Despite months and months of rumored build-up, it seems like even Conor McGregor's team wasn't prepared for a boxing match against Floyd Mayweather to actually take place.
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Conor McGregor's team built a boxing ring on the fly in an abandoned car dealership after learning of the Floyd Mayweather fight
Conor McGregor's team had to work quickly to give their fighter a practice space after he agreed to fight Floyd Mayweather.
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According to ESPN's Wright Thompson, when McGregor's trainer learned a fight would indeed happen, his team had to scramble to put together a boxing ring where McGregor could train.
According to Thompson, one of McGregor's coaches,
"When [Kavanagh] got a text message from Conor saying the fight was a go — it arrived at 6:10 on a Wednesday night, June 14 — he realized he didn't have a place for a boxer to train. There were only four days to create one. He called the owner of the strip mall that houses his gym and asked about borrowing an abandoned car dealership down at the end. He got the keys and began cleaning. They hung a sheet between the showroom and the repair bays and set up the gym in the back. John got racks built for the bags. He traded favors to get an electrician to turn on the power. A plumber got the water running and installed a shower. He found a competition boxing ring out of England and had it brought to Ireland on a ferry."
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The ring apparently met McGregor's needs until he and his team moved their training to the US to prepare for the August 26 fight in Las Vegas. However, it doesn't necessarily shed the fears that McGregor is way in over his head.
Kavanagh and his team have never coached a boxing match before, and, according to Thompson, didn't hire more experienced coaches out of fear of throwing off McGregor's mindset. Thompson wrote: "
However, the hope for McGregor's chances in the ring are pinned to one thing — his desire to push the limits. Kavanagh told Thompson that when the deal was done, McGregor did not care about the potential $100 million payday, but about taking on a big challenge and proving people wrong.
The odds are still stacked against McGregor, but that is apparently how he likes it.
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