Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Mma champion Conor McGregor will collide during a much-anticipated boxing match in Las Vegas on August 26.
Mayweather, 40, the undefeated and now-unretired boxing legend, and McGregor, 29, the current Ufc lightweight champion, are two of the most polarizing figures in sports. Their dominance, combined with their confidence, personalities and egos, have made for some of the hottest pay-per-view events of the last decade. Their match is expected to draw a record audience of 50 million people—but some argue that the real fight has already happened outside of the ring.
The two fighters pulled no punches during...
Mayweather, 40, the undefeated and now-unretired boxing legend, and McGregor, 29, the current Ufc lightweight champion, are two of the most polarizing figures in sports. Their dominance, combined with their confidence, personalities and egos, have made for some of the hottest pay-per-view events of the last decade. Their match is expected to draw a record audience of 50 million people—but some argue that the real fight has already happened outside of the ring.
The two fighters pulled no punches during...
- 8/25/2017
- by Jason Duaine Hahn
- PEOPLE.com
Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather Jr.‘s first joint promotional appearance was meant to drum up excitement for their Aug. 26 fight. But an offensive taunt at the trash-talking event has many accusing the Irish Ufc star of racist behavior — again.
As Mayweather Jr. showed off his shadowboxing moves at Los Angeles’ Staples Center on Tuesday, McGregor was heard yelling, “Dance for me, boy!” before quickly changing his statement to “Dance for me, sir!”
The verbal jab quickly caught the attention of the Twittersphere, with social media users comparing the taunt to insults used during the slave and Jim Crow eras to belittle African-American men.
As Mayweather Jr. showed off his shadowboxing moves at Los Angeles’ Staples Center on Tuesday, McGregor was heard yelling, “Dance for me, boy!” before quickly changing his statement to “Dance for me, sir!”
The verbal jab quickly caught the attention of the Twittersphere, with social media users comparing the taunt to insults used during the slave and Jim Crow eras to belittle African-American men.
- 7/12/2017
- by Char Adams
- PEOPLE.com
[[tmz:video id="0_vac3k487"]] Two things you don't say to black men in America ... 1) "Dance for Me" 2) "Boy" Conor McGregor said Both of those things to Floyd Mayweather at the big fight news conference in L.A. and people are pissed. The reaction on social media was swift with FS1's Chris Broussard tweeting, "'Dance for me, boy!' Ohh, ohh. Does he know what he just said?" Not the first time Conor's gone racial to hype a...
- 7/11/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
[[tmz:video id="0_ynkqzoct"]] Conor McGregor says Nate Diaz owes him a big fat thank you for the paycheck he's about to get for Ufc 196 -- and says Nate can even work it off with a few dances. Conor avoided any racial slurs during Thursday's pre-fight news conference in Las Vegas, but still blasted Diaz ... calling him a "scared little boy" who has a "bully mentality until a real man shows up." Check out the video, 'cause things really...
- 3/3/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Sweden’s Financing Forum for Kids Content has selected two projects from Film Bazaar’s inaugural Children Screenwriters’ Lab for its 10th edition.
Sagarika Banik’s A Lottery Ticket was chosen to join the Forum as a pitching project. It is a rite-of-passage tale about a boy who believes his lottery ticket will fulfil his dream of owning a bicycle one day.
Head of the Forum Annette Brejner said, “Banik is telling a story for the story’s own sake and with a truly local origin. We believe this project can turn into a beautiful film, with the right kind of roughness and cinematographic texture, which will inspire a young audience – not only in India.”
Brejner who is attending the Film Bazaar for the first time intended to choose only one project (out of six) from the Children Screenwriters’ Lab. But she decided to pick up a second one as she was impressed by the high quality...
Sagarika Banik’s A Lottery Ticket was chosen to join the Forum as a pitching project. It is a rite-of-passage tale about a boy who believes his lottery ticket will fulfil his dream of owning a bicycle one day.
Head of the Forum Annette Brejner said, “Banik is telling a story for the story’s own sake and with a truly local origin. We believe this project can turn into a beautiful film, with the right kind of roughness and cinematographic texture, which will inspire a young audience – not only in India.”
Brejner who is attending the Film Bazaar for the first time intended to choose only one project (out of six) from the Children Screenwriters’ Lab. But she decided to pick up a second one as she was impressed by the high quality...
- 11/23/2015
- ScreenDaily
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