While Floyd Mayweather repaired his legacy on comeback, Usain Bolt might wish he called time earlier

American boxer’s return to knock out Conor McGregor a fitting finale, whereas Jamaican sprint legend fluffed his lines on swansong

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Floyd Mayweather Jnr proves he’s the king as referee Robert Byrd stops the fight againstin round 10 with a TKO of Conor McGregor. Photo: AFP

Published: 2:34pm, 3 Sep 2017Updated: 2:33pm, 3 Sep 2017

Floyd Mayweather Jnr said he owed boxing fans one last big fight after the snoozer he put on with Manny Pacquiao in the supposed “Fight of the Century”.

“I think we gave the fans what they wanted to see,” Mayweather said after getting a 10th-round technical knockout against Conor McGregor in last weekend’s much-hyped Las Vegas bout.

While the American’s convictions for domestic violence against his former partners cannot be excused or forgotten, he went some way to repairing his sporting legacy before hanging up his boxing gloves for the second time.

The unanimous decision win against Pacquiao, followed by an equally tedious points victory against Andre Berto in 2015, was not a fitting way for a boxer calling himself “The Best Ever” to go out.

Nearly two years after first retiring, Mayweather broke Rocky Marciano’s longstanding unbeaten record to go 50-0 in a fight that looks set to break pay-per-view buy-rate records – despite some customers experiencing technical issues with US broadcaster Showtime.

“You won’t see me in the ring no more,” he said following his win at T-Mobile Arena. “Any guy that’s calling me out, forget it.”