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George Foreman: The referee protected Mayweather in one of the last rounds vs. McGregor

The general assessment about the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor fight last August 26th was that McGregor did do a good enough job to win some of the early rounds before Floyd Jr. took over and finished the job at the tenth round. But that was not how two-time heavyweight world champion George Foreman saw it.

In his recent interview at the Obviously Fight Talk podcast, the boxing Hall-of-Famer even believes McGregor was able to hurt Mayweather with a body shot, until referee Richard Byrd intervened.

“The referee protected Mayweather in one of the last rounds,” Foreman said (transcript via MMA Fighting).