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

RoryMac

RoryMac wrote: »

i think the Nate fight will be parked for a while, hard to justify them fighting again when the Ferguson & Khabib fights can be made.

Yeah I do agree with the Nate fight not making sense regarding the division....... The Nate fight makes all the sense in the world though for $$$$ for the UFC/Conor/Nate and these days they normally go where the money is.

Gamebred

Nate as champion would be a complete disaster for the UFC he's too unreliable, they will probably make it at 170lb if it happens again to ensure he doesnt become champion.

RoryMac

Deleted User wrote: »

Yeah I do agree with the Nate fight not making sense regarding the division....... The Nate fight makes all the sense in the world though for $$$$ for the UFC/Conor/Nate and these days they normally go where the money is.

Might be harder to sell if Nate continues to sit on his ass doing nothing, if he wants the fight he really should have to justify he deserves it over others by fighting one of the top contenders.

I think if they decide to forget about belts & look to the money it'll be GSP or Woodley(if he gets by Maia)

14murphy

Gamebred wrote: »

Nate as champion would be a complete disaster for the UFC he's too unreliable, they will probably make it at 170lb if it happens again to ensure he doesnt become champion.

Possibly. I do remember Conor saying he's met him twice at 170. He said he'd like to do the trilogy but Nate would come down to 155.
I agree with previous posts Nate does nothing for me.

Syphonax

bmcc10 wrote: »

Maybe the fact that Diaz is a freak who's been Ko'd once in his career after a headkick that would knock most men into oblivion

Ummm ok, now compare him, Diaz, to a proper undefeated boxer and you'll get the point im was making then. McGregor wont do near as half as much damage to Mayweather and will be burnt out if the fight goes more than 5 rounds, while Mayweather will only be getting into his stride.

bmcc10

Syphonax wrote: »

Ummm ok, now compare him, Diaz, to a proper undefeated boxer and you'll get the point im was making then. McGregor wont do near as half as much damage to Mayweather and will be burnt out if the fight goes more than 5 rounds, while Mayweather will only be getting into his stride.

Read your posts back and you'll realise your point makes zero sense

Inviere

Syphonax wrote: »

McGregor couldnt knock Diaz out with MMA gloves, he hasnt got a prayer of doing anywhere near as much damage to Mayweather with proper boxing gloves.

That's like saying he couldn't punch a hole in a concrete wall. Nate has a chin made of titanium and has never been ko'd. A full on shin to the head all but dazed him in the past.

Syphonax

bmcc10 wrote: »

Read your posts back and you'll realise your point makes zero sense

ummmk, makes zero sense to you it would appear. An MMA fighter fails to knock out another MMA fighter using gloves that are akin to bare knuckles, this despite landing numerous punches, Diaz maybe a 'freak' as you put it but now McGregor isnt fighting a freak but rather one of the best boxers of all time, using boxing gloves no less, he hasnt a prayer of knocking out Mayweather, let alone beating him.

U still dont get my point doh?!

Syphonax

Inviere wrote: »

That's like saying he couldn't punch a hole in a concrete wall. Nate has a chin made of titanium and has never been ko'd. A full on shin to the head all but dazed him in the past.

FFS point is simple, MMA gloves smaller, boxing gloves larger, opponent no. 1 some guy on steroids, opponent no 2. undefeated boxing champion. The fact he couldnt knock Diaz out with effectively his FULL PUNCH leads me to believe he wont even come close to bruising Meaweeather.

StringerBell

The press conference could set records for being the longest delayed one of all time, McGregor is almost as good as Mayweather for showing up late, almost. I can imagine Conor showing up 25minutes late to learn Mayweather isn't even in the building yet

walshb

Floyd no doubt owes some money, but that's all it is, some!

Net worth is still likely ridiculously high....

Outlaw Pete

Gintonious wrote: »

You're making up some sort of mad scenario now that Mayweather needs this fight to pay off some potential debt.

