OFFICIAL DISCUSSION: Floyd Mayweather Vs. Conor McGregor |August 26 2017

Once again. You are the king of assumptions.

 

Mcgregor deserves some respect cause he showed that he's a decent boxer and has some tremendous talent. But this was obvious to anyone who ever saw him fight in the UFC. What he did last night was far from exceptional. At this point, even club fighters would last the distance easily against PBF.

 

Caught the replay at a friend's house, and I gotta say Floyd looked his age and even vulnerable. His timing was off, and his reflexes have slowed down, getting hit with a lot of shots.

Otherwise, he did what was expected of him. He was out worked early on, then by the 4th began to walk him down and impose the pace. I think McGregor looked good for never having a professional boxing match before, but the non-stop pressure Floyd was putting on him just wore him down.

Floyd should call it a day now for good. He shouldn't come back to face young fighters. Spence and Crawford would both beat him now.

 

I called it before the fight. It was obvious that this would be PBF strategy. First of all, he's a patient guy, secondly McGregor stamina sucks, and thirdly, he didn't want to finish this too early cause fans would have felt cheated.

It doesn't take Sherlock Holmes to realise that this was a semi sham fight

 

I disagree. I honestly think that Floyds timing was off due to being a bit rusty and he was taken by surprise that Conor actually has some skill. After failing to get off for a few rounds, he adjusted his game plan like all good fighters do and he began to walk him down, which turned out to be the winning strategy.

 

Even my dad said exactly the same thing - that Floyd would carry Conor for a few rounds to make it look like a fight before turning it up - and he's a casual fan compared to us. Floyd himself hinted at wanting to give fans their money's worth pre and post fight too, and hilariously kept talking about what a great chance McGregor had of beating him.

In every interview "Everything points towards a McGregor victory - he's younger, taller, bigger, longer reach, more active, and a tough competitor"

 

I kept my word and did not watched this travesty, but I am reading conflicting opinions of what really transpired.Was Conor really game? was the stoppage 'rushed'? was Floyd really missing a lot of punches?

 

Broner lights him up bad.

 

BTW MWS, my little yiddish socksucker. did you knew sopcast revived from its ashes?

 

It's not Fightbeat I'm going by, it's what Paulie and Van Heerden said, and watching with my own eyes his punches do absolutely nothing to Floyd. Not only did they not even get Floyd's attention, but he walked Conor down and didn't even make much effort to avoid Conor's shots.

Compare that to Pacquiao and Canelo, where Floyd's head was springing back at 100mph at feints.

As a boxer, he is not a puncher. His power is average at best for a world level boxer, certainly nothing that would worry any elite boxer.

 

No way, that's a weird blast from the past. I tell you what, Sopcast being replaced by god awful web streams was a weird regression in technology don't you think? Sopcast was rock solid back in the day.

I actually tried acestream for the first time today, and at first I thought wow this looks fucking awesome, then they just kept stuttering and stopping.

I ended up watching some Puertoguese or Brazilian stream in VHS quality, but at least it was solid.

 

most were thinking that Floyd could get wobbled early on at least...so Conor fell below the low expectations


the guy lost 8 out of 9 rounds and even had 10:8 round against him
Floyd held this guy in such little regard that he decided from Day 1 that he would just walk through him, like he's never done with anyone ever...didn't spar for a month heading into the fight

Floyd promised to come forward and make an exciting fight to make up for the Pac fight, then post fight reconfirmed this is what we saw....to decipher the fight any other way is MMA nuthuggery

 

Hang on, that's exactly what you're doing isn't it? By saying it would be too risky for a boxer to throw bombs at him in case he "gets caught" aren't you saying McGregor hits just as hard as elite boxers like Pacquiao and Canelo? So everything you wrote after that is kind of redundant, as you then go on to excuse his lack of power as he's an MMA fighter. But by saying a boxer needs to watch out and not get caught, you're saying right now as a boxer, he can punch.

