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SPORT Monday 28 August 2017 PAGE | 25 PAGE | 26 PAGE | 27 Spieth leads Ton-up Sharma Dovizioso wins top-ranked Johnsonon secures series win British MotoGP by three for India in Silverstone Mayweather silences McGregor Las Vegas Reuters McGregor eyes more ruthless Floyd May- weather scored a 10th round technical knockout over mixed money fights as martial arts cham- pionA Conor McGregor on Saturday, the American cement- Mayweather retires ing his legacy as an all-time boxing great with his 50th win Las Vegas started his own website, a in as many fights. Reuters clothing line and a number of Mayweather, who had guar- other businesses, and he was anteed an early finish to the 12 escribed as the fight the clearly delighted to see the round contest, made good on his fans asked for by the logo of his latest venture, promise when he pinned a Dexecutives who made McGregor Sports and Enter- brave-but-limited McGregor on it happen, Saturday’s clash tainment, in the ring at the ropes and mercilessly ham- between Floyd Mayweather Saturday’s fight. mered the Irishman before and Conor McGregor was only The value of his brand, referee Robert Byrd stepped in ever about one thing however, stems from what he to halt the bout. - money. does in the ring or the octa- The fight, which Mayweather Having beaten the Irish gon and the brash personality insisted would be his last, sends Floyd Mayweather Jr. lands a punch against Conor pretender with a 10th-round he displays as he goes about the 40-year-old into his second McGregor during their boxing match at the T-Mobile technical knockout, May- his sporting business. retirement with a unblemished Arena in Las Vegas, USA on Saturday. weather can retire with a UFC president Dana White 50-0 record to surpass heavy- perfect 50-0 record and a is keen for McGregor’s boxing weight legend Rocky Marciano’s payday said to be worth up to experiment to end sooner 49-0 mark for most wins with- $300m, and the American has rather than later, and said that out a loss or draw. With the victory promised never to return to he was in a position to offer “This was my last fight the ring. McGregor similar riches for against McGregor, Tonight was my last fight. Tonight tonight. For sure,” Mayweather the 40-year-old I chose the right dance partner to McGregor, however, is a mixed martial arts bouts. declared in the ring. “Tonight Mayweather goes into dance with. Conor you are a different story. With Mayweather, holder was my last fight. Tonight I chose his second retirement champion, says Mayweather His 30-million-dollar of a handful of the biggest the right dance partner to dance purse for the fight is 10 times pay-per-view sales of all time, with. with a unblemished I thought it was a little early of a his previous best disclosed vacating the stage at the age “Conor you are a 50-0 record to surpass stoppage. I get like that when purse from the Ultimate of 40, there is an opening for champion. heavyweight legend I am tired. I get a little wobbly Fighting Championship (UFC), McGregor to move in and take and flowy. But you got to “A win is a win, no matter Rocky Marciano’s 49-0 give it to him, that’s what where, as he says, he endures over as the biggest draw in how you get it. Rocky Marciano mark for most wins 50 pro fights will give “shinbones to the head” as he combat sports. is a legend and I look forward to without a loss or draw. you, says McGregor makes his living. The problem is that there going into the Hall of Fame one In the altogether more are few prospective oppo- day.” genteel surroundings of the nents for him in either boxing Whether the fight will be the outclassed double UFC champion boxing ring, he made a lot or MMA who can generate richest of all-time as promoters making his professional boxing Undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. (left) of the US and UFC more money with a lot less that kind of interest. A bitter had predicted will be decided debut. lightweight champion Conor McGregor of Ireland pose during damage, and his appetite has training-camp row between later when pay-per-view num- For months, the charismatic post-fight news conference at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday. surely been whetted by the McGregor and boxer Paulie bers come in, but it certainly will McGregor had boasted he would enormous riches on offer. Malignaggi might provide the not be included on any list of the knock out Mayweather and his McGregor has made no kind of intrigue that would get great bouts in boxing. legions of loyal fans believed