Official Conor McGregor thread (part 3) *Updated Warning in 1st Post Re:Boxing match

bur

Dtp1979 wrote: »

We all know floyds traditional boxing is brilliant. But he's never faced someone that moves like conor. And I'm not saying conor is faster or a better boxer than previous opponents, just a different kind of mover. Something that floyd would never have faced before and wouldn't be used to. For instance, is mcgregor allowed superman punches or spinning backfists or other unorthodox punching methods??

Dtp1979

bur wrote: »

That made me laugh in fairness. Twas probably a stupid question. I don't know boxing rules and what allowed/not allowed

thewheel2.0

Dtp1979 wrote: »

We all know floyds traditional boxing is brilliant. But he's never faced someone that moves like conor. And I'm not saying conor is faster or a better boxer than previous opponents, just a different kind of mover. Something that floyd would never have faced before and wouldn't be used to. For instance, is mcgregor allowed superman punches or spinning backfists or other unorthodox punching methods??

Seems there is a lot of people asking this - I know the guys in my office bring it up all the time, people who aren't as hardcore.

Those strikes are illegal but does any one know why? What is the theory behind them being illegal?

Gamebred

Iron sharpens iron lads Artem will have Conor prepared to a tee.

wonderfullife

thewheel2.0 wrote: »

Seems there is a lot of people asking this - I know the guys in my office bring it up all the time, people who aren't as hardcore.

Those strikes are illegal but does any one know why? What is the theory behind them being illegal?

Superman punches are not illegal. One was landed on Roger Mayweather in a world title fight in the past and Stephen Espinoza (Showtime CEO) said they are legal.

In fight news, Ariel said the word he is getting is that Floyd is refusing to go to "home cities" for the Press Tour. So Dublin and Vegas are out. Probably leaves London, NY, L.A.

Gamebred

The ruleset


The following acts shall not be permitted during a Contest:-
(a) hitting below the belt:
(b) using the “pivot blow”:
(c) hitting on the back of the head or neck:
(d) kidney punching;
(e) hitting with the open glove, the inside, or the butt or the back of the hand, or with the wrist or elbow;
(f) holding, butting, or careless use of the head, shouldering, wrestling or roughing:
(g) not trying;
(h) persistently ducking below the waistline;
(i) intentional falling without receiving a blow;
(j) failing to break when so ordered, or striking or attempting to strike an opponent on the break;
(k) deliberately striking a opponent when he is dropping to the floor or when he is down;
(l) hitting an opponent after the termination of a round;
(m) any other conduct which a Referee may deem foul;

Fromvert

Superman punches are allowed. They just don't work 99.99999% of the time in boxing as you feint a kick to set it up.

Spinning back fist is illegal

Frank Bullitt

Too Tough To Die wrote: »

I never said any different, keep your wig on!

You were implying that if he were younger (there is a 4 year difference between them FYI) that it would have been different.

Yes, a good 4 or 5 years past his prime. It was an intriguing fight, but from what i saw i think a younger De La Hoya would've edged him out.

Frank Bullitt

Gamebred wrote: »

Nah bro ive studied the tape if them jabs are from Conor he jabs Floyds head off his shoulders stop being a hater...

You're right man, I read that McGregors jab measures on the richter scale when it lands as well.

Too Tough To Die

Gintonious wrote: »

You were implying that if he were younger (there is a 4 year difference between them FYI) that it would have been different.

Yes, what's the issue with that?

mdwexford

There's no excuses being rolled out now if Conor wins folks.

I don't wanna hear Floyd was too old, didn't take it seriously or any other such tripe.

Everyone just has to agree he's the king of the universe and suck his balls. This includes you walshb.

Axwell

Whelo79 wrote: »

I want you (and Walshb) to stop spamming the thread with nonsense about street fights, Stipe Miocic, Anthony Joshua, the difference between no chance and .01% chance, Conor and Floyd in an MMA fight. Talk about this actual fight. What can Conor do to win, keep his MMA stance, alter to a more conventional boxing stance, be aggressive, limit his striking and counter opportunistically, be clinch heavy and rough Floyd up. Be imaginative like some of your other posts/articles and stop being reduced to this childish tit for tat and repetition that has been going on for days now.

If you want to continue the nonsense with Walshb take it to PM.

Must have missed the memo where you were upgraded to mod, pipe down and leave that work to us thanks..

