Thoughts on Mayweather vs McGregor...

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  1. Zakman

    Zakman ESB's Chinchecker Full Member

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    Yeah, real boxing fans understand that McFraud always had ZERO chance in this fight and the only question was whether Mayweather would just take him out early, or carry him.

    He carried him, and let him get off a few punches in the first few rounds, essentially to make this look good. And now all the UFC fanboys are crowing like this is some of achievement for that cage fighter. It's only what Mayweather LET him do!
     
  2. WiDDoW_MaKeR

    WiDDoW_MaKeR ESB Hall of Fame Member Full Member

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    I don't feel that the ref saved Mayweather from a shot to the hip. I do however feel like Conor shook Mayweather with a straight left hand to open that round, Floyd looked visibly bothered by the shot, then, being the savvy ring veteran that he is, when Conor's follow up punch strayed around the belt line, Floyd took the opportunity to fake as if it was that shot that bothered him, so that the ref would step in. Then, as he kept pushing his way forward when they were separated, it was forcing McGregor to act a certain way as well... which ended up giving Floyd plenty of time to recover from being shook up a little by the initial left hand, Credit to Floyd for using the tricks that he has learned through decades of boxing. Rewatch the beginning of the 9th round again. If you are an honest, unbiased viewer, you will see what I'm saying.
     
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  3. Zakman

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    Again, the only reason this fight was not an "execution" was because Mayweather let it be. Once he decided to turn things up, it wasn't the least bit competitive and the cage fighter was disposed of.

    And for the record, I'm no Mayweather fan. Not a hater either, but I recognize his strengths. The idea that this fight was truly competitive is just fantasy. Anything that happened in this fight was what Mayweather let happen to make it look good.

    This fight was a mismatch, a "set up" from Day One. Not a fix, but as close to a sure thing as it gets in boxing.
     
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  4. BCS8

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    I thought it was a total mismatch but the actual fight proved that it was a lot closer than people thought. You can believe Floyd let himself get punched in the face and made look stupid by stuff like the "counter uppercut" but I don't. Fact is for whatever reasons, Conor was much more competitive and Floyd much less competitive than we thought they would be. I don't buy conspiracy theories.

    Anyway, whatever, I'm glad that freakshow is done with, I'm looking forward to Usyk/Huck and GGG / Canelo, matches that should be competitive from the get go.
     
  5. boxerfan13

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    So you believe Floyd threw a combined 44 punches in 4 rounds... Because of Connor's style... There are PLENTY of UFC fighters/Commentators and boxers who feel differently. Floyd tried to bet on himself KO'ing Connor in the 10th.. That literally happened. I mean you can stick to our dream of Connor's attacks did all this..I guess lol
     
  6. boxerfan13

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    You named that counter uppercut one because that's literally 1 of 4 clean punches Connor landed in the fight smh
     
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  7. BCS8

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    It's hard to land clean punches on Floyd when he's trying to clamp his butt cheeks around your dong all night.
     
  8. rski

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    it wasn't a real fight in my eyes. Floyed let it go on a bit but he could have taken Conor out in round one if he opened up. This is an all time great against a no fight novice. I really can't understand why people think mcgregor was in this fight, he was terrible to be frank. Not trying to be on the high horse but it's just what I saw. It was as close as you can get to an exhibition being counted as a real fight.
     
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  9. JeremyCorbyn

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    And that uppercut wouldn't have even knocked out my gran.

    It brushed Mayweather's goatee, if anything it probably tickled him a little, hence why he laughed, sadly for McTapout, you can't win a boxing fight by tickling your opponent to death.
     
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  10. BewareofDawg

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    And watch that replay, it's not hard to find. In slow motion, you can see Floyd has the clear jump on Conor, and an open right hand that he .......lands on Conor's shoulder. That was in the first round. When Floyd was intentionally letting Conor have success, and a clean straight right hand to Conor's grill would have won Floyd the round lol So he changed the target to the shoulder.

    The only other explanation, is that the most accurate puncher of our generation and maybe ever in boxing, missed a straight right hand, while fresh in the first round by over 6 inches! Nope, sorry.
     
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  11. boxerfan13

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    Absolutely. All these.. Connor style confused Floyd... GTFO. Floyd could've walked to Connor at any point. That uppercut was as clean as you'll ever hit him and he laughed at it. SMH
     
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  12. boxerfan13

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    It's obvious as day he carried him. Not even a debate. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to put 2+2 together. Floyd tried to bet 400k on a 10th round KO. They want us to believe Floyd took 4 rounds to realize something we all knew.. Conor can't punch and Conor has stamina issues... Floyd had Paulie in Connor's camp.. I mean 2+2=4. He carried him lol
     
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  13. Zakman

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    Seriously! If these guys actually believe that Floyd was thrown off for a SECOND by this primitive unskilled novice, man, I've got some nice bridges I could unload on these folks. I hope they're just trolling....
     
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  14. TJ Max

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    If McGregor is such a master of range, he needs to fight Lara. Same reach, no excuses. Same result, McGregor gets knocked out, but this time at range.

    At the end of the day, McGregor got knocked out in the most embarrassing way possible.

    He said that he would be the one that could knock Floyd out in one round and that he wouldn't take a back step. He stuck his chest out and beat on it like he was some tough guy.

    What happened? McGregor was literally running the last three rounds until he got stopped.

    I don't know how people can claim that as any kind of victory.
     
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  15. TJ Max

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    Also, that was 100% a low blow. It was on the All Access finale where it CLEARLY showed it was a low blow.