Nate Diaz has been left surprised by Mike Tyson's "dead" praise of Conor McGregor 's performance against Floyd Mayweather.
UFC superstar McGregor stepped into the ring with boxing legend Mayweather in 2017, i n what turned out to be the second highest-selling combat sports pay-per-view of all-time. His first appearance in the squared circle was brought to a halt in the tenth round with Mayweather putting his foot on the gas to close the show.
Despite many suggesting Mayweather deliberately held up his rival to provide entertainment for the fans, boxing legend Tyson was impressed with McGregor's debut in the ring. “[McGregor] never really had a boxing match in his life right?” Tyson said in an episode of his HotBoxin' podcast. “He went 10 rounds with the greatest fighter in the last 100 years of boxing.
