![]() This will be a spectacle, something much closer to a WWE match than a real fight.Ĭonor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather just don’t get the respect - or the hate - they deserve.Tyson Fury likely isn't making many friends with his comments about how mixed martial arts is only for those who cannot box. We’ve heard everything they have to say - and we, the American public, will pay them hundreds of millions of dollars to fight for us Saturday night. Mayweather will rack in a reported ~300 million-dollar check, while McGregor has settled for a paltry ~100 million. PEOPLE.įorbes agrees with both fighter’s depiction of their paydays. They will say and do anything to make more people pay to watch them fight.īecause all Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather will ever care about is their bottom line. Make no mistake, they know exactly what they are doing. Yes, they ran with whatever narrative presented itself to them. These are business geniuses who have made fortunes largely off of exploiting and maintaining their larger-than-life public personas. Everything about this fight - from the media splashes to the tax evasion comments to the racial narrative quips - has been premeditated. More importantly, we need to recognize that everything has been calculated. The waning world of boxing will be fused with the upstart aura of UFC to produce a ratings-dynamo capable of bringing much needed vitality into a corner of sports which has come under fire since the horrors of concussion-induced CTE were brought to public light. Mcgregor boxes trash talker professional#The reality that needs to be illuminated is that, whether we like it or not, this will be a seminal moment for professional fighting. The extent to which their evil perpetuates their success must be recognized. What I am asking is that you recognize them as the genius, maniacal businessmen that they are - because, as we all begin another work week, they will be licking their wounds and laughing all the way to the bank. I’m not asking anybody to respect these audaciously disrespectful men as human beings. We’ve heard all the crap he has to say - and we will still watch him fight Saturday night. Granted, with armed white supremacists marching in our state and the White House failing to denounce them, racially-driven penis jokes from an Irishman can plausibly be taken with a grain of salt these days.īut these are nevertheless incredibly immature and insensitive comments that reveal to us the true personality beneath McGregor’s heroic persona. I have a present for the beautiful, black female fans in the crowd.”Īs if that wasn’t enough, McGregor proceeded to gyrate his hips on stage. “Do they not know I’m half black? I’m half black from the belly button down. That’s absolutely ridiculous,” McGregor said. “A lot of people have me saying I’m against black people. However, the seemingly loveable McGregor lost many of his sympathizers during the fight’s third press conference in Brooklyn, when he was asked whether he and Mayweather were pushing the “race narrative” of the fight. Yet, McGregor flaunted an Ali-esque confidence in the faces of much more experienced opponents, and fans ate it up.Įverybody loved the kid, and he raked in even more admirers every time he backed up his trash talk. The 5’9’, 154-pound southpaw was never supposed to make it past training in his garage. McGregor’s fans boasted of a rags-to-riches saga driven by bullying in high school and an unbending desire to prove doubters wrong. The UFC-based Irishman had, before the Mayweather “hype tour” at least, developed a devoted following. The 29-year-old McGregor entered this circus as much more of a dark horse. We know what’s he’s done - and we will still watch him fight Saturday night. “Money” Mayweather has lived under the public spotlight far too long for him to front any kind of calculated persona at this point. What’s more, recent clashes with the IRS over alleged tax evasion have many speculating as to just what the 40-year-old Mayweather has been up to with his vast fighting fortune. His long history of domestic violence allegations - he’s served multiple jail sentences and shelled out millions of dollars in settlement money - paints a vivid picture of Floyd’s violent personality. Mayweather’s dirty laundry has been aired extensively. To be sure, the word “respect” should be interpreted in a strictly business-oriented sense here, because neither man’s character warrants much admiration. Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather just don’t get the respect they deserve. ![]()
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