Fight Time From 4am-McGregor vs Mayweather**MOD Warning in 1st Post**

Floyd via DQ

Is Gervonta Davis really as good as the odds make him sound?

Eircom_Sucks

Conor via DQ

Ok first thing ,i'm a mcgregor fan ok

The way i see it ( at least in my head )

Mcgregor is used to being hit by 4oz and 8oz might feel like pillows to him , im not sure

He won't come out as a traditional boxer ( cause he's not ) he'll come out with all weird stances and try pin mayweather in a corner and unload on him , intensity might play a key componenent here , mayweather used to guys who protect against being hit , mcgregor may just try absorb that ( we'll see how long it lasts ) and just smother mayweather , hoping to catch him with a sweet left in all the mayhem , i honestly thing alot of people are sleeping on conor , all the purists etc conor aint got no chance etc , all it takes is 1 shot

I'm hoping for mcgregor to flatten him ( it could happen , father time , fatigue )

But also mayweather may just run and pick shots and frustrate conor

Either way he wins big $

Jamiekelly

Donald Trump wrote: »

I think that after the first minute or so, he might revert to the "sleeping stance".

i.e. lying on the flat of his back in the middle of the ring while the room swirls around him

lol you should have stopped at "sleeping stance" fairly obvious what you meant :pac:

JenJohn

McGregor is going to end this quickly and violently . Easy money . Pay off a nice chunk of my morgage tomorrow .

StringerBell

Floyd via DQ

Right folks, time for me to bow out and hit the hay for the night, looking forward to watching it in the morning. I am going to completely change my pick and say McGregor's all out attack overwhelms the oul fella and gets him out of there in two..........or not.

Mayweather within 5 is still my gut feeling, hoping the undercard is decent for competitiveness anyway.

I am slightly surprised the fear of missing out didn't kick in at all, guess it goes to show even in my mind I can't convince myself it is any more then a novelty act.

Enjoy to anyone staying up for it and we can all still be friends tomorrow!

Jamiekelly

StringerBell wrote: »

Right folks, time for me to bow out and hit the hay for the night, looking forward to watching it in the morning. I am going to completely change my pick and say McGregor's all out attack overwhelms the oul fella and gets him out of there in two..........or not.

Mayweather within 5 is still my gut feeling, hoping the undercard is decent for competitiveness anyway.

I am slightly surprised the fear of missing out didn't kick in at all, guess it goes to show even in my mind I can't convince myself it is any more then a novelty act.

Enjoy to anyone staying up for it and we can all still be friends tomorrow!

Eircom_Sucks

Conor via DQ

JenJohn wrote: »

McGregor is going to end this quickly and violently . Easy money . Pay off a nice chunk of my morgage tomorrow .

Love the optimism

Im of the same opinion he'll win

Very high fight iq

Eircom_Sucks

Conor via DQ

Imagine if he did obliterate mayweather ?

What would the excuses be

Eircom_Sucks

Floyd via DQ

Eircom_Sucks wrote: »

Imagine if he did obliterate mayweather ?

What would the excuses be

Imagine if pigs could fly :pac:

walshb

Floyd via KO-TKO

Eircom_Sucks wrote: »

Imagine if he did obliterate mayweather ?

What would the excuses be

Would you not be just happy with the result and not looking for excuses...?

gitzy16v

Conor via DQ

walshb wrote: »

Would you not be just happy with the result and not looking for excuses...?

Well happy and the excuses would would mean nothing:P

buzzinfly83

Jamiekelly wrote: »

He doesn't have much experience with using the double jab technique to measure distance so I think that he will use a wider stance to judge the distance and throw some uncertainty at Floyd.

Yeah I was thinking he will stick to what he knows to some degree but it will interesting how that will play out in a boxing match. I'd say he's going to leave himself wide open and with his lack of head movement he could be eating a lot of leather. I think he's banking on Floyds shots not being able to hurt him and he will be willing to take a couple in order to land that big shot.

reason vs religion

Arcade_Tryer wrote: »

I think a lot of professional athletes, even those coming from similar sports such as MMA, can often be very surprised at the levels of fitness and stamina required to go round after round in a boxing ring. I think McGregor's age advantage is negated by his lack of boxing fitness, which will become obvious very early.

He hasn't even got MMA fitness.

Man Vs ManUre

Conor via DQ

Hmmm at exactly 1am sky box office turns to a fully blue screen with no volume. Anyone getting the same??

