McGregor: Referee’s stoppage of fight too early

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Mayweather pummels Conor-Photo: Bleacher Report

Conor McGregor said referee Robert Byrd was wrong to stop his super-fight with Floyd Mayweather in the 10th round.

The UFC lightweight champion, 29, was beaten in his first professional boxing bout as 40-year-old Mayweather took his perfect career record to 50-0.

Irishman McGregor, who said he will return to the UFC but did not rule out boxing again in the future, said he was “just a little fatigued”.

“I thought it was close. I get a little wobbly when I’m tired,” he said.

“The referee could have let it keep going, let the man put me down. I am clear-headed.

“Where were the final two rounds? Let me wobble to the corner and make him put me down.

“I thought it was close and I thought it was a bit of an early stoppage.”

McGregor said he should have been allowed the chance to find his “second wind”.

“I had to…

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