Whether it’s been his choice of attire or his choice of words, Conor McGregor has been the talk of the town (three towns, in fact) for most of the the four-city global tour to promote his fight with Floyd Mayweather.
But during Thursday’s third press conference, which went down at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, Twitter had a new target for its barbs: host Doug E. Fresh.
Fans of UFC, boxing and drama in general tuned in to the third of four pressers for the August 26 fight — and many of those fans then took to Twitter to slate the hosting performance of the legendary beatboxer/rapper, who appeared to be on stage for far longer than he knew what to do with.
Other commentators, however, sympathized with Fresh’s predicament, pointing out that stalling for a packed crowd that was only interested in two things — Mayweather and McGregor — was anything but an easy task.
Fresh appears at one hour and 37 minutes into the video, and you can see for yourself that it doesn’t start well — with muted reactions from the crowd to banter as straightforward as “How y’all doing on this side?”
Watch the full press conference below.
Yet, he’s still more entertaining than what the actual fight is gonna be….
Nah my man, you got it twisted. This is going to be entertaining as fuck. Most people have only seen post- DelaHoya, 30 something, hand-injury having, welterweight Floyd. People really dont remember that he used to knock the shit out of people when he was younger in the lighter weight classes. Real boxing heads remember. He might not be able to knock out world class boxers with world class defense anymore, but Conor McGregor? He’ll have no defense for Floyd. People who think this will look like a typical Floyd fight are in for a pleasant surprise. He’s in there with a punching bag and he’s going to beat him like one.
Man stfu talking like you know what’s going to happen. Sit your ass down
Someone has no life ☝☝☝
@Eye hustla
Biz Markie should have been there also
Where was KRSone lol…
It was bad but Doug is a pro at this. He continued like the crowd really liked him and pulled his set off all the way to the end. But whoever chose Doug is a dumb ass, most boxing and mma fans dont want any music entertainers when it comes to a FIGHT. Drake was uneccasary in Toronto