BOXING fans have flooded Twitter with funny memes mocking the fight of the century between Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather.
Mayweather knocked the UFC star down in the tenth round of his boxing debut at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Social media blew up with memes mocking McGregor for “spooning” Mayweather at points in the bout and for the way he was so convincingly outgunned by the US fighter.
Still a better love Story than Twilight #MayweathervMcgregorpic.twitter.com/Ik1gYy5wS2
— Benjamin G (@BenjaminG7) August 27, 2017
Months of preparation and trash talk whittled down to a one-sided schooling by the American, who now boasts a glittering 50-0 record.
Mayweather let McGregor throw some punches at him in the first three rounds to figure him out but then turned on the class to win the fight.
Floyd Mayweather Jr throws a punch at Conor McGregor during their super welterweight boxing match. Picture: Christian Petersen/Getty ImagesSource:Getty Images
Who did it better? #MayweathervMcGregorpic.twitter.com/5WltrPRTan
— Adam (@AdamBlabac) August 27, 2017
Viewers moaned about the way the American beat Manny Pacquiao in 2015 and Mayweather recognised that.
He said: “I gave the fans what they wanted to see. I told them that I owed them for the Pacquiao fight. I must come straight ahead and give them a show.”
But some Twitter users felt the fight did not deliver.
Floyd Mayweather Jr, left, and Conor McGregor pose during a news conference after their match. Picture: Isaac Brekken/APSource:AP
RT for Fellaini
LIKE for McGregor#FellainiChallengepic.twitter.com/qpQNuQzOKz— Footy Jokes (@Footy_Jokes) August 27, 2017
Live view of the fight of the year #ThisIsNotBox#MayweathervMcgregorpic.twitter.com/w4vZ7LusuD
— Jacob Rodríguez (@ANTHOY15969089) August 27, 2017
Hold me tight and don’t let go #MayweathervMcgregorpic.twitter.com/2jUzeF7SeD
— Fraser Doig (@fraser_doig) August 27, 2017
Originally published as Memes mock ‘spooning’ fighters
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