also posted his response, saying, “Round 9. I was playing ping pong with this guy’s head in there [at] many times in this fight…” According to him, if anyone thinks that tweaks cannot be made and used in the second bout to complete an unfinished job, he’s fooling himself. And that was enough for fans to chime in with their reactions.

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Peeved at McGregor’s statement, a user named Paul Kennedy said he doesn’t count himself as a Mayweather Jr. fan. And despite the Irish mixed-martial artist’s brouhaha, anyone who’s seen the match could make out Mayweather Jr. barely sweated out.

The following user named David seems to want Conor McGregor traveling through the truth lane and exhorted that despite being an exhibition match, he hardly caused any damage to the American boxer. Had it been a real fight, Mayweather Jr. would have stopped him much earlier than in the tenth round.

Meanwhile, a user named Shawn couldn’t control himself from laughing. He said it was an exhibition match and should be viewed as such. He seems unsure how McGregor tweeted without understanding the difference between an exhibition match and a professional bout.

Disceting McGregor’s statement, one user seems to agree that it was a body shot. However, he clarified that the way the sequence was shot appeared to be below-the-belt- blow.

User Samy agreed with McGregor that he needs to make ‘adjustments’ but not inside a squared ring. Instead, he said he should improve his game in the octagon.

But there was a voice that went against the grain. It was Olympic bronze medalist, former professional boxer, and now trainer Tony Jeffries, who seems enthused by the prospect of another Mayweahter Jr. – McGregor fight.

Regarding PPV sales, it stood at around 4.3 million. ‘The Money Fight’ could not match the success of the 2015 Pacquiao fight. However, as far as the individual paycheck is concerned, while McGregor took home $100 million, Mayweather Jr. reportedly made nearly $300 million. Effective 2018, the latter embarked on a new journey, fighting exhibition matches. While the former, on the other hand, lost his Lightweight title to Khabib Nurmagomedov.

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