Who Wins: Mayweather vs McGregor in a kickboxing match

McGregor kicks his legs in easy, different range

 

McGregor would stay at range and kick Mayweather's legs out from under him. It goes maybe 4 rounds before Mayweather can't stand up any more. Same thing happened to Rick Roufus the American Kickboxer when he fought Muay Thai kickboxer Changpuek Kietsongrit. American kickboxing didn't include kicks below the waist at that time, but Muay Thai rules always have.

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It is for someone who's never checked or absorbed a kick in their life. He'd be limping after 2-3 low kicks.

 

You guys are assuming McGregor would be able to consistently find Mayweather's legs at range to land on them. Unless he suddenly became made of taffy he isn't going to suddenly have the leg reach to do so on a target that's more mobile than any he's ever seen.

 

A kick to the kneecap can cripple any man, unless Floyd train for an extensive amount of time on kicking and blocking, he would not have a chance. Also widen the rules to allow kicking will alter Floyd boxing stance and in turns make his punches less effective.
Floyd only chance is if he got lucky and land first.

 

Kickboxing footwork is totally different from boxing footwork my friend. Kickboxers keep their legs a lot closer together. In boxing, you often spread your legs out for stability, but a kickboxer would kick or trip your forward leg out from under you. Keeping your legs close together allows the kickboxer to avoid leg kicks and he doesn't fall down if one of his legs gets sweeped. Plus, you move differently. Boxers are a lot more mobile and have a lot more lateral movement. The problem is when your legs are getting repeatedly kicked, it's harder to move around the ring like that and circle your opponent.

Watch the clip I posted above from 1988. Rick Roufus was a very good American style kickboxer, and American style kickboxing in the 80s was based on boxing with a bit of karate thrown in. All the western kickboxers got destroyed by the Thais until they adapted to leg kicks in the 90s.

 

It doesn't matter that Conor's kickboxing is only average for mma or kickboxing. Mayweather has no experience with either. It's like asking if a green belt would beat a white belt in karate. He's no black belt but he's got a year or two more experience and training than the novice.

 

Conors kicks are good . There not Thai style so not going to look good for Thai boxer. He lands plenty and in combination. Much better than most in mma. In fact it was his leg kicks that helped him defeat Diaz

If its leg kicks I would favour conor as mayweather has no leg conditioning and would be crippled witha few thigh kicks

 

Mcgregor's kicking range is a lot longer than Mayweather's punching range, if he commits to punching he's going get kicked.

 

True but that was Westerners versus top notch Muay Thai practitioners. McGregor isn't a MT guy. His early roots in his childhood were in boxing and plain old American kickboxing and he didn't pursue either very far. Outside what gets incorporated with his crosstraining since he started MMA later in adult life he doesn't have much experience in kickboxing a'la carte. Granted, that's still more than Mayweather's zero but you still have someone who reigned as the p4p #1 in a combat sport that isn't too dissimilar to kickboxing outside the leg kicks (head kicks are just as easily dodged or blocked as punches; if anything they're more telegraphed and the only reason kickboxers are caught with them is their own kick attempts putting them off position, and their stances are more wide open than regular boxers') - and Conor isn't really known to have devastating leg kicks. Maybe in accumulation they're effective but Floyd isn't exactly going to stand there and let him tee off. McGregor has never seen defense like his. Most standup in MMA is terrible compared with a world class boxer.

 

In and out. I'm pretty sure Mayweather can get off a pot shot and be outside again before McGregor lays a foot on him.

 

His kicks are used mostly to control and measure range, he purposely throws kicks that don't leave him vulnerable to being taken down(Oblique kicks, front kicks, spinning kicks etc) he utilized fairly good low kicks against Diaz in the rematch since he wasn't as worried about taken down(and because that's a great strategy against the Diaz bros lol) His kicks aren't that bad dude... Maybe not elite by MMA or MT/KB standards - but certainly not 'notoriously bad'

 

Pac no longer fights at an elite level. He's been knocked unconscious. Do us a favor and skidaddle.

 

No they aren't dude... if any of that shin gets through there's a chance you're getting laid out or buzzed, hell, I've seen mostly blocked shots result in knockouts(Ghita/Schilt II comes to mind) Not to mention it's also possible to have your arm broken blocking a high kick. Completely different and more risky than blocking a punch.

 

He's not quick enough to throw a punch and then take 2-3 steps to get outside Mcgregor's kicking range all before he can throw a kick. This isn't the matrix. His lead leg is going to get hammered and it would only take a couple chops at most for him to hobbling.