On 15th of October, with four major titles on the line, Claressa Shields beat Savannah Marshall to unify the middleweight titles in pro boxing. After the fight ended, a fan compared Shields’ precision and accuracy with Floyd Mayweather’s way of fighting in the ring. Shields replied to the tweet and said “yes”.
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Following Shield’s reply, Conor McGregor, who fought Mayweather in 2017 in the highly anticipated ‘Money Fight’ said Shields displayed more “venom” than Mayweather did. In addition, McGregor claimed that in their potential rematch, he would definitely beat ‘TBE’.
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Taking to Twitter, ‘The Notorious’ wrote, “You’ve way more venom then [than] Floyd. I beat Floyd if we rematch. Untold truth it was me who carried him the early rounds playing pitty patty.”
You’ve way more venom then Floyd. I beat Floyd if we rematch. Untold truth it was me who carried him the early rounds playing pitty patty. Every single shot I threw early landed. From body to head I was playing ping pong. I come out full force, and today, I end floyd.
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) October 17, 2022
“Every single shot I threw early landed. From body to head I was playing ping pong. I come out full force, and today, I end Floyd.”
After McGregor left these comments on Twitter, Anthony Taylor, friend and sparring partner of Jake Paul ‘The Problem Child’, jabbed at McGregor with reference to his losses against Dustin. Here is what he wrote to McGregor, who felt he could beat Mayweather if he had a second chance at fighting him.
Sparring partner of Jake Paul speaks of Conor McGregor being exposed by UFC fighter Dustin Poirier at boxing
At the peak of his career, Conor McGregor fought ‘Money’. Floyd Mayweather beat ‘The Notorious’ via a TKO in the 10th round of the fight. Despite McGregor’s huge success in the UFC, Floyd Mayweather out-boxed the Irish in the ring. In the UFC, McGregor faced Dustin Poirier thrice.
McGregor beat Poirier in an extraordinary fashion the first time. However, Poirier beat McGregor the two times they fought next. Poirier avenged his loss to McGregor twice.
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Bro stop the cap, you was exposed by Dustin! You can’t box. https://t.co/zCUa3FE7R9
— Anthony PrettyBoy Taylor (@anthony_foreal) October 17, 2022
Speaking of which, Anthony Taylor said, “Bro stop the cap, you was exposed by Dustin! You can’t box.”
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