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

John_D80 · 02-02-2017 05:20PM

Its a no-brainer for McGregor (or anyone).

$10 million approx for fighting Khabib/Tony or $50 million plus for fighting Mayweather.

My own estimations of what it would be worth to him I admit.

dashoonage · 02-02-2017 05:57PM

Depp wrote: »

in the cage, mcgregor wins every time, but in a football match pogba takes it handy

what gloves though.....

red ears · 02-02-2017 07:53PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I am delighted Conor is the lightweight champion and I want to see him leave a legacy, go on to defend his belt numerous times, not take a exhibition boxing match and that makes me a Conor hater?

I agree and can you imagine the buzz in a build up to McGregor V Khabib. It would be unreal. Conor V Floyd really means nothing. It just won't get the adrenaline going like the Khabib fight would. The Floyd fight would make conor a lot of money but why would anyone other than conor be concerned about that.

TireeTerror · 02-02-2017 08:08PM

red ears wrote: »

I agree and can you imagine the buzz in a build up to McGregor V Khabib. It would be unreal. Conor V Floyd really means nothing. It just won't get the adrenaline going like the Khabib fight would. The Floyd fight would make conor a lot of money but why would anyone other than conor be concerned about that.

McGregor V Khabib would be exciting in MMA circles, but McGregor Vs Mayweather would appeal to a hell of a lot more people, it would be utterly incredible.

Those two options are not even slightly comparable if you are talking about trying to attract a global audience.

StringerBell · 02-02-2017 10:12PM

John_D80 wrote: »

The superstars of any other sport on this planet have almost total autonomous rights over their own image

This isn't true.

Also, one of my favourite things about McGregor is how successful he has been in getting other people invested in how much money he makes, it is absolutely brilliant.

Think about it, so many of his fans are completely obsessed with his numbers and how much money he makes! To get a bunch of strangers so interested is a great achievement imo.

Lukker- · 02-02-2017 10:16PM

Cody gets to meet the owners before Conor:

John_D80 · 02-02-2017 10:26PM

StringerBell wrote: »

This isn't true.

Also, one of my favourite things about McGregor is how successful he has been in getting other people invested in how much money he makes, it is absolutely brilliant.

Think about it, so many of his fans are completely obsessed with his numbers and how much money he makes! To get a bunch of strangers so interested is a great achievement imo.

Did you deliberately only quote half the sentence?

Also, hoping that he does as well for himself as he possibly can doesn't at all amount to anything like the same thing as being invested or obsessed in how much he makes.

weldoninhio · 02-02-2017 11:37PM

TireeTerror wrote: »

McGregor V Khabib would be exciting in MMA circles, but McGregor Vs Mayweather would appeal to a hell of a lot more people, it would be utterly incredible.

Those two options are not even slightly comparable if you are talking about trying to attract a global audience.

Biggest fight since Rocky vs Thunderlips.

02-02-2017 11:42PM

StringerBell wrote: »

This isn't true.

Also, one of my favourite things about McGregor is how successful he has been in getting other people invested in how much money he makes, it is absolutely brilliant.

Think about it, so many of his fans are completely obsessed with his numbers and how much money he makes! To get a bunch of strangers so interested is a great achievement imo.

Exactly I love Conor and I am a massive fan. At the start I was happy Conor was making enough money to make himself comfortable and concentrate on fighting. At this stage he is set and I am happy for him making as much money as possible, but I dont give a **** what he makes, its not me making it.

I will just comment on who I want to see him fight, I wont be saying "Conor is fighting Floyd for 100m and you are a hater if you think different" kind of crap you see around here. I want to see Conor defend his belt, which he doesn't seem to want to do. I know Conor wants to leave early, what would have made him an absolute legend (more of a legend) would have been one defense of the FW, move up dismantle Alvarez and then one defense of LW then do this boxing crap for 100m and then retire into the sunset. Either way he is his own man, he can do what he wants.

rob316 · 03-02-2017 12:18AM

The Ayatolla wrote: »

Would Pogba beat McGregor?

in the battle of haircuts?

Mellor · 03-02-2017 02:08AM

This place goes off the rails approaching a normal McGregor fight. Thoughts of what it'll be like if this farce goes ahead.

Mods: If it ever becomes official, you should direct the boxing discussion to the appropriate forum :pac: :pac: :pac:

Positively Negative · 03-02-2017 02:10AM

Mellor wrote:

Mods: If it ever becomes official, you should direct the boxing discussion to the appropriate forum

Na, the mods over there are trolls themselves. The Mods on this forum seem to have the hardest job on Boards, yet are the most reasonable. Keep it here

Morrison J · 03-02-2017 09:38AM

StringerBell wrote: »

This isn't true.

Also, one of my favourite things about McGregor is how successful he has been in getting other people invested in how much money he makes, it is absolutely brilliant.

Think about it, so many of his fans are completely obsessed with his numbers and how much money he makes! To get a bunch of strangers so interested is a great achievement imo.

Floyd was the pioneer of this though. All McGregor is doing is copying what Floyd has done before him.

