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  • Floyd Mayweather Begins Training for Conor McGregor Fight

    Floyd Mayweather Begins Training for Conor McGregor Fight

    • Fight in Las Vegas on August 26

    After a date was finally agreed for Floyd Mayweather’s hotly-anticipated fight with Conor McGregor, the American boxer has been quick to get back in the ring.

    Mayweather took to Instagram on Thursday to let his 15.6 million followers know what he is now up to since the big news broke.

    And his fans will be pleased to know that the 40-year-old is ramping up his preparations ahead of what will be one of the biggest sporting events ever staged.

    The fight with McGregor will be one of the biggest sporting events ever staged

    In Mayweather’s Instagram story, he can be seen applying Vaseline to his face before stepping into the ring for a sparring session while donning pink gloves and headgear.

    Mayweather and UFC star McGregor will face off at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on August 26, with the fight scheduled for 12, three-minute rounds.

    Former multi-weight world champion Mayweather is on a minimum certainty of $100million (£78m) for the bout, plus the upside on high sales by Showtime, the major US cable network.

    McGregor’s share of the bounty is thought to be in the region of $80m (£62m) but a percentage of that will go to the UFC, his paymasters in his customary field of action mixed martial arts.

    Meanwhile, on the same day that the fight was officially confirmed, Mayweather attended the premiere of Tupac Shakur’s biopic, ‘All Eyez on Me.’

    The American was pictured arriving at the premiere in Los Angeles, wearing a crisp blue suit, glasses and brown shoes.

    Also, Mayweather’s personal assistant, who goes by the name of Kitchie Kitch on Instagram, took to social media to upload a photo of the pair enjoying their time at the premiere.

    She captioned the picture: ‘With the boss Floyd Mayweather last night when he took his team to the premier of ‘ALL EYEZ ON ME’.’

  • McGregor is all bark and bite-Mayweather

    McGregor is all bark and bite-Mayweather

    Floyd Mayweather sent a message to mixed martial arts champion, Conor McGregor on Tuesday to stop ‘barking’ and find some ‘bite’ after months of talk about a crossover fight between the two.

    Speaking after announcing an IBF world super-featherweight title bout in London on May 20 between his defending protege Gervonta Davis and Britain’s Liam Walsh, Mayweather suggested McGregor was all talk.

    “Conor McGregor is blowing smoke up everybody’s ass,” the 40-year-old unbeaten and now-retired former world champion told Reuters.

    “He doesn’t really want to fight. If he really wants to fight, sign the contract.

    “This is what I’m going to do: I’m going to get a contract typed up tonight. I’m going to sign it and I’m going to fax it over to Conor McGregor and see if he’s going to sign it,” he added.

    Mayweather said he did not know if the fight would happen and gave no details about what he would put in any contract he might draw up and accused the Irishman of “disrespect”.

    “He’s barking, he’s barking, he’s barking,” he said. “Once you get the paperwork and sign the contract, then you bite.

    “Right now you’re just barking.

    “He got famous off my name, these fighters keep doing this,” added the American.

    “Filipino multiple world champion Manny Pacquiao did the same thing. He got famous off my name. Stop that shit.”

    McGregor has been challenging Mayweather, who retired in 2015 with a 49-0 record, to a fight for months.

    The two sides have yet to reach terms, while doing their part to drum up interest with plenty of media barbs, with some major hurdles to overcome.

    Mayweather has asked for a guaranteed $100 million to make the fight happen, with $15 million going to McGregor, while UFC president Dana White has talked of $25 million to each plus pay-per-view money.

    McGregor, the biggest pay-per-view draw in mixed martial arts, is contracted to UFC and the organisation would have to approve any fight.

    Mayweather was more amused about reports that one of his cars, branded with his ‘The Money Team’ insignia, had been broken into and set alight during a visit to Birmingham last Saturday.

    “My automobiles are all in the U.S,” said the five division world champion. “But I like the story because it was all around the world.

    It was good press. So thank you.”

    The super-featherweight fight at London’s Copperbox arena in May features unbeaten 22-year-old champion Davis, who has won 16 of his 17 fights by knockout, against 30-year-old British, Commonwealth and European champion Walsh.

    Mayweather hailed Davis as one of the most exciting young fighters in America, and said his promotional company planned to bring three more shows to Britain this year.