Mayweather, long regarded as record his first early finish since secret of his desire for more. fans to part with their money On paper it would be hard every word of a man capable of one of the finest defensive fight- he stopped Victor Ortiz in con- Asked what he liked most to see them face each other in to find a bigger mismatch, but it backing his supreme self-confi- ers in history, left few openings troversial fashion almost six about his boxing experience, the ring, but McGregor is most did not prevent millions around dence with devastating power as he used the first three rounds years ago. “Money” Mayweather likely to return to the octagon the globe from reaching for their inside the octagon. to feel out his opponent. “I thought it was close,” a prompted UFC lightweight to fight Nate Diaz. wallets to purchase a pay-per- However, McGregor’s lack of Once he had studied McGre- defiant McGregor argued. “I champion McGregor to say Diaz gave McGregor his view package or the 14,623 ring savvy quickly exposed him as gor’s technique, Mayweather thought I had him in the early the cash. first UFC defeat in a 170- spectators at T-Mobile Arena to Mayweather clinically dissected took complete control of the con- rounds. I thought he was getting “I’ve already been raising pound matchup in 2016, part with big money for the 29-year-old, who was soon test by the fourth round and me in the middle toward the end. the MMA (mixed martial arts) which McGregor avenged tickets. reverting to his mixed martial arts started to land blow after blow “I thought it was a little early cheques. I’m still going to be months later with an epic In the end, the fight proved roots -- clutching, grabbing and on his easy target as the Irish- of a stoppage. I get like that when raising the MMA cheques five-round decision victory at to be the one-sided contest many hitting his opponent repeatedly on man bravely battled on. I am tired. I get a little wobbly when I go back there,” he the T-Mobile Arena, before had predicted as Mayweather the back of the head. The American’s domination and flowy. But you got to give it added. going on to win the organisa- shook off the rust of two years McGregor did come out full was complete by the 10th round to him, that’s what 50 pro fights The 29-year-old has tion’s lightweight title. of inactivity against an of fury and menace but as he moved in for the kill to will give you.” Hamilton trims Vettel’s lead with win in 200th race Spa-Franorchamps, Belgium Vettel got his Ferrari alongside after they ploughed into each other issues since. Two-time F1 champion AP Hamilton on a long straight, but Ham- on lap 30, sending debris onto the Fernando Alonso was getting exasper- ilton edged his Mercedes into the track. Their tense relationship is ated with the lack of pace in his ewis Hamilton celebrated his corner just in time. unlikely to improve anytime soon. McLaren as he drifted way down the record-equaling 68th pole posi- Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo was Earlier, they touched wheels as leaderboard, and shouted “no more Ltion with victory at the Belgian third — for his sixth podium of the sea- Ocon moved on the outside, with radio for the rest of the race,” after Grand Prix yesterday, trimming cham- son — finishing ahead of Ferrari’s Kimi Perez responding by squeezing the receiving some instructions he didn’t pionship leader Sebastian Vettel’s Raikkonen, with Hamilton’s teammate Frenchman against the barrier. want. Mercedes’ lead to seven points. Valtteri Bottas fifth. Hamilton made a good start to the Halfway through the 44-lap race, Hamilton clinched his fifth win of After 12 races, four-time F1 cham- race on the long climb up to Eau Hamilton led Vettel by 1.3 seconds, British driver the season and 58th overall, having pion Vettel has 220 points to Rouge, with Vettel on his tail. with Bottas seven back. Ricciardo got Lewis Hamilton equaled Michael Schumacher’s pole three-time champion Hamilton’s 213 But Max Verstappen’s hopes of a past Bottas after the safety car. celebrates on record. heading into next weekend’s Italian first win this season ended on lap 8 Alonso’s race ended when he the podium Vettel finished second, about 2 GP in Monza. when his Red Bull lost power. retired on lap 27, the latest after winning seconds behind Hamilton. The Spa track, nestled in the Understandably, given that it is setback in yet another the Belgian “I was waiting for Lewis to make Ardennes forest, is the longest in F1 the sixth time this season he has failed frustrating season as Formula One GP a mistake and he didn’t,” Vettel said.