Conor McGregor looked better than expected, but ultimately couldn’t keep up with one of boxing’s greatest as Floyd Mayweather Jr. scored a 10th-round TKO victory when McGregor was unable to answer several huge shots to the head. Mayweather is now 50-0 as a professional.
The first round was slow for Mayweather, as expected. McGregor landed a very, very nice counter left uppercut in that opening round that did some damage to Mayweather. McGregor showed some surprisingly strong counters in the second and third rounds as well, and was also warned for hammer fists to the back of the head by the referee.
In the fourth, Mayweather started to bring things back. He started landing big time with right straights and McGregor started to slow down. Mayweather took over with some huge shots and combos in the sixth and seventh rounds, landing far more powerful strikes.
McGregor showed more life in the eighth round, landing some serious shots. It could have been his round, even, though Mayweather did land with the right straight plenty, and did some damage. In the ninth round, McGregor hurt Mayweather with an early body shot, but after recovering, Mayweather put together his most dominant round of the fight, peppering the tiring McGregor over and over with big shots.
In the 10th, Mayweather swarmed McGregor and the fight was stopped. Mayweather landed several unanswered shots and McGregor was stumbling around the ring, so it was a good stoppage.
The undercard for Saturday’s superfight was a good one. The opening bout between Andrew Tabiti and Steve Cunningham went the distance, and saw Tabiti fight his most seasoned opponent yet. The fight was probably closer than the judge’s scorecards indicated, but Tabiti walked away with a win and his record remains intact.
As expected, the light heavyweight contest between Badou Jack and Nathan Cleverly was a good one. It was fun, but one that Jack dominated after the first couple rounds, ultimately finishing Cleverly in the fifth round when the referee had seen enough unanswered punches.
The co-feature saw a very controversial ending to what was, up until that point, a very good fight. Undefeated junior lightweights Gervonta Davis and Francisco Fonseca combined for an exciting eight rounds, but the fight ended when Davis knocked down Fonseca with a shot that clearly was to the back of the head.
It was a fairly evenly matched bout, with Davis likely holding a lead on the scorecards but losing ground in the later rounds. When Davis connected with a huge punch to the back of the head, Fonseca went down, partially draped on Davis’ lower body. Davis then pushed him a second time, also in the back of the head, and the referee went through a 10-count. Fonseca couldn’t get up and Davis got the win, though because he didn’t make weight -- and apparently had a cold going into the fight -- he didn’t take the title, meaning the IBF Junior Lightweight title is now vacant.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. def. Conor McGregor via TKO in Round 10
Round 1: McGregor comes out swinging, landing two hooks to the body, but Mayweather is calm. McGregor throws several one-two punch combos, but Mayweather is staying out of the way. McGregor lands a nice left straight that sneaks through Mayweather’s guard. Mayweather comes forward with an overhand right but McGregor moves out of the way. McGregor starts to taunt Mayweather, who is nice and calm. Mayweather lands a quick jab to the body. McGregor comes forward with a big combo and Mayweather ducks under and out of the way. McGregor lands a big left uppercut as Mayweather comes in. The round comes to an end. It’s probably McGregor’s round, but this is Mayweather’s gameplan.
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