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“We’ve put in the work,” Mcgregor said. “There’s been no corners cut. I’ve fought many 12-rounders (in the gym). We are more than prepared.

“I’m ready to fight now. Make no mistake.”

He will have to wait through a lot more pomp and circumstance before any punches are thrown, though tensions appeared to almost bubble over Tuesday as the entourages for the fighters briefly crossed paths.

Mcgregor said he didn’t know any details of how Tuesday’s event would transpire, a common complaint at several media appearances throughout the buildup to the fight as Mayweather’s team has run the proceedings.

Shortly after he was told there would be no photo-ops of the fighters together, Mcgregor’s team encountered Mayweather’s larger group.

Mayweather declined comment on the incident. Mcgregor laughed it off.

“I saw him and said, ‘What are you afraid of a faceoff today?’ ” Mcgregor said. “Then he kind of

disappeared among those big goons. I couldn’t hear what he said, there was just a bit of a pushing and shoving match. Nothing really happened. He can’t walk around anywhere when he’s not surrounded by those donkeys. But when he’s in the ring, he’s on his own.”

That’s where Mcgregor will see if he’s ready to fight one of the greatest defensive boxers in history.

“I know exactly how I’m going to crack that code,” Mcgregor said. “I will show it and then I will say it. People always ask me about his defense, and I say I don’t give a (expletive) about his defense the same way I don’t give a (expletive) about his offense. The same way I don’t give a (expletive) about his record or his accomplishments. I don’t care about any of that. A fight’s a fight, and on fight night, it’s me and him in there. I don’t care about his defensive capabilities like everyone’s asking me.

“I believe I know exactly how I’m going to break him down. I will show that and then I will talk about it at the press conference.”

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