Don’t call Floyd Mayweather’s latest fight a comeback. The boxing legend revealed Monday he remains retired from the sport and has no intention of making a professional comeback. He said as much following his win over kickboxing sensation Tenshin Nasukawa via first-round knock-out in an exhibition fight in Saitama, Japan. “We are both still undefeated,” Mayweather said, per The Mirror’s Jake Polden. “He is a great champion and a great fighter. I am still retired, I don’t look to come back to boxing. I came back for entertainment for the people of Japan.” Mayweather, 41, expanded on his enduring retirement plans during a post-figh... NESN.com
Tag: boxing
Mayweather Vs. McGregor Ticket Prices: Cheapest Seats Are Anything But
Share this: Newsflash: No matter how you want to consume Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor, it’s going to cost you. Pay-per-view prices already have been announced for the Aug. 26 showdown between the boxing legend and UFC star. With the venue now set for T-Mobile Arena, ticket prices to watch the boxing match in person have been revealed and, well, they’re hefty. The cheapest seats in the house will cost $500, according to MMAFighting.com, while ringside seats are set at a staggering $10,000. For context, the average ticket price for the most recent Super Bowl was roughly $4,700. The average price for Mayweather-McGregor might be close to the same, as intermediary tickets are priced at $1,500, $2,500, $3,500, $5,000 and $7,500. Of course, those prices
Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor Fighting Soon? Mounting Evidence Includes Arena …
Share this: If you read between the lines, you might find just enough to believe the announcement of superfight between Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather is imminent. Momentum for the proposed boxing match has increased over the last few months, and now it appears Mayweather Promotions has reserved an Aug. 26 date at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. “Mayweather Promotions will promote a professional boxing event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. This event will be televised on Showtime,” an event description reads on the calendar located on the Nevada State Athletic Commission website. Mayweather certainly has familiarity with the venue, fighting the final 12 bouts of his career in that arena. And as BloodyElbow.com points out, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Saturday that
Bob Arum Puts Blame On UFC For Latest McGregor-Mayweather Fight Roadblock
Money often is a huge issue in putting together mega-fights in the sport of boxing, and that appears to be the case for the potential bout between boxing champion Floyd Mayweather and UFC champion Conor McGregor. The egos involved in this situation are massive. Everyone wants their fair share of the money generated from the fight, and one legendary boxing promoter believes the UFC’s demands are too high. “I think the only impediment there is the UFC, because UFC doesn’t treat fighters the same way that boxing promoters do,” Bob Arum recently said, per SB Nation blog Bloody Elbow. “In other words, UFC fighters get so much less than boxe... NESN.com
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Responds To Conor McGregor’s Money Demands With Offer
Share this: Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor both have expressed interest in throwing down under the right circumstances, but it sounds like the sides are world’s apart when it comes to financial matters. McGregor previously said he’d want $100 million to fight Mayweather, who supposedly is retired after running his professional boxing record to 49-0. Mayweather doesn’t see that demand as being reasonable, though, and he extended a counteroffer to the UFC champion Wednesday while appearing on ESPN’s “First Take.” “We tried to make the Conor McGregor fight,” Mayweather said. “They know what my number is. My number is a guaranteed $100 million. That was my number. “We are willing to give him $15 million and then we can talk about splitting the
Mike Tyson Sides With Chris Brown Vs. Soulja Boy, Vows To Train Singer For Poten…
Share this: Mike Tyson might have just swung the balance of 2017’s first super-fight in Chris Brown’s favor. The former world heavyweight champion announced Sunday he’ll train Brown for his potential boxing match against Soulja Boy, upping the ante in the celebrity feud. Brown and Soulja Boy are rumored to be ready to fight each other in the ring after they traded barbs on social media last week, and tensions between them escalated with Floyd Mayweather’s involvement as both the promoter of the would-be celebrity boxing match and Soulja’s Boy’s trainer. Well, Tyson now has picked his side, sending a stern warning to Soulja Boy (warning: video contains graphic language). The Brown vs. Soulja Boy fight remains unscheduled, but large bets and even bigger trash talk
Conor McGregor Gets Boxing License, But Floyd Mayweather’s Camp Not Concerned
Share this: Could it happen? While some consider a Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather boxing match no more than a pipe dream, the idea became a bit more feasible Wednesday, when McGregor obtained a boxing license from the California State Athletic Commission. Despite that news, CEO of Mayweather Promotions Leonard Ellerbe doesn’t seem to care. In an interview with ESPN.com, Ellerbe was firm in his belief that a McGregor-Mayweather boxing match will never happen. “He got a boxing license. Congratulations to him,” Ellerbe said. “Conor McGregor can say anything he wants to, but he has a boss, and his name is (UFC president) Dana White. He is under contract to the UFC, and if he wanted to fight Floyd Mayweather in a boxing match he can’t