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Mayweather-McGregor: Why We All Won

In the months leading up to this past Saturday's cross-promotional superfight between boxing's longtime pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather and UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor, there has been no shortage of adjectives to describe what many thought was a pipe dream just months ago. Circus. Spectacle. Embarrassment. Revolutionary. The mere thought of a someone making their professional boxing debut against an elite-level fighter seems rightfully preposterous to any reasonable person, let alone when you're talking about a future Hall of Famer and once in a generation talent such as Mayweather. He has made a career of making world champions look foolish; men that have spent their lives dedicated to the sweet science. If he made them look like amateurs, what then would he do to an actual amateur? For all his greatness in mixed martial arts, Conor McGregor had zero experience as a professional boxer. While he may be a devastating striker in the octagon, the square...