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Russell Ess - September 14, 2017

The rivalry between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor seems to have come to an end. Mayweather won the fight that had many people excited, beating McGregor by TKO in the 10th round of their multi-million dollar boxing match. However, in the build-up to their fight, a lot of things were said that cannot simply be forgotten.

Russell Ess - September 13, 2017

If Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor never had their big-money boxing match this year, there is no doubt that the biggest boxing fight this year would be between Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin. The two boxing stars are set to fight in their championship fight for the IBF, IBO, WBA, and WBC middleweight titles this weekend on Saturday, September 16 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. In this video, we take a look at some of Alvarez’s amazing knockouts and power punches displayed throughout his career. Canelo holds a 49-1-1 professional boxing record with 34 wins coming by way of KO/TKO. Alvarez’s only loss took place back in 2013 against undefeated great, Floyd Mayweather. Alvarez also has one draw on his record from his fifth professional fight back in 2006 against Jorge Juarez.

Russell Ess - September 12, 2017

Floyd Mayweather added a good chunk of cash to his fortunes with what the now 50-0 boxing great said would be his last fight ever. Mayweather pocketed a guaranteed $100 million purse for his boxing match against Conor McGregor and “Money” has stated he could make over $300 million when everything including pay-per-view is added up. Mayweather appeared for his first television appearance on Steve Harvey’s new talk show on Monday night and the two spoke about his historic 50-0 record, the fight, and his opponent.

Russell Ess - September 11, 2017

Now that Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor have got their multi-million dollar boxing match out of the way, the next boxing superfight is approaching. “GGG” Gennady Golovkin and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez are set to fight in their middleweight world titles boxing match. The two will step into the ring at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada this Saturday, September 16. Here, we take a look at some of Golovkin’s best highlights from his career. “GGG” holds a perfect record with 37 wins and no losses. 33 of Golovkin’s wins have come by way of KO/TKO.

Tom Taylor - September 11, 2017

Former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis is pretty impressed by reigning lightweight champ Conor McGregor. He is not, however, impressed by McGregor’s fiercest rival, Nate Diaz. Speaking to FightHype.com over the weekend, Pettis was asked about McGregor’s recent boxing match with Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Tom Taylor - September 11, 2017

Conor McGregor didn’t beat Floyd Mayweather. Instead, he succumbed to a storm of 10th-round punches dealt by the undefeated boxing legend. That said, McGregor did far better than many fans and pundits expected, arguably winning the fist few rounds of the fight, and surprisingly, out-landing many of Mayweather’s previous opponents – stars like Manny Pacquiao, Shane Mosley, and Miguel Cotto.

Russell Ess - September 7, 2017

Conor McGregor is enjoying his time coming off his first professional boxing match and for good reason. The current UFC lightweight champion is expected to make over $100 million for his bout with undefeated boxing great Floyd Mayweather. Immediately after fighting in his biggest prize fight in Las Vegas, “The Notorious” hosted his fight after party in sin city and then jetted off to Spain to attend his friend’s wedding. McGregor was also spotted at a pool party in Ibiza where even a couple swimsuit models couldn’t help but snap a pic with the Irishman.

Russell Ess - September 7, 2017

While Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor failed to surpass the 2015 Mayweather and Manny Pacquaio record for the highest gate, they are still sitting pretty at the number two spot. Despite not setting the record for the live gate, the Mayweather and McGregor madness has set a new official pay-per-view (PPV) record. Boxing News reported on Thursday that Sky Sports confirmed that the Mayweather vs. McGregor event set a new PPV record in the U.K. Sky reported that the PPV numbers surpassed 1 million buys. The Mayweather and McGregor event broke the previous record set by Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko, who fought in April at the Wembley Stadium in London in a heavyweight boxing championship match.

Russell Ess - September 6, 2017

In Los Angeles during the first stop of the Mayweather vs McGregor world tour press conference hyping up their multi-million dollar boxing match, Conor McGregor’s mic was cut off when it was Floyd Mayweather’s time to address the crowd. McGregor was not happy with the technical issue and targeted Showtime and executive vice president and general manager of Showtime Sports, Stephen Espinoza as enemies in the buildup for the fight. In Toronto for the second stop on the world tour, McGregor let it be known calling out Showtime and Espinoza. McGregor hurled insults at the Showtime Sports executive, pointing him out as a “weasel” and a “bitch.”

