SPORTS: MayWeather Saved by Referee from McGregor in Ninth Round

The dust has settled in Las Vegas, Nevada, everyone in the sports world is breaking down Floyd Mayweather’s win over Conor McGregor inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. “Money” earned a technical knockout victory over “Notorious” in the 10th round, taking it to an exhausted Irishman to force referee Robert Byrd to step in and stop the bout; a stoppage Conor — and many others -- didn’t agree with. According to Fox Sports 1’s Skip Bayless, McGregor was on the verge of possibly putting an end to Floyd’s perfect streak in the previous round, but Byrd inexplicably pulled Conor away from a hurt Mayweather. “The whole thing flipped and turned in round number nine...Floyd Mayweather was in trouble in this fight. But, the turning point to me, and I would like to see the video of this came in round nine,” said skip via a Facebook video post.

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