Mayweather/McGregor Fight Discussion

I think you're overestimating the chance of a Floyd decline. I don't suspect he will decline more than marginally, because as I mentioned he's always been in immaculate condition and hasn't taken punishment in the ring. Boxers don't actually age in one fight, it generally only appears they do when they've hidden a decline that a good opponent exposes. Floyd's small decline I don't think will be at all apparent against McGregor.

As far as McGregor attempting to make it an ugly fight, I and another poster mentioned a few pages back now that McGregor forcing an inside fight will actually be a huge advantage for Floyd, as he'll be able to land the kind of short, sharp punches that McGregor from mma doesn't know how to throw.

We don't know Floyd will be the same I admit, as we don't have any evidence to guage it. But why should we assume given the kind of boxer and athlete he is that he would rapidly decline? What we do have readily apparent evidence of is McGregor's lack of boxing and indeed punching ability. And I'm going to side with the that tangible evidence. I'm going to assume we see the Floyd of 'close to' the Berto fight, and that McGregor as a novice boxer has no chance.

 

I am pretty sure Conor wont go past 6 round

 

Absolute bolox, this fight doesn't define a damn thing. I wish people would stop putting so much emphasis on the result and performance of this one strange bout.

So if Floyd has an off night and Conor looks good, boxing takes a standing 8. Please.

 

I mean Wilder's punching ability gets mocked even though he still puts fighters to sleep.

I don't think he'll be able to land anything significant because his punching isn't refined enough either way. He only has a two piece from what i've seen and he telegraphs everything.

The left cross he landed on Paulie was after Cortez called for a break in the action and Paulie was trying to mimic the philly shell.

Elite boxers like Floyd will just adapt regardless and he can smother his opponent's work like against Manny when he needs to.

 

Good luck @qwertyblahblah
I'm not a betting man although occasionally I bet on sports just to make watching more interesting.
But if you hedge your bets, wouldn't it cut into your potential winning?

 

I so wish that your post wasn't true. You guys have NO idea how bad it can get.

In the shithole I live in government guys waste and steal billions with impunity.

 

I was at first worried about it being not fixed, but Floyd carrying McGregor. But I think I know Floyd better than that. His reputation as TBE, as a self-made man, is about WINNING. He won't give an opponent a chance he shouldn't give him. I think this will be every bit the boxing mismatch most of us see it as. McGregor won't be able to hit Floyd, Floyd will hit McGregor a lot. And whether Floyd hurts him with one punch or not, a continous mismatch with one guy landing more and more each round has very little chance of lasting the distance. Plus McGregor's unproven stamina and I'll be shocked to see him make it to the 10th.

 

Floyd was never that good

 

Defensive fighters age much slower than offensive ones, and Mayweather has aged incredibly well because he has kept himself in immaculate shape. McGregor who, though he has youth on his side and is physically stronger, has to fight according to Queensbury Rules. These rules are Mayweather's rules., this is simply Floyd's domain. He knows them inside and out, and knows exactly how to bend or break them without getting caught. McGregor knows next to nothing about them

Boxing is closer to a chess game than an arm wrestle at the top end, and this is something most foolish fans of both sports fail to understand. If you come out guns blazing throwing wild punches, you'll get punished. If you lose your head and get frustrated, you'll regret it.

Boxing matches are won on exchanges, on an ability to move in and out of the pocket, and on a capacity to read, anticipate and deceive an opponent. Mayweather is a master of all of these things. McGregor is a comparative novice. There is nothing McGregor can do, including trying to 'rough him up', that Mayweather hasn't faced before, and the latter will use a mixture of pull counters, check hooks, slips, shoulder rolls, pushes, elbow blocks, forearm crushes and clinches to deal with anything McGregor throws at him. And that is what will settle an elite-level boxing match tomorrow night, without question.

 

If McGregor knocked out Mayweather the ufc fans will be wanking off til kingdom come.

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Teddy Atlas is concerned.

 

Maybe they are taking such an "aggressive approach" because they recognize, like most knowledgeable boxing fans, that this "fight" is a fraud and joke - a WWE-style hyped up piece of phoniness whose outcome is, essentially, pre-determined.

Maybe they also know what a garbage "sport" UFC is and they don't want to give their standard-bearer any more publicity than he, and his fringe sport, are already getting.

Frankly, I applaud the boxing sites in standing firm against this travesty. It's a total disgrace.

 

I don't really think Floyd has declined much though he doesn't look like the ''Pretty Boy'' Floyd obviously. His defense had improved greatly since his more ''exciting'' Gatti/Corrales days that's for sure. He hasn't taken much damage, either. He's not been injury prone like a David Haye and making a comeback. David Haye had ''decent'' defense, great reflexes etc but now he looks a shell of his former self. He had a rougher career, though.

Mayweather looked so disinterested against Berto that it didn't look like he was even trying just waiting for the final bell. I'm not gonna gauge too much from that performance.

I think he's similar to Bernard Hopkins in the sense he's refined and adapted his style to make up for some of the minor decline of his reflexes,..etc..

 

The fact people are hyping themselves up to making excuses for Floyd is crazy. He's about to demo this dude.. TKO Or KO.. Whatever.. But this dude is TRASH. This dude is a 1 hand fighter. And that one hand is NOT heavy. This is gonna be a killing. FARCE OF A FIGHT.

 

With all this being said. There's 0% chance that Floyd loses to Connor McGregor. He can't throw a punch right let alone hit Floyd hard enough to knock him out. Carry on

 

Conor's only chance would be to wrestle Void, but only SOB is allowed to do that. UFC rules and Conor wins easily, but with Void's rules, Conor has zero chance. Those who buy this fight are going to be so very disappointed, Void is a circus act, he is a cheater, says there is a sucker born every day and those buying the fight are suckers.................but it's their money. The only was I see Void losing the fight is if Void bet on Conor, at those odds Void would become much richer...........