Russell Ess - September 5, 2017

What has been trending to be the richest fight in the history of combat sports lived up to the hype for many as Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor put it all on the line in their boxing match. McGregor showed that he could compete with Mayweather, who many consider the greatest boxer of this generation and one of the best of all time as he caught “Money” with some clean shots throughout their fight. It has been a tough task to do as not many of Mayweather’s boxing world champion opponents were able to find Floyd at the end of their gloves. While Mayweather was much more aggressive than he has been in his previous fights, it doesn’t deny the fact that “The Notorious” was able to land some nice punches one of the greatest defensive boxers the world has seen.

Tom Taylor - September 5, 2017

On Saturday’s special UFC Rotterdam episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, UFC commentator Joe Rogan told guest Brendan Schaub that he believes it’s time for Paulie Malignaggi to stop trash-talking MMA fighters. Well, what he really said was that Malignaggi should “shut the f*ck up.” Riffing on the subject of Malignaggi’s beef with the MMA community –which most recently manifested itself when the boxer got into it with UFC featherweight champ Max Holloway on Twitter – Rogan began breaking down Malignaggi’s chances in the Octagon with various fighters.

Tom Taylor - September 5, 2017

Paulie Malignaggi was brought into Conor McGregor’s training camp for Floyd Mayweather as an ally. He left as an arch enemy. Since Malignaggi departed McGregor’s headquarters, he’s taken every opportunity to berate the Irishman, attacking him in interviews, and trashing him on social media. Eventually, Malignaggi even began attacking other members of the MMA community, and in the opinion of UFC commentator Joe Rogan, he’d be wise to stop.

Tom Taylor - September 4, 2017

Back in early July, Jeff Horn defeated Manny Pacquiao with a hotly debated unanimous decision. Given the nature of Horn’s victory, plans for a rematch were quickly laid out for November 12. Regrettably, Pacquiao’s political duties have forced him out of this planned rematched, which has forced Horn and his team to begin hunting for a new opponent. Horn himself has suggested Jessie Vargas as a possible replacement.

Russell Ess - September 4, 2017

Floyd Mayweather is expected to make over $300 million and Conor McGregor over $100 million for their money fight. If they could repeat the success of their first fight, it’s hard to see how either man could turn down that kind of money for another boxing match scheduled for 36 minutes. Joe Rogan spoke with comedian Hannibal Buress on his Joe Rogan Experience podcast recently and Rogan explained why he believes a rematch between the two superstars will happen.

Chris Taylor - September 3, 2017

There is no shortage of emotion in this new video which showcases the corners and family members of both Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather during their epic super fight from August 26. Conor McGregor had a fantastic start to the fight, arguably winning the contests first four rounds.

Chris Taylor - September 2, 2017

Current UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor put on an incredible performance in his boxing debut last weekend in Las Vegas against Floyd Mayweather. The Irish superstar was eventually stopped in the tenth round by the legendary undefeated boxer, but still McGregor’s stock did nothing but rise in defeat.

Russell Ess - September 1, 2017

While millions around the world were excited to see what would happen when Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor stepped into the boxing ring, one boxing legend was very upset that the fight was actually taking place. On Friday, a day before the richest fight in combat sports took place, Oscar De La Hoya tweeted, “F**K YOU #MayweatherVsMcGregor BOTH OF YOU ARE DISRESPECTING THE SPORT OF BOXING #CaneloGGG Sept 16th http://www.ringtv.com.”

Justin Golightly - September 1, 2017

While some fans cheered Floyd Mayweather’s technical knockout victory over Conor McGregor, some people thought it was finished a little too soon. McGregor himself took the mic after the loss, telling everyone he was just tired from the long fight and wished that the referee let him get laid out. One person in particular, praised ref Robert Byrd’s actions. Darragh O’Carroll, former ringside physician, thinks Byrd made a great call because he thinks Conor McGregor was at risk of brain trauma. Hats off to @TheNotoriousMMA. #MayweatherMcGregor pic.twitter.com/ih2wGFbjMH