Floyd Mayweather has often claimed that he ‘carried’ Conor McGregor through the early rounds of their 2017 boxing superfight, which ended in a 10th round TKO victory for Floyd. Now McGregor is firing back, saying he was the one who was doing the carrying.<\/p>\n
McGregor’s comments came as part of a compliment he paid towards Claressa Shields,<\/a> who had just won a ‘Fight of the Year’ candidate against Savannah Marshall over the weekend. Shields retained her WBA, WBC, IBF, WBF, and The Ring middleweight titles. She added the WBO middleweight title to her collection, becoming the unified middleweight champion.<\/p>\n “You\u2019ve way more venom then Floyd,” McGregor told Shields over Twitter.<\/a> “I beat Floyd if we rematch. Untold truth it was me who carried him the early rounds playing pitty patty. Every single shot I threw early landed. From body to head I was playing ping pong. I come out full force, and today, I end Floyd.”<\/p>\n You\u2019ve way more venom then Floyd. I beat Floyd if we rematch. Untold truth it was me who carried him the early rounds playing pitty patty. Every single shot I threw early landed. From body to head I was playing ping pong. I come out full force, and today, I end floyd.<\/p>\n — Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) October 17, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n