Which you have no secure idea of even exists!

lol. Yeah, me and Forbes..... making shit up :rolleyes:

Floyd Mayweather Petitions To Use Conor McGregor Fight To Pay Off 2015 Tax Bill

Floyd Mayweather has filed a petition with the U.S. Tax Court seeking a postponement of action based on unpaid 2015 liabilities until an upcoming fight takes place. That vaguely referenced fight will be a boxing match against UFC fighter Conor McGregor.

Mayweather, in his petition, claims to have the money to pay off the IRS debt, but says he needs until the August fight against McGregor to meet the liability.

Gintonious wrote: »

He is trying to sell one of his Bugatti Veyrons and you think that he is in serious trouble.

Nope, I do not think that. Maybe read people's posts before replying to them.... I clearly said:

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

Personally I think Mayweather's situation is not that bad or anywhere like it..... but the public don't know that and it's a loose thread that McGregor can pull just to try and get under his skin. Might work, might not.

bmcc10

If you'd have said he won't land on him clean enough to hurt him or his power won't transition over as well with the bigger gloves than i could agree but your making no sense saying because he couldn't KO Nate in MMA fight he won't KO Floyd it's not even valid Floyd couldn't take a 1/10 of damage Diaz has in his career. Who's on steroids btw to add more stupidity to your posts?

Syphonax

bmcc10 wrote: »

If you'd have said he won't land on him clean enough to hurt him or his power won't transition over as well with the bigger gloves than i could agree but your making no sense saying because he couldn't KO Nate in MMA fight he won't KO Floyd it's not even valid Floyd couldn't take a 1/10 of damage Diaz has in his career. Who's on steroids btw to add more stupidity to your posts?

erm yes read between the lines im saying his punching power is to weak to knock out Mayweather and yes whatever Diaz was on is probably to he only reason he was still standing in the fight. Guy was clearly off his t!ts on something you just has to listen to him talking

yourdeadwright

Any word on the sparring partners he has lined up state side,
I hear Paulie Mag is one but surely he'll look for someone who's sharper than that,

yourdeadwright

Any word on the sparring partners he has lined up state side,
I hear Paulie Mag is one but surely he'll look for someone who's sharper than that,

bmcc10

Syphonax wrote: »

erm yes read between the lines im saying his punching power is to weak to knock out Mayweather and yes whatever Diaz was on is probably to he only reason he was still standing in the fight. Guy was clearly off his t!ts on something you just has to listen to him talking

There is no point

Syphonax

:rolleyes: yes you're not making

Syphonax

any

Outlaw Pete

Syphonax wrote: »

FFS point is simple, MMA gloves smaller, boxing gloves larger, opponent no. 1 some guy on steroids, opponent no 2. undefeated boxing champion. The fact he couldnt knock Diaz out with effectively his FULL PUNCH leads me to believe he wont even come close to bruising Meaweeather.

What you're failing to take into consideration is that if it was a boxing match Nate wouldn't have been able to lie on the ground recovering like he did.

He would have been counted out or had to face those punches again in an unrecovered state and for damn sure that would have meant he would have ended up getting KO/TKO'd

Hell, I've seen boxing fights stopped after fighters reacted the way Nate did to those punches.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcqIKN3C40g

Frank Bullitt

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

lol. Yeah, me and Forbes..... making shit up :rolleyes:





Nope, I do not think that. Maybe read people's posts before replying to them.... I clearly said:

From the same article:

Although [Mayweather] has substantial assets, those assets are restricted and primarily illiquid," states the petition. "The taxpayer has a significant liquidity event scheduled in about 60 days from which he intends to pay the balance of the 2015 tax liability due and outstanding."

So he has the money. If McGregor thinks that Floyd needs him for this, he is already on queer street.

Just because he can use the few hundred million he gets to pay off the bill doesn't mean he owes that kind of number either. The figures in that article are 3.4 and 6.17 million, he could probably pay that off with his credit card.