James Bond Junior

Floyd via KO-TKO

Man Vs ManUre wrote: »

Hmmm at exactly 1am sky box office turns to a fully blue screen with no volume. Anyone getting the same??

Same here. Had issues ordering box office here to begin with.

A friend text and said to try channel 872.

Karlrove

Does anyone know details of the repeat tomorrow? 10am...but is that full card or main fight???

DEFTLEFTHAND

Man Vs ManUre wrote: »

Hmmm at exactly 1am sky box office turns to a fully blue screen with no volume. Anyone getting the same??

Getting the same here, blue screen for the last 20 mins.

Karlrove

I have looked everywhere for details but can find it NOWHERE

begbysback

Floyd via DQ

Can someone put up a humble pie thread - i dont want to have to trawl through this thread in the morning to find our mma friends eating large slices

Man Vs ManUre

Conor via DQ

I had to call sky up. They said that 1st hr was just free. But I explained that I had booked it a week ago. I had to go into my email and give them the full details (I am watching at a relatives house so they forward d me the email when I booked it), so the sky guy just quickly said he would resend the signal to the box, and it came back. He was in a rush to end the call so probably same happening to lots. Hopefully no more interruptions. Come on Conor!!

Man Vs ManUre

Conor via DQ

James Bond Junior wrote: »

Man Vs ManUre wrote: »

Figured it out!! Go Conor.

How did you do it?

Press the R button. Then back out.

Copper_pipe

Floyd via DQ

James Bond Junior wrote: »

Same here. Had issues ordering box office here to begin with.

A friend text and said to try channel 872.

I hope you didnt fall for that!

A Primal Nut

Watching prelims here. As someone who watches MMA, I don't think I watched a full boxing card before. And no wonder, this presentation is absolutely horrible. It's no surprise MMA has taken over from Boxing in popularity.

Boxing really needs to learn from UFC on how to present entire shows but given the emphasis on the main eventers who control the show that's unlikely.

This is really dire.

James Bond Junior

Floyd via KO-TKO

Copper_pipe wrote: »

I hope you didnt fall for that!

Nah I didn't but my brother in law did.. never saw a man try to mash the back up button into the remote like he just did!!!

Mr.Nice Guy

Floyd via DQ

I saw Paddy Barnes retweet this. Very good.

https://twitter.com/BBCnireland/status/901051560939012096

TheCatSpangler

Sky box office stream is fvcking freezing like a motherfvcker here. Same for anyone else or just me?

redarmy

Floyd via DQ

TheCatSpangler wrote: »

Sky box office stream is fvcking freezing like a motherfvcker here. Same for anyone else or just me?

streams do that:)

Man Vs ManUre

Conor via DQ

A Primal Nut wrote: »

Watching prelims here. As someone who watches MMA, I don't think I watched a full boxing card before. And no wonder, this presentation is absolutely horrible. It's no surprise MMA has taken over from Boxing in popularity.

Boxing really needs to learn from UFC on how to present entire shows but given the emphasis on the main eventers who control the show that's unlikely.

This is really dire.

Have always been a fan of boxing, but it dorsnt compare to MMA now, and especially the UFC. Boxing became too complex with too many weight classes, too many organisations, multiple champions in them, and same person being champion in different promotions. UFC nailed their business model, and show the personalities of their maverick fighters. Dana White is a genius promoter, he appeals to the normal average punter fffing and blinding, wearing jeans any tshirt, always giving straight answers. At every big monthly event there is usually at least 2 big world title fights, where either fighter has as good of chance to win. Even when Conor fights, he is never a big favourite to rob, he has mostly been the underdog. If he wins tonight boxing will be in a lot more trouble. Whatever about it he GGG Canelo fight, they may be great boxers but they are not maverick rebel working class superstars lol me Conor, Diaz bros, Bones Jones in spite of his problems, Bisping, Cruz. Even the boring personalities like Garbrandt and Dillashaw will produce a super fight in 2 months. Very exciting times for combat sports and it's fans.

A Primal Nut

Do Sky have their own announcers throughout the entire show? Would prefer to hear Showtime's crew with Ranallo, etc for the main event.

TheCatSpangler

redarmy wrote: »

streams do that:)

Was a Windows issue apparently. Booted into linux and smooth and flowy as McGregor playing touch butt in a park now.