No doubt!
He's 40! Of course he is!
You're looking at it wrong. Ufc guys have been calling mayweather out by name for years cause they felt he was dismissive of their sport ever overtaking boxing. MMA only fans actually believed Ronda Rousey could beat floyd.
I dont think so. I think McGregor came at him too fast and too hard and spent all his energy in the first 4 rounds. Watch the interview I just posted. McGregor said he was spending so much energy wrapping him up from the back bc he can do that in the MMA and continue to hit the guy but in boxing he can't so it was wasted. I watched the the fight in 2015 and this one was better by a large margin. I don't think the ref should've stopped it bc I think McGregor could've gone the distance, but Floyd came at him hard bc he saved his energy. Connor did very well
It might have been in the 6th or 7th but McGregor threw two punches that would've KO Floyd but missed by an inch
He does not have one punch KO boxing power, the uppercut that he landed in the 1st round didn't even move Floyd and he was about 170lbs while Floyd was around 150. If a real junior middleweight landed that shot on a lunging Floyd(although Floyd wouldn't have been lunging off balance like that against a legit boxer) Floyd would be in the hospital. He doesn't throw his punches sharply and with the right kind of snap in the boxing realm, they are more slapping and pushed out.
This IJS what i said in this thread after the paulie sparring came out. Those were slaps. He throws one legit boxing wise, the left cross, and it isn't close to one punch ko power in boxing.
The fight in boxing is Paulie Malinaggi. In shape Pauline beats him as well.
You said "one punch power" and I provided a solid example. All these guys hit hard - McGregor was gassed and isn't a boxer, going against one of the best. I have respect for all disciplines of fighting as I prefer to never be punched anywhere by anyone.
I agree, my comment was more of his supposed ko power translating to boxing. Not even close. Boxers landing with those mma gloves would be lethal. It's more about the weight transfer on the punches. MMA guys can't train to commit to punches like that because of the leg kicks and takedowns.
Yea Cotto from last night would destroy him and would have no interest in carrying him for rounds like Mayweather did last night. If Cotto could withstand those Fight Night combos from Canelo at his advanced age he would have no issues walking down McGregor at will. I'd rather just see him return to MMA, he's my favorite fighter in that sport and there's a bunch of appealing matches to be made at 155 but no way is he going back to $2-$3M purses before ppv points so the UFC is gonna have to open up the vault to get him to come back.
Yes but in a boxing ring and with boxing mitts on, he doesn't have one punch power. That was the biggest surprise for me is the punches he was solidly landing, even at the beginning, just weren't doing much to Floyd. His power was subpar for boxing
