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Forever after, the record will show that Floyd “Money” Mayweather defeated Conor “The Notorious” McGregor by TKO in the 10th round of their money-spinning fight at the Las Vegas Arena on August 26 2017.
What it will not show is that McGregor was not only out of his depth, he was murdered from the opening bell to the last. The idea that he emerged from this event with a shred of credibility – much less the effusive praise that has flowed from the keyboards of a parade of writers and pundits who really should know better – is absurd.
The bald truth is that the Irish MMA champion was carried for 10 rounds by a 40-year old with brittle hands who hadn’t stepped foot in a boxing ring for two years.
When Patterson and Liston met in the ring in 1962, it was more than a title bout — it was a collision of two black archetypes shaped by white America’s fears and fantasies, writes JOHN WIGHT
JOHN WIGHT tells the riveting story of one of the most controversial fights in the history of boxing and how, ultimately, Ali and Liston were controlled by others
The outcome of the Shakespearean modern-day classic, where legacy was reborn, continues to resonate in the mind of Morning Star boxing writer JOHN WIGHT