Floyd Mayweather Jr.,
the face of boxing for more than a decade, punctuated a stellar yet
controversial career with a technical knockout over U.F.C. champ and
first-time boxer Conor McGregor on Saturday night.
In
the 10th round of a surprisingly competitive fight, Mayweather backed
McGregor onto the ropes with a series of rights and lefts. McGregor’s
face was completely bloodied. He was about to fall through the ropes,
and the referee stepped in to stop the fight with 1:55 remaining in the
round.
“I
gave the fans what they wanted to see,” Mayweather said after the
fight. “I told them that I owed them for the Pacquiao fight. I must come
straight ahead and give them a show.”
The
victory improved Mayweather’s record to 50-0, and allowed the typically
defensive fighter to say farewell in thrilling fashion in what he said
was his last fight. It also proved right the naysayers who said that
this fight was nothing more than a glorified, money-making exhibition.
“This was my last fight tonight ladies and gentlemen, for sure,” Mayweather said.
Mayweather
declared the fight was not going to go the distance, and he delivered
on that promise. Things went just the way most pundits said they would.
McGregor had no way of connecting cleanly with Mayweather. He landed a
few touch punches but nothing solid the entire fight. And given that
U.F.C. fights are much shorter than boxing matches, McGregor’s stamina
was in question. And he certainly tired in the late rounds as Mayweather
made easy work of him.
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