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Mayweather says he didn’t KO McGregor to protect him from brain damage

By Daily Sports on September 27, 2017

As many boxing fans expected, Floyd Mayweather Jr. took it easy on his opponent Conor McGregor in their fight last month by not going after him to knock him out badly because he thought of saving him from brain damage and to save his career in their fight on August 26 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Mayweather, 40, walked the UFC star McGregor down slowly in the 10th and hit him at will with shots until referee Robert Byrd stepped in and stopped the fight at 1:05 of the round. McGregor was still on his feet at the time the fight was stopped, but he looked tired and hurt.

Mayweather says he could have done a lot worse to the 29-year-old McGregor if he had wanted to, but he held back.

“He has a career. You know, he still has a career. He’s still young,” Mayweather said to the Hollywood “unblocked” podcast.

”(It could’ve been) very damaging. We have to think about these fighters. Even, like, my uncle Roger. Right now, I just got a call just before I came here. He keeps walking off, wandering off. No one can find him. He ends up in a hospital. So, brain damage – it happens. It happens.”

“Once again, we’re praising him,” said Mayweather about McGregor. “We’re not praising me. We’re praising him. Because I’m 40 years old, retired for two years. He’s 28, he’s active. I’m inactive. He’s taller, he’s bigger. He may not be stronger. He has a longer reach. He’s taller. He’s bigger. He’s younger. Youth is on his side. I’m just saying, everything on paper links on him.

For me to come and be off, and really only train totally, probably three weeks .. and (I was) out every night partying,” Mayweather said.

Mayweather picked up his 50th win of his boxing career with his victory over McGregor, who had never fought inside a ring in his life. With the win, Mayweather broke the longstanding 49-0 record that had been held by the late Rocky Marciano since 1954.

•Photo shows Floyd Mayweather.

Source Daily Sports

Posted September 27, 2017