Axwell

Sweet Science wrote: »

Next level trolling

Great input..top level trolling yourself. I have given people enough warnings up to now. Any more of it will see people getting cards on an ongoing basis. Enough nonsense talk on here, discuss McGregor or the fight in a sensible manner or just dont post. People derailing the thread with nonsense will be taking a break.

Lukker-

The spinning back fist and superman punch regardless of legality are redundant anyways, Conor hasn't thrown either of them once.

Burial.

mdwexford wrote: »

There's no excuses being rolled out now if Conor wins folks.

I don't wanna hear Floyd was too old, didn't take it seriously or any other such tripe.

Everyone just has to agree he's the king of the universe and suck his balls. This includes you walshb.

And if Floyd bodies him?

Frank Bullitt

Too Tough To Die wrote: »

Yes, what's the issue with that?

Just that its wrong, thats all.

wonderfullife

wonderfullife wrote: »

I really wish people would stop saying this (and I'm not directing this just at you )

It's a sanctioned fight by the Nevada State Athletic Commission for a start. If you *throw* a fight you're risking years in jail and losing your purse.

Secondly, and far more importantly, there was $80 million gambled in Vegas on the Floyd-Manny fight. They are predicting $100 million gambled on this fight. There are a number of State and Federal Laws in play here and I'm not going to list all the Statutes on the books.

But here's what you need to know:

If Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor or anyone representing them behind the scenes even just said to each other: "let's take it handy here and just mess around for 12 rounds"...If that gets uncovered they will both go to prison for many years. There will be tens of millions bet on one man or the other winning by KO in certain rounds.

If it's uncovered they defrauded the public out of $100 million in a State with harsh views on fraud and gambling fraud, they will both be wearing orange.

It will be a normal ass boxing fight. If Floyd is so superior to Conor and dances around for 12 rounds, FINE. But the implication this fight won't be above board, that there might be collusion between the camps, is worthy of absolute scorn and derision.

It's not going to be a scam/a fix/shenanigans/a rigged fight. A one-sided dance for Floyd? Probably but that's different

The same commission that is sanctioning a 49-0 boxer to fight a 0-0 boxer. There is already some dodgy sh!te going on here, so it would not surprise me if something dodgy was going on here. Seriously are you telling me they sanctioned this fight and its all above board? 49-0 TBE v 0-0 :pac:

Gamebred

https://twitter.com/Grabaka_Hitman/status/877555478888411136


This sums up the nerd fanboy mma media, one hand their all over Floyd Conor next their crying and wanting heads to roll over that guy that died the other day.

mdwexford

Burial. wrote: »

And if Floyd bodies him?

Pretty much where we are now.

Floyd gets his 50 and a ton of money. Little to no credit for beating a non pro boxer, regardless of how easily he does it.

Conor might get a bit of respect if he performs admirably in defeat. If not he has his pile of cash as well to console him.

wonderfullife

I really think we're going to see Conor attempt to land the corkscrew uppercut+left cross combo a lot come fight night (remember, he has to try land something!).

There's a few reasons I believe we will see it thrown, early and often.

The first reason is that now is not the time for Conor to be learning new tricks or skills. So it stands to reason he will return to combinations he has a lot of experience of throwing.

The second reason is it's generally a good combination for a southpaw to attempt on an orthodox fighter who carries a high guard. Floyd will shell up a lot, the lead uppercut should at the very least prompt him to split his guard.

Even if Conor misses on both shots (as he has done often in the past) he usually ends up carrying his feet forward into clinch range. Obviously he's vulnerable to a supreme boxer like Floyd timing him with a right hand coming in.

Lastly, between Conor and Gunnar Nelson, they threw the corkscrew uppercut+cross combination 19 times between them over 8 fights that I've re-watched. That indicates to me that it's a combination that SBG (John + Owen) are also comfortable with incorporating into a gameplan.

Anyway here's many examples of Conor throwing the combination over the years:

1.45 against Conor Dillon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lSlbJ3Tq0M

9.20 against Artur Sowinski

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1QYUND7-54

2.06 against Hugh Brady

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM4CKfG4zZI

2.44 against Ivan Buchinger

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZhPyy2HUV8

0:28 and 1:18 and 1:56 against Max Holloway

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn2VASfPDFI

Gamebred

Gamebred wrote: »

https://twitter.com/Grabaka_Hitman/status/877555478888411136


This sums up the nerd fanboy mma media, one hand their all over Floyd Conor next their crying and wanting heads to roll over that guy that died the other day.

