Boxing: McGregor threatens to knockout Mayweather in round 4

Fan favourite Conor McGregor bullishly predicted a fourth round knockout of Floyd Mayweather after the pair's world promotional tour kicked off with fireworks in Los

Conor McGregor predicted he will knock Floyd Mayweather out in the fourth round of their mega fight next month as the pair squared off for the first time.

Floyd Mayweather Jr and Conor McGregor met face to face on Tuesday for the first time, at least publicly, as they kicked off a four-city, three-country international press tour to drum up interest in their 12-round super welterweight matchup on 26 August at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

McGregor said: 'On August 26, this man will be unconscious, he's too small, he's too frail.

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'I will come out and paint many pictures. I can fight in my styles. I can dazzle him.

'He will be unconscious inside four rounds. He's not experienced this. I don't fear him. This is a limited set of rules that makes this half a fight. If this was a fight, it wouldn't even take one round

'All I need is a gum shield and I'm good to go. I'm just feeling so good, I can't even contain it.

'[The press conference] was a good back and forth.

'It's all noise at the end of the day. The fight is the fight. We're going to get in and we're going to fight.

His opponent then took to the podium to show off a $100m cheque from his last bout and derided the Irishman for his UFC submission loss to Nate Diaz but McGregor was quick to offer up a prediction as to how he thinks the fight will go.

Fan favourite Conor McGregor bullishly predicted a fourth round knockout of Floyd Mayweather after the pair's world promotional tour kicked off with fireworks in Los Read Full Story