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The three-pronged MayMac promotional tour has generated a good amount of buzz for the impending fight on August 26 in Las Vegas. Los Angeles, the first stop, was a WWE level of entertainment. I half expected Vince McMahon to strut out with his shirt off an drill someone over the head with a steel chair. Mayweather and McGregor kept the tensions high as the tour rolled into Toronto, darting insults back-and-forth and upholding that cartoonish animosity.
Well, it was apparent that on the third stop of the tour, Brooklyn, the well had run dry. The crowd had to wait two hours past the scheduled start time for the athletes to show up and many of them reported that they couldn’t even hear what they were saying. It was a nightmare. McGregor misfired on his trash talk–from singing Notorious B.I.G. lyrics, because, Brooklyn, or attempting to stomp out racism rumors by saying that he’s “half-black, from my belly button down,” then gyrating for his “beautiful black female fans.” By the end, everyone just wanted it to end, including the sports world and members of the sports media.
Here are some of the tweets that adequately summed up the dumpster fire.
The crowd is now chanting: Boring, Boring, Boring.
Mayweather screaming 'Yeah' might be the most annoying sound ever.
— Chamatkar Sandhu (@SandhuMMA) July 14, 2017
One of the worst train wrecks I've ever seen when it comes to a promotional event. Shut 'er down and forget it ever happened.
— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) July 14, 2017
Showing up late to Barclays hurt everyone involved. Let out a lot of air out of the balloon. #MayMacWorldTour
— Kenny Florian (@kennyflorian) July 14, 2017
Rd 1 – Floyd
Rd 2 – Conor
Rd 3 – Both Fighters DQed 👎🏻— Chase Sherman (@ChaseShermanUFC) July 14, 2017
The best part about that press conference was the nap I took waiting for it to start! #MayMacWorldTour #MayweatherMcGregor
— . (@ChasSkelly) July 14, 2017
People saying the crowd was bad here. Not their fault. They couldn't hear anything. They wanted to be into it. #MayMacWorldTour
— Marc Raimondi (@marcraimondi) July 14, 2017
See, Conor isn't a racist… hold…. oh good, a dick joke. #MayMacWorldTour
— Mike Jackson, Esq. (@TheTruthJackson) July 14, 2017
Maybe they should have only done 2 of these.
— Chris Wade (@CWadeMMA) July 14, 2017
https://twitter.com/JESnowden/status/885668838515322880
The hell did I just watch?
— Matt Brown (@IamTheImmortal) July 14, 2017
That was fucking stupid! #MayMacWorldTour
— . (@ChasSkelly) July 14, 2017
Ok, thanks for the three city circus. We get it, each of them thinks they’re better than the other. Now can we get on with the fucking fight already.
[h/t Total Pro Sports]