Frankie Boyle Nails Why Everyone Will Watch McGregor vs. Mayweather

Frankie Boyle has weighed-in on the McGregor vs. Mayweather fight and as you might expect, the Scottish comedian he has ripped the piss out of the entire thing.

Ahead of the fight on 26 August, Mayweather - commonly regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time - is the universal favourite with bookmakers, due in no small part to the fact that McGregor, aka 'The Notorious' will be fighting in his first professional boxing match.

Here's what Boyle had to say about the entire thing:

Credit: Twitter / Frankie Boyle

He added:

Credit: Twitter / Frankie Boyle

It might sound like it's going to be a walk-over on paper, but when LADbible spoke to Steve Bunce, described by many as 'the voice of British boxing' and John Godden, the lead play-by-play commentator for the UFC, they were split on the likely outcome.

"The bare-faced cheek of McGregor, who thinks he can box against the greatest fighter of all time, the greatest defensive fighter, is a fucking insult," Bunce told us.

Gooden questions the comment: "Why is this an insult? It's two elite athletes, who want to pitch their skills against each other, to test each other."

However, the UFC expert also highlights the big money event around it all. "It's a business where people want to make money," Gooden stated. "Who are we to deny this opportunity? Especially among two of the most difficult sports in the world."

Mayweather, who upon retirement held the WBA, WBC, and WBO welterweight titles, is up to face McGregor, who has 21 wins from 24 fights.

Bunce was in no doubt who will win the contest. He said: "In a boxing ring, under boxing rules - no kicking, no butting, no elbows - then Mayweather would win every single second of every single round. McGregor would not touch him.

"Even allowing for Mayweather to be inactive, people forget that he often fought after a year out. He's permanently fit, in permanent condition. Even Bradley Skeet, the British welterweight champion, wouldn't win a round against Mayweather.

"The fight would not go the whole distance. McGregor, like he did against Nate Diaz, would look for a way out. The referee would end up stopping the fight. I don't reckon this would happen, I know!"

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Gooden felt it would be a much closer fight, as he said: "Conor is a true fighter, he doesn't put things in boxes, he challenges himself and this is something he wanted to do.

"It's not massively outside the realms of what an MMA fighter would do. Conor has such a stronghold on the mental side of the game; he seems limitless, whether fighting in boxing or MMA gloves.

"He's a real student of the fight game. I wouldn't look at the individual things - it's a package with him. His athleticism, his craft and his art. The way he can deliver, incredible power, alongside his strong mindset, is his greatest asset."

So I guess it's all to play for on the night.

Topics: Boxing, mayweather, mcgregor

James Dawson

James Dawson is a Journalist at LADbible. He has contributed articles to LADbible’s ‘Knowing Me, Knowing EU’ series on the EU referendum, the 'Electoral Dysfunction' series on the 2017 general election, the ‘U OK M8?’ series tackling mental health amongst young men, and for its ‘Climate Change’ initiative in partnership with National Geographic.

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