If Floyd Mayweather won the first round of the Mayweather-McGregor World Tour, then Conor McGregor won round two 10-8. There would be no more mics mysteriously cutting out and no more playing nice for McGregor, who took on the Mayweather entourage, Showtime, and seemingly the entire sport of boxing as Dana White giggled himself a strange shade of pink.
And McGregor didn’t need a suit to say “f*ck you.” He did it himself.
Not only did McGregor dominate Mayweather in the trash talk department (the Irishman had 15,000 people in the palm of his hand), the crowd was completely behind him. Every time Mayweather went back to one of his catchphrases, he would be drowned out by boos. There was even a “UFC” chant. If that doesn’t say something about the state of boxing, I don’t know what does.
Just look at some of the madness from today. It seems like every single person out there agrees that McGregor destroyed Mayweather in their trash talk battle with two more press conferences to go.
Conor McGregor gets Toronto crowd to say “f–k the Mayweathers” #MayweatherMcGregor #MayMacWorldTour pic.twitter.com/hzm4maNWZ4
— Mike Dyce (@mikedyce) July 12, 2017
Showtime claims Conor's mic not working yesterday was not intentional #MayMacWorldTour pic.twitter.com/9OcqquJ2Hr
— MMA GOSSiP (@MMAxGossip) July 12, 2017
As seen at the #MayMacWorldTour pic.twitter.com/je2PxoRCFL
— Damon Martin (@DamonMartin) July 12, 2017
Just got done watching the #MayMacWorldTour and @TheNotoriousMMA killed it. Expecting the last two conference's to be insane.
— Joshua Flowers (@joshflowers1) July 13, 2017
https://twitter.com/daycube/status/885309931838156801
https://twitter.com/That__Jeff__Guy/status/885309917736738816
https://twitter.com/Scuderia7/status/885307501616300032
https://twitter.com/MMAseason/status/885309104637562882
Today's press conference for #maymacworldtour was like a #WWE show. Quality entertainment
— Darren Potts (@pottsylad7) July 13, 2017
IDC what happens during the fight. McGregor winning 2-0 in pressers RN. #maymacworldtour
— Eight Screens (@eightscreens) July 13, 2017
Toronto chanting "Pay your taxes" to Mayweather 😂😂#maymacworldtour
— Ryan Johnson (@ryjohnson28) July 13, 2017
Floyd: "I make money."
Conor: "You owe money." #maymacworldtour— Paddy Power (@paddypower) July 12, 2017
McGregor just trashed Mayweather about being illiterate. That's got to be one of the deepest cuts you can hit someone with. #maymacworldtour
— Luxor Spawndroth (@zacharymhansa) July 13, 2017
https://twitter.com/LeeGero/status/885307585540313089
https://twitter.com/themudflap/status/885307270728269826
I think most people did. 👏#maymacworldtour pic.twitter.com/RKqsBnJAvd
— Meg (@GoProMeg) July 13, 2017
It's very possible that #McGregor will make me a believer by the end of this tour. #MayMacWorldTour
— Mikaela Mayer (@MikaelaMayer1) July 13, 2017
"he's got 50 strippers on his payroll at least Rob Kardashian only had one"#MayMacWorldTour pic.twitter.com/o1GuXLibCJ
— Mustafa (@123mushy) July 13, 2017
Watching the #maymacworldtour is probably the most entertaining thing I've seen in a while
— Drew (@drewwhitesworld) July 13, 2017
If these press conferences are the pinnacle of the fight, then so be it. They’re free, and they’ve been damn entertaining. Worth the $100 already.