We are now just days away from boxing going on trial like never before. Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor will present the prosecution’s case. It is fitting that in a venue that has been holding events for less than a year, a boxing neophyte could potentially undermine a craft pursued for millennia. All McGregor must do is muster a modicum of competitiveness during his professional debut against the 49-0, five-division world champion, Floyd Mayweather . The disparity in pugilistic pedigree between the pair is so vast and, for that matter, unprecdented at this level, that anything other than the unqualified annihilation of McGregor may be considered an indictment of Mayweather and, by extension, boxing. Although they have not explicitly said as much, one can’t help glean the impression this is exactly why a significant portion of the boxing establishment has been so dismissive of McGregor and the bout.
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Dan Hardy: Conor McGregor making boxing establishment face some hard truths – MMA Junkie