I've seen Paulie snap guys heads back. Ultimately Conor's power didn't do much to Paulie or Van Heerden or Floyd for that matter, with 8oz gloves no less.

Here's the interview with Chris saying his power is nothing exceptional and didn't phase him at all


In the same full interview he said Canelo is the hardest puncher he's faced, and moved his whole body with 1 shot in 16oz gloves.

The difference in power is clear. Even Pacquiao and Canelo's blocked shots looked hard as fuck against Floyd, and made a loud cracking or thudding sound. Conor's looked slow and weak in comparison. The one flush shot he did land didn't even buzz a 40 year old retired Floyd. And we're talking about a 40 year old that's 20 pounds lighter than him. Just imagine him fighting guys his own size like Charlo/Canelo/Golovkin, he would be completely outgunned.

 

Reading through some of the comments it's not difficult to tell who the MMA fans are. They're scrambling for a moral victory.

 

It's obvious that McGregor power is not impressive as a boxer. PBF was pretty much letting him unload on him, behind a high guard, and he never was bothered or even marked up.

 

LOL, what? I know exactly what it did to Paulie, as Dana posted the most impressive 20 seconds of the whole session, and it showed McGregor - a self proclaimed "170 pound Irish Gorilla" - landing a completely flush straight left on a fat, retired, fresh off the plane, gassed lightweight in Paulie - and it didn't even put him down let alone out.

The same Paulie who was stopped in his prime by Khan, and recently steamrolled by Porter - two much smaller men than McGregor.

Stop talking shit and being an MMA groupie, and just admit that compared to elite boxers, his vaunted power is nothing. If shertards can admit then, so can you Anthony, I know you can.

 

Agreed. It's incredible what an MMA groupie Anthony has become.

 

After being rocked early...

what he did wasn't far off, really ...change styles to chase the bigger man around the ring

 

McGregor looks like Techno Viking.

 

More of a great one than a weird one. Like you I started the night with Acestream, was great at first, but it went to shit, and one of my friend told me about this sopcast thing. Still as good as it was. Almost HD quality

 

It's 14 years since I last post. Long time fan or MMA before you were born and boxing. But y'all musta forgot. Points:

1. Fight goes exactly as it should. Everybody happy with outcome.
2. Conor beats Pauline in dirty, ugly boxing fight. Too big and not exciting. Should not happen. No gains except the Pauline.
3. Floyd has regressed. Why people so shocked. He's 40 - and pissing about for years. No need compare to Thurman or Spence. He showed great at what he does.
4. Floyd is all time great. Marciano record not a who's who of all time greats. JJW older than most hills. Why not celebrate this fanstacic, small man.
5. Conor should retire. He's very rich and mystique is gone. He's been great, but what next? Why canoe when you have a yacht?
6. Both boxing and MMA need be happy with ideal outcome. Embrace the deference.
7. Most important. Big knees most definitely slow mothers suckers and Irish knees are like mangos on a straw.

 

LMAO, good to see you back Velbov. Your big knees = slow is definitely an atg sig.

 

Damn, wish I had found Sopcast too. Where did you get the actual stream?

I remember back then it was mainly one guy that always provided rock solid streams.

 

McGregor is probably the biggest draw right now but I think Joshua could surpass him fairly quickly if marketed properly, and of course if he keeps winning. I don't think Canelo can reach that level, personally. He obviously has appeal to a big market but the simple fact he doesn't speak English will stop him becoming a crossover star globally.

And also because Golovkin is going to crush him like an egg in a vice.

 

That's just It, You DON'T Know Either...

Yet You PRETEND To...





REED

 

And I'll say this again...

I'm sure Conor was 170 or 175 when sparring Paulie...a smaller guy with 5 career KO's. If he had legit KO power those sparring sessions would have lasted as long as Gatti vs Gamache.

I'd bet $ Andre Berto would have fucked him up in sparring.