Stephen A. Smith And Teddy Atlas Melted Down About Cheeseburgers After Mayweather-McGregor

Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor’s super fight in Las Vegas managed to be more entertaining and compelling than most anyone could have imagined, as Mayweather eventually finished McGregor off with a flurry in the 10th round causing a referee stoppage and a TKO.

ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith and boxing analyst Teddy Atlas were among those that didn’t expect a competitive fight, and afterwards, they argued — as they do — about what kind of fight it was. In their argument about whether it was a good or bad performance from Mayweather, they somehow turned their conversation into a shouting match about cheeseburgers, which proved to be hilarious.

Atlas was arguing that McGregor did well to force Mayweather to attack and that Floyd made the necessary adjustments to come forward and performed well in that role that is so foreign to him, while Smith argued that it was a lesser Mayweather performance because he looked so average on defense where he’s long been among the best ever. The metaphor chosen was steaks vs. cheeseburgers and gourmet chef’s vs. fast food line cooks, and eventually it was hard to figure out what they were even talking about anymore.

After weeks and weeks of pontificating about the fight, it’s understandable if these guys were a bit loopy at 11 p.m. local time after an event that went far differently than anyone anticipated. I, for one, appreciate their ability to still get that riled up about the fight and entertain us all with rants about cheeseburgers.