Syphonax

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

What you're failing to take into consideration is that if it was a boxing match Nate wouldn't have been able to lie on the ground recovering like he did.

He would have been counted out or had to face those punches again in that state. For sure he would have got KO/TKO'd.

Hell, I've seen boxing fights stopped after fighters reacted the way Nate did to those punches.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcqIKN3C40g

Thats the thing though, he never looked in danger of going down, kept on coming and laughing at McGregor. To use the boxing analogy, the fight would have probably been stopped as he was bleeding profusely but then again GLOVES, GLOVES, GLOVES there is no way McGregor will inflict any near the same amount of damage against a veteran like mayweather.

Gamebred

You'd swear Mayweather was fighting GGG the way people are going on about Conor.

Inviere

Syphonax wrote: »

FFS point is simple, MMA gloves smaller, boxing gloves larger, opponent no. 1 some guy on steroids, opponent no 2. undefeated boxing champion. The fact he couldnt knock Diaz out with effectively his FULL PUNCH leads me to believe he wont even come close to bruising Meaweeather.

Diaz would seem un-ko'able, he's an anomaly in that regard. Instead, we'll look at Aldo, a man who dominated for a decade and who had rarely been troubled. Mendez knocked him down briefly, but only for a second. McGregor done to him what nobody had seen before done to him, or expected.

That said, Mayweather has already been hit harder than McGregor could ever hit him, and moseyed on. Do I believe McGregor could KO Floyd? Technically yes I do. Will he be presented with that opportunity? I don't see that as very likely. Mayweather's movement is just too good.

Subcomandante Marcos

Gamebred wrote: »

You'd swear Mayweather was fighting GGG the way people are going on about Conor.

People seem to forget that he already schooled Canelo, one of the p4p biggest hitters in boxing only a few years ago too.

It's fantasy stuff people are clinging to for some weird reason.

Gamebred

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

People seem to forget that he already schooled Canelo, one of the p4p biggest hitters in boxing only a few years ago too.

It's fantasy stuff people are clinging to for some weird reason.

I'd rank Conor's brain washing of these people as a better achievement than winning 2 ufc titles, its staggering really.

Outlaw Pete

Gintonious wrote: »

So he has the money.

I didn't say he didn't. Again, it's a about perception and if the media have headlines saying that Mayweather is asking courts can they wait until after the fight so he can pay them with money he gets from fighting Conor...... then Conor can twist and manipulate that.

If McGregor thinks that Floyd needs him for this, he is already on queer street.

He doesn't think that :P

Just because he can use the few hundred million he gets to pay off the bill doesn't mean he owes that kind of number either. The figures in that article are 3.4 and 6.17 million, he could probably pay that off with his credit card.

I don't think you're even trying to understand the point being made. No bother.

Lukker-

Has this been posted?

Showtimes official trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X69PYmZnvU

not as good as the Jones/Cormier one but still cool.

Inviere

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

People seem to forget that he already schooled Canelo, one of the p4p biggest hitters in boxing only a few years ago too.

It's fantasy stuff people are clinging to for some weird reason.

He's Irish, he's the underdog, of course there's a fantastical element to this. Logic, rationality, and facts aside, there's a fun element to it all from a fans perspective (fans of Conor that is). Personally I just love the fact that a man has gone from being on the dole, to setting the UFC on fire, and is now fighting arguably the greatest boxer of all time for riches beyond his wildest dreams - all in the space of five or six years. Aside from the different disciplines, it's the plot of Rocky 1 come to life.

Outlaw Pete

Syphonax wrote: »

Thats the thing though, he never looked in danger of going down, kept on coming and laughing at McGregor. To use the boxing analogy, the fight would have probably been stopped as he was bleeding profusely but then again GLOVES, GLOVES, GLOVES there is no way McGregor will inflict any near the same amount of damage against a veteran like mayweather.

I agree with you about the gloves but not with regards to him not looking like he would go down.

He did go down.