Mayweather to go out with a bang: Eubank Jr

Boxing: Veteran tipped to be ‘aggressive’

Conor McGregor has been warned he will face the same Floyd Mayweather who so impressively eased to victory over Manny Pacquiao when they fight on Saturday night – and someone who is determined to “go out with a bang”.

McGregor, 29, will make his professional boxing debut against the finest fighter of the modern era at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena in a match-up Mayweather insists will be his last.

The 40-year-old recently said he has “lost a step”, strengthening the conviction of those who believe McGregor capable of an unlikely victory, even while others remain adamant he is simply selling Saturday’s fight.

Chris Eubank Jr has spent the past three weeks training alongside Mayweather in preparation for his World Boxing Super Series quarter-final with Turkey’s Avni Yildirim in October, doing so for the third time.

He previously observed the American while he trained to defeat Marcos Maidana in 2014 and then Pacquiao the following year, when Mayweather produced a seamless victory against a fighter widely considered his greatest threat.

The 27-year-old Briton also believes Mayweather will show an increased aggression against Ireland’s McGregor, in pursuit of a knockout victory in his final fight, and he told Press Association Sport: “McGregor’s got it all to do on the night.

“Mayweather’s in just as good a shape as he was against Maidana, and when I watched him train for Pacquiao.

“I don’t see any real difference in his preparation, his fitness. He’s not taking this lightly. McGregor doesn’t have a professional fight but I don’t believe that’s in F loy d’ s mind, he’ s going in there like this is going to be one of his toughest fights.

“We’re going to see the same Floyd we’ve been seeing, but a more aggressive Floyd.”

Picture: Getty. Floyd Mayweather is being tipped to show an increased aggression in his fight with Conor McGregor.