It wasn’t a close fight, but it was certainly amazing that Conor McGregor lasted that long as a newbie against one of the greatest boxers ever. In the end though, neither fighter displayed as much flare with his fists as the NYT’s Dan Barry did with his pen in Fleece of the Century: “Fitting, then, that the event took place in Las Vegas; staging it anywhere else would have been an affront to the mercenary gods. The match belonged here — deserved quarantining here — along the Strip, where any authenticity is often just another act of illusion that leaves you double-checking your wallet’s whereabouts.”