「世紀之戰」落幕後，Floyd Mayweather 首度在 Instagram 發文，讚 Conor McGregor：「是個戰士」！

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上週，美國著名拳王 Floyd Mayweather 與「嘴炮哥」愛爾蘭 UFC 選手 Conor McGregor 的跨界「世紀之戰」落幕，最終 Mayweather 在第 10 回合擊敗 McGregor 取得生涯 50 勝 0 負的戰績。賽後 Mayweather 稱讚 McGregor 是位「 很硬」的選手，而同樣名利雙收的 McGregor 則在稍早個人 Instagram 發佈「世紀之戰」後的第一篇貼文：

Just coming back around after a whirlwind couple of days. Thank you to all the fans for the support of the fight and the event! Without your support we as fighters are nothing so I thank you all! Thank you to my team of coaches and training partners! I had an amazing team and It truly was an amazing and enjoyable camp, and honestly I feel with just a little change in certain areas of the prep, we could have built the engine for 12 full rounds under stress, and got the better result on the night. Getting to 12 rounds alone in practice was always the challenge in this camp. We started slowly getting to the 12 and decreasing the stress in the rounds the closer it got to 12. I think for the time we had, 10 weeks in camp, it had to be done this way. If I began with a loaded 12 rounds under much stress I would have only hit a brick wall and lost progress as a result and potentially not made the fight. A little more time and we could have made the 12 cleanly, while under more stress, and made it thru the later rounds in the actual fight. I feel every decision we made at each given time was the correct decision, and I am proud of everyone of my team for what we done in the short time that we done it. 30 minutes was the longest I have fought in a ring or cage or anywhere. Surpassing my previous time of 25 minutes. I am happy for the experience and happy to take all these great lessons with me and implement them into my camp going forward. Another day another lesson! Congrats to Floyd on a well fought match. Very experienced and methodical in his work. I wish him well in retirement. He is a heck of a boxer. His experience, his patience and his endurance won him this fight hands down. I always told him he was not a fighter but a boxer. But sharing the ring with him he is certainly a solid fighter. Strong in the clinch. Great understanding of frames and head position. He has some very strong tools he could bring into an MMA game for sure. Here is a toast of whiskey to everyone involved in this event and everyone who enjoyed it! Thank you to you all! Onto the next one!

Conor McGregor Official（@thenotoriousmma）分享的貼文 於 2017 年 8月 月 31 1:21上午 PDT 張貼

除了感謝所有粉絲、工作團隊以及關注此場跨界「世紀之戰」的朋友的支持，更提到對手 Mayweather『 I always told him he was not a fighter but a boxer. But sharing the ring with him he is certainly a solid fighter. 』不僅僅是名拳擊手，更是值得尊敬的戰士，感人肺腑的致謝詞，根本就如同柯 P 在世大運閉幕典禮的致詞一樣，令人熱血沸騰呀！

source: highsnobiety