LAS VEGAS (AP) Forget the ring. The spectacle between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor is all about the hype.
Welcome to the Trash Talk Scorecard.
It’ll play out through training camps and news conferences, on social networks and perhaps even reality TV. Their barbs will come fast and furious, with little if anything deemed below the belt. Expect one-liners about wealth and athletic skill as well as personal insults drawing on each person’s past. And unlike in boxing where oddsmakers have the undefeated Mayweather as a big favorite against the UFC star, they’re pretty evenly matched when it comes to smack talk.