This fight should not be sanctioned, that isn't just my opinion that is fact from their records in boxing. There has to be somebody getting bribes in the sanctioning body for them to let this go ahead.

Gamebred

Deleted User wrote: »

This fight should not be sanctioned, that isn't just my opinion that is fact from their records in boxing. There has to be somebody getting bribes in the sanctioning body for them to let this go ahead.

Wonder if they'd sanction Andre Ward v someone like Maia, would they ****.

wonderfullife

Deleted User wrote: »

This fight should not be sanctioned, that isn't just my opinion that is fact from their records in boxing. There has to be somebody getting bribes in the sanctioning body for them to let this go ahead.

It's far less egregious than CM Punk v Mickey Gall.

There's 100% no bribes though. The economic impact for Nevada for the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight was $400 million according to Forbes. It might push $600 million for this fight.

All members of the sanctioning body would be bundled into a car in the middle of the night and left in the Nevada Desert if they refused to sanction the fight.

Gamebred

wonderfullife wrote: »

It's far less egregious than CM Punk v Mickey Gall.

There's 100% no bribes though. The economic impact for Nevada for the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight was $400 million according to Forbes. It might push $600 million for this fight.

All members of the sanctioning body would be bundled into a car in the middle of the night and left in the Nevada Desert if they refused to sanction the fight.

Floyd was allowed put off going to jail to fight in Vegas, so you're right about economical impact on the area but brown envelopes are and were involved in this.

Baron Kurtz

wonderfullife wrote: »

It's a fight anything can happen.

Floyd might KO Conor just as quickly as Conor KO'd Aldo.

But in my book, success is Conor making it a competitive encounter. Whether that's *winning*, going 12-rounds, landing more than Berto, dropping Floyd or making him take a standing 8-count, there's many ways to argue it was a success from Conor's point of view.

My bar for it being a success is a lot higher than most peoples because I have faith in Conor.

People keep going on about the van Heerden sparring footage. I guarantee you 100% we could see footage of Conor sparring Artem in MMA over the years where Artem does really well and tools Conor up. Both Conor and Artem are on record saying they've had some absolute wars in the gym.

The point is this - whatever footage we see of Conor in training (be it MMA or boxing) is irrelevant. He's not a gym fighter. He comes into his own on the big stage under the bright lights when the pressure is at its maximum.

Such a gaylord.

Banned for a month

wonderfullife

John's latest column.

http://www.the42.ie/john-kavanagh-column-22-june-2017-3458507-Jun2017/

Short version:

100% confident of victory.

'So called experts' = wrong.

Conor tentatively plans to fight in UFC again in December unless Floyd wants a rematch after being knocked out. (he worded it in a roundabout way).

wonderfullife

Baron Kurtz wrote: »

Such a gaylord.

Conor, me or Floyd? All of us?

I didn't say anything controversial in what you quoted. It's a fight. Floyd could pull a hamstring and get clocked with a left hand.

Tune in.

Frank Bullitt

wonderfullife wrote: »

John's latest column.

http://www.the42.ie/john-kavanagh-column-22-june-2017-3458507-Jun2017/

Short version:

100% confident of victory.

'So called experts' = wrong.

Conor tentatively plans to fight in UFC again in December unless Floyd wants a rematch after being knocked out. (he worded it in a roundabout way).

I enjoy Johns articles. His experience is always a joy to read.

Just not sure I would agree with this bit though.

Mayweather has been in the boxing world for his entire career and everyone he’s faced has moved in a certain way that he’s pre-conditioned to handle. Now he’s going up against a guy who doesn’t follow any set patterns, who can deploy a variety of different styles of fighting and is not one bit intimidated. Conor is — as we all are here — 100% confident in victory. That kind of person is very difficult to deal with.

Mayweather has been in there with the cream of the crop of boxers, fighting on an equal ground. The variety of styles of fighting won't really help if he can only use one though, no?

Frank Bullitt

Just don't read the comments section on that article, its a sewer.

cloudatlas

wonderfullife wrote: »

'So called experts' = wrong.

Echoes of Trump and Michael Gove people are sick of experts, fair amount of spin will be coming out of the SBG camp. This is nonsense on stilts but we would all smile and nod if we were making the money they are out of this.