Floyd Mayweather Defeats Conor McGregor In Historic Boxing Match—Rockers, Celebrities & Others React!

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The fight of the century
Saturday night the world paid witness to one of the most highly anticipated sporting and boxing events in history. UFC world champion Conor McGregor stepped into the boxing ring to take on the undefeated Floyd Mayweather in a match that was begged for by the fans of combat sports. Conor looked to tamper Floyd’s 49-0 record, and pull off arguably the biggest upset in sports history.
But Floyd’s skill, unfortunately, overtook Connor’s little boxing experience and Floyd capped off his career with an unblemished 50-0 record with a TKO 1:05 into the 10th round. Conor put up a hell of a fight, however, and impressed a lot of people. The fight was watched worldwide, and celebrities and rockers tuned in to give their input during the fight, and after to share their reactions to the result
Check out some of the best social media reactions down below!
Nikki Sixx
Nikki Sixx was tuned in the whole fight and was rooting for McGregor. In the end, he enjoyed the fight as a whole.
Yes when Floyd hits the mat… https://t.co/8bW5e6Y6xb
— Nikki Sixx (@NikkiSixx) August 27, 2017
Best fight I’ve seen in a long time.
— Nikki Sixx (@NikkiSixx) August 27, 2017
Mayweather fights always seem stale to me but he really came alive and McGregor fought strong too
— Nikki Sixx (@NikkiSixx) August 27, 2017
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
“The Rock” weighed in and congratulated both fighters.
Jimmy Kimmel
The late night talk show host fired off some hilarious tweets throughout the evening.
Conor right now “wait…we’re BOXING?!?!!?!” #MayweathervMcgregor
— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) August 27, 2017
When Floyd walked out in the mask, Kimmel had the perfect reaction.
the gimp! #MayweathervMcgregor
— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) August 27, 2017
Floyd Mayweather Sr is his DAD?? #MayweathervMcgregor
— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) August 27, 2017
what’s the over/under on the word “histrionics”? #MayweathervMcgregor
— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) August 27, 2017
Steve Harvey
Steve Harvey was at the event, and got a picture with the winner, and threw some respect to Connor.
Congrats to @FloydMayweather. 50 wins. Much respect to @TheNotoriousMMA. pic.twitter.com/qocLaNmwS3
— Steve Harvey (@IAmSteveHarvey) August 27, 2017