Exclusive clip from the third installment of All access as Floyd Mayweather takes a break from training and heads to Bonnie Springs Ranch, where boxing’s all-time great spends an afternoon riding horses and steps back from the glamour and glitz of Las Vegas that will serve as the backdrop for his unprecedented matchup against UFC superstar Conor McGregor August 26 - live from T-Mobile Arena. Catch the 4-part series on Fridays on Showtime.
It was “The Notorious” Conor McGregor’s turn to meet with the media on Friday from UFC Performance Institute in Las Vegas, a day after Floyd “Money” Mayweather did the same in advance of their Saturday, Aug. 26, headlining attraction of a SHOWTIME PPV event from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Dana White is nothing if not loyal he posted a video Friday night clearly showing his boy, Conor McGregor kicked the ass of sparing partner/former world boxing champ Paulie Malignaggi. A photo surfaced on social media last week, showing what appeared to be a knockout during a sparring match between Conor and Paulie. Paulie claimed he was pushed and the photo wasn't as it seemed.
Amongst the chaos of Mayweather vs. McGregor, Canelo Alvarez will take on Gennady Golovkin on September 16th for middleweight supremacy. Watch this promo edition preview from GGG team for the upcoming super fight.
2012 Olympic silver medalist Denis Berinchyk (6-0, 3 KOs) criticized the results of the amateur European Championship, which took place in June this year in Kharkov, Ukraine, where the Ukrainian team won six medals (three gold, one silver and two bronze).
Super featherweight world champion Vasyl Lomachenko shared his impressions of the stoppage victory over Colombian Miguel Marriaga on August 5 in the USA, and also shared his plans for his future career.
Floyd “Money” Mayweather opened up the Mayweather Boxing Club on Thursday for a media workout ahead of his highly anticipated matchup against UFC champion Conor McGregor on Saturday, Aug. 26 in the headlining attraction of a Showtime PPV event from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Ukrainian middleweight Yevgen Khytrov (14-1, 12 KOs) received the date and the name of an opponent of his next fight. Khytrov will return after first career defeat by TKO from Immanuvel Alim and after eight months and will go into the ring against the 33-year-old American Derrick Findley (27-1-21, 18 KOs). The battle is scheduled for September 15 and will be held in the US.
The Nevada State Athletic Commission will at least entertain the possibility of Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor wearing lighter boxing gloves in their highly anticipated fight later this month in Las Vegas.
Two world championship fights are part of the Mayweather vs. McGregor PPV undercard on Saturday, Aug. 26 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and presented by Mayweather Promotions. In the co-featured bout, undefeated rising star Gervonta “Tank” Davis will make the second defense of his IBF Junior Lightweight World Championship against undefeated challenger Francisco Fonseca as the 22-year-old looks to continue his reign as the youngest current champion from the U.S.