The Mayweather McGregor World Tour continued in New York today…
Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather is first and foremost about business. Business through spectacle. This won’t be a normal fight, so these haven’t been normal press conferences.
The Mayweather McGregor World Tour’s stop in New York seemed to be going just as they had in the last two cities. Conor said Floyd was broke like 50 cent, the fans told Floyd to pay his taxes, and Floyd reminded everyone that Conor has been submitted three times.
Then Floyd gave the order for his entourage to swarm McGregor…
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Either Conor really believes he is going to knock out Floyd Mayweather, or he is the greatest showman on the planet. It’s possible both are true.
The third stop on the Mayweather McGregor World Tour was lacklustre in comparison to the last couple of days. It didn’t go entirely without incident however. Although the scuffle it led to was quickly broken up, it looked for a moment as though Floyd’s entourage was going to envelop Conor.
Floyd yelled “Form Voltron”, in reference to a popular 1980s cartoon, and his team surrounded Conor.
skip to 2:34 in the video below to see Conor’s swarming…
For a second there it looked as though Conor was going to get swallowed up, but cooler heads ended up prevailing.
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This wasn’t the best press conference for quotes, but Conor did address concerns regarding some of his comments from yesterday.
“A lot of media seem to be saying I’m against black people. That’s absolutely f*^#ing ridiculous. Do they not know I’m half black? I’m half black from the belly button down.
Just to show that that’s squashed, here’s a little present for my beautiful black female fans,”
Conor then just kind of gyrated his hips in a thrusting motion, and it was assumed that this was the gift he was offering to his beautiful black female fans.
Conor then turned attention to the coat he was wearing.
The coat’s polar bear. I’m a cold cunt.
Floyd’s biggest move of the night was to instruct his team to form Voltron, but he also took his turn to take shots at Conor:
I don’t just smell victory, you know what i smell? I smell a bitch.
All money? you don’t got money.
You didn’t quit once, you didn’t get twice, you get quit 3 times?
“Pay your taxes” chants broke out.
Instead of paying his taxes however, Floyd made it rain money. Conor pointed out that all the bills were $1s.
Dana White, i want to take my hate off to you, and tell you You’ve done a remarkable job. 21 years, guess what? Me and you are getting that money, me and you. We don’t need to dress up.
As Floyd’s team formed Voltron around Conor, Floyd simply skipped down the stage. The live crowd voiced their displeasure in this, but Floyd seemed unaffected.
He’s a con artist, he’s a quitter, real fighters don’t quit, real fighters don’t quit.
