Conor McGregor spectacularly defied Floyd Mayweather’s prediction that he would fail to make the weight as they came to the scales before their mega-millions extravaganza.
The Notorious weighed in a full pound under the 154lbs weight limit. Mayweather was significantly but expectedly lighter at 149 1/2 lbs.
That put paid to the notion that his training may have been compromised by late, nightly visits to his strip club. McGregor returned to screaming at Mayweather come the stare down.
Mr Money laughed back in his face before McGregor accused the best boxer of his generation of ‘being in the worst shape of his life and scared.’
The more composed Mayweather riposted: ‘Don’t worry. I’ve been here before. This is not going the distance.’
McGregor received a boisterous Irish welcome as he entered the T-Mobile Arena draped in his country’s flag and sporting glasses hinged with sun lenses. Mayweather responded to his mixed reception by pointing to his white ‘The Best Ever’ baseball cap and T-shirt, smiling broadly and then warning fans of the Irishman: ‘This will be Conor McGregor’s last fight also.’
The coming to the scales of the two champions from different combat sports was preceded by a showing on giant screens of clips of their hostile world promotional tour, with the expletives bleeped out.
There were loud cheers for McGregor and boos for Mayweather but no unbecoming conduct by the rival boxing and UFC fans.
