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OT: Mayweather vs. McGregor

What the hell. Mayweather in 3 or 4.

I think Mayweather takes a round or two verifying McGregor is as bad as he is. Takes another round or two verifying timing and combos.

After that Mayweather ends it whenever he wants.
 
Chin Diesel said:
What the hell. Mayweather in 3 or 4.

I think Mayweather takes a round or two verifying McGregor is as bad as he is. Takes another round or two verifying timing and combos.

After that Mayweather ends it whenever he wants.
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Total fail prediction based on bias, not reason. Don't you feel silly?
 
McGregor escaped without a vicious KO. Lucky they didn't let him get humiliated in a highlight reel KO
 
Has boxing changed that much in the last decade or so? I mean, this was pattycake. Lame. Granted, I haven't watched in a very long time, but it is very different than the boxing I remember. This isn't a knock on McGregor, who shouldn't have been in that ring at all, but more Mayweather. I know he's 40. Well, he looked it. Wow. Bring back the old days.
 
Mayweather did exactly what he wanted to. Feel him out for three rounds, make him tired and then go for the KO.

Connor had nothing behind his punches, but he didn't do as badly as I expected. Good for him.

The difference in conditioning was shocking. Mayweather might not have broken a sweat. McGregor couldn't lift his arms, literally.

and Wow, can Connor take a punch... Dude is practically unconscious standing up and still won't go down.
 
upstater said:
Has boxing changed that much in the last decade or so? I mean, this was pattycake. Lame. Granted, I haven't watched in a very long time, but it is very different than the boxing I remember. This isn't a knock on McGregor, who shouldn't have been in that ring at all, but more Mayweather. I know he's 40. Well, he looked it. Wow. Bring back the old days.
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You answered your own question. MMA fighter versus a 40 year old coming off a 2 year layoff. I was pleasantry surprised with the competition.
 
That was fun.

Obviously Mayweather isn't close to what he was. He let a guy who'd never boxed before hang in there for almost 10 rounds.

But it was entertaining and we actually got to see Mayweather punch someone for once. And I didn't pay for it.

Hats off to McGregor for hanging in there. I kinda wanted to see Mayweather put him down but I guess it's the ref's job to prevent that when a guy is taking shot after shot.
 
So my question for more seasoned boxing fans - did Mayweather look washed? Does McGregor look like he could hang with an upper tier prime fighter? He definitely surprised me in the early rounds but I do realize that it can be difficult to distinguish clean hits. His compubox stats were better than I expected but clearly not impressive.
 
walker11 said:
You answered your own question. MMA fighter versus a 40 year old coming off a 2 year layoff. I was pleasantry surprised with the competition.
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Yeah I'm not sure anyone could have reasonably expected better. Conor looked pretty competent for 3 rounds and then became clear his conditioning was an issue when he wasn't able to get anything on his punches after that. Floyd was able to walk him down and land more and more as the fight went on. Floyd just didn't have the legs anymore to more efficiently cut him off to finish the fight sooner.
 
walker11 said:
So my question for more seasoned boxing fans - did Mayweather look washed? Does McGregor look like he could hang with an upper tier prime fighter? He definitely surprised me in the early rounds but I do realize that it can be difficult to distinguish clean hits. His compubox stats were better than I expected but clearly not impressive.
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Mayweather is done. Legs gone. GGG or Canelo might kill McGregor, as would Keith Thurman, Erol Spence and any young fighter in his prime.

But hey they just made about a combined 500 million
 
Periscope coming through with the fight for free. I feel like they allowed it. Most of the time you need to hop around feeds. There was 100 k on the feed I was on.

This result worked out for both fighters. I wish McGregor would have kicked Floyd in the head though to end it.
 
The way they embraced at the end pretty much confirms to me that these guys never actually disliked each other. They both rode an amazing marketing wave all the way to the bank and this was more show than competition. Don't get me wrong, it was a good fight, but at the end of the day I think these two dudes realize that neither is a threat to the other.
 
walker11 said:
So my question for more seasoned boxing fans - did Mayweather look washed? Does McGregor look like he could hang with an upper tier prime fighter? He definitely surprised me in the early rounds but I do realize that it can be difficult to distinguish clean hits. His compubox stats were better than I expected but clearly not impressive.
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He was as powerful or fast as when he was young no doubt. He wasn't moving his feet much at all. He's 40 and hasn't competed in 2 years. Enough said, really.

I think Canelo or GGG would annihilate him. Particularly now with some tape so they could learn his tendencies without having to feel him out the first few rounds. GGG in particular would get a nasty right hand KO. Any number of the 25 plus power shots from a prime fighter would knock him out.

Still insanely impressed with Connor. I'd love to see him revolutionize the way UFC fighters are paid when he goes back there. Those guys get jipped
 
This was an old Floyd Mayweather carefully pulling the legs off of an ant. A very, very brave ant.

No, McGregor can't hang with good boxers. But he didn't embarrass himself. He can go back to UFC or sit on a beach for the rest of his life with his rep intact. But there's no way he should think about getting in with a guys like Canelo. They won't be playing.

Floyd should put some of this money in the bank so he doesn't have to try this again in two years. Time is a -er and he isn't beating it.
 
If they fight again, Floyd stops him in 6 or less.

Colin has nothing of which to be ashamed. Entertaining exhibition. This wasn't as close as history will remember it. But it was fun and both men were great partners in promoting it.
 
McGregor looked better than expected, Mayweather looked old and finished. Pretty good fight but didn't really like seeing that version of Floyd. Early stoppage from the ref but McGregor was done.
 
Like I said, I haven't watched a boxing match in a long time. So... I found it hard to watch.

I felt like, if it's going be a geriatric fighting an unskilled guy, then just brawl. Let it all out in one round.

I did expect more, I admit it.

Remember, Roberto Duran was a middleweight champ at that age. Leonard fought Camacho for 6 rounds of all out punching.
 
I think one of the reasons Floyd started slow was simply from Conor extending his right hand so far out to block the jab. I can't remember anyone else ever doing that to Floyd, but simply holding the arm out that far drains stamina.
 
superjohn said:
McGregor looked better than expected, Mayweather looked old and finished. Pretty good fight but didn't really like seeing that version of Floyd. Early stoppage from the ref but McGregor was done.
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Not really early. Conor was stumbling around, being hit and visibly hurt by clean shots, and hadn't thrown a punch himself in close to a minute.
 
Fishy said:
This was an old Floyd Mayweather carefully pulling the legs off of an ant. A very, very brave ant.

No, McGregor can't hang with good boxers. But he didn't embarrass himself. He can go back to UFC or sit on a beach for the rest of his life with his rep intact. But there's no way he should think about getting in with a guys like Canelo. They won't be playing.

Floyd should put some of this money in the bank so he doesn't have to try this again in two years. Time is a and he isn't beating it.
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If Mayweather needs another fight to pay the bills, and McGregor insists it be MMA, not boxing, it'll gross more money, and likely have a far different outcome.
 
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