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\n Floyd Mayweather, left, defeated Conor McGregor in a super welterweight boxing match Saturday in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

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Boxing great Floyd Mayweather defeated mixed martial arts champion Conor McGregor Saturday in a 10th-round technical knockout in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

The highly anticipated and much-publicized fight ended with Mayweather’s 50th win \u2014 he has never lost. And, he said, it was his last.<\/p>\n

“Tonight was my last fight. Tonight I chose the right dance partner to dance with,” Mayweather said in the ring, Reuters reported. “Conor, you are a hell of a champion.”<\/p>\n

McGregor surprised fans with a stronger start in the fight’s early rounds than many had expected, but was noticeably weary by the fight’s end, observers said.<\/p>\n

BoxingScene.com outlined<\/a> how the fight progressed:<\/p>\n

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“Once Mayweather got a feel for McGregor’s unusual style, he began taking more chances and throwing hard right hands that landed at times to McGregor’s chin.<\/p>\n

” ‘He’s a lot better than I thought he was,’ Mayweather said. ‘He used different angles. He was a tough competitor, but I was the better man tonight.’<\/p>\n

“Mayweather went after him in the 10th round, knowing that McGregor (0-1) was exhausted and couldn’t continue taking powerful punches to the chin. He hurt McGregor with a straight right hand that sent McGregor into the ropes several seconds before [the referee] Byrd stopped the fight.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n