Depp · 03-02-2017 10:20AM

Morrison J wrote: »

Floyd was the pioneer of this though. All McGregor is doing is copying what Floyd has done before him.

yeah no floyd invented fight promotion alright...good lad

Morrison J · 03-02-2017 10:40AM

Depp wrote: »

yeah no floyd invented fight promotion alright...good lad

Yeah fight promotion is a lot more than talking about earnings. Floyd was the first to get people talking about the money he was making at length.

Depp · 03-02-2017 10:44AM

Morrison J wrote: »

Yeah fight promotion is a lot more than talking about earnings. Floyd was the first to get people talking about the money he was making at length.

right yeah...

Morrison J · 03-02-2017 10:56AM

Depp wrote: »

right yeah...

Ali's image was never defined by money anywhere near to the extent of Floyd's or McGregor's. One picture doesn't change that. Ali was the pioneer of proper trash talk etc which both Mayweather and McGregor copy but Floyd brought earnings/money to the forefront.

EagererBeaver · 03-02-2017 11:16AM

weldoninhio wrote: »

Biggest fight since Rocky vs Thunderlips.

Tyson vs Secretariat.

StringerBell · 04-02-2017 10:38AM

John_D80 wrote: »

Did you deliberately only quote half the sentence?

Also, hoping that he does as well for himself as he possibly can doesn't at all amount to anything like the same thing as being invested or obsessed in how much he makes.

I highlighted the part of your post that was not true, which seemed obvious to me, not sure where your confusion lies? It was a long post, surely you don't need me to quote the lot for you to follow what I am getting at

The second part is correct, of course you can hope he does well without being obsessed with how much he makes, if thats you then good for you. Can you not acknowledge there are plenty out there who are not like that?

StringerBell · 04-02-2017 10:45AM

Depp wrote: »

yeah no floyd invented fight promotion alright...good lad

He isn't talking about fight promotion though, more that when PBF became Money Mayweather. He was certainly at the forefront of making figures and money such a huge point of discussion.

His name is synonymous with money, and talking about money in boxing. He loves telling you how much he has, how much he makes etc,and so do his fans.

I can't remember anybody before him in the sport who matched him for that, have I missed someone?

Ali is clearly not in the same ball park at all, he is known for his quick wit and trash talking which spawned plenty of imitators, but in terms of money, and boasting about money I can't remember anybody like Floyd.

John_D80 · 04-02-2017 01:09PM

StringerBell wrote: »

I highlighted the part of your post that was not true, which seemed obvious to me, not sure where your confusion lies? It was a long post, surely you don't need me to quote the lot for you to follow what I am getting at

The second part is correct, of course you can hope he does well without being obsessed with how much he makes, if thats you then good for you. Can you not acknowledge there are plenty out there who are not like that?

You carefully selected part of point I made to make it look like i was saying something else. What I actually said:

John_D80 wrote: »

The superstars of any other sport on this planet have almost total autonomous rights over their own image, their endorsements, their own future and their own careers.

And the part you quoted:

The superstars of any other sport on this planet have almost total autonomous rights over their own image

My point had a bit more depth than that in fairness. If you believe its incorrect, please elaborate rather than just saying ''This isn't true''. But address the actual point itself please rather than an edited portion of it.

04-02-2017 01:25PM

All this sh!te talk about money. I don't give a **** what their bank balance is haha, anyone who cares what a fighter makes needs to get a life. Surely as mma fans most people here would prefer to see Conor defend his title than fight an exhibition fight against Mayweather?

Gamebred · 04-02-2017 01:31PM

Thats the problem us mma purists are the minority when it comes to the promoters making fights, they put on what the general public will buy.

Mellor · 04-02-2017 01:32PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Surely as mma fans most people here would prefer to see Conor defend his title than fight an exhibition fight against Mayweather?

Yeah of course. But the number one contender has to be established first. Then he'll need a break, then a camp it'll be the end of the year before Khabib or Tony is ready to challenge Conor.
If Conor fights Mayweather in the meantime, I'm ok with that. If it significantly holds up MMA, not as ok.

XsApollo · 04-02-2017 02:38PM

Conor has no intention of becoming an MMA great I think, just wants to make as much money as possible which I have no problem with and move on to other ventures I think.

He will never be held in the same breath as Aldo , Coture, Hughes, Liddell, Fedor and the likes and has no intention of defending his belt for years and years and becoming the most dominant lightweight ever or featherweight as was seen already.

I have no interest in seeing mayweather demolish him either so, if he ain't gonna defend his belt soon and fights mayweather before defending it , then he should be stripped again and let the division move on.

Gamebred · 04-02-2017 02:43PM

XsApollo wrote: »

He will never be held in the same breath as Aldo , Coture, Hughes, Liddell, Fedor and the likes and has no intention of defending his belt for years and years and becoming the most dominant lightweight ever or featherweight as was seen already.

Same breathe when talking about defences absolutely, but he will go down as one of the very best to ever fight in mma one of the most explosive knock out artists at a high level, something Aldo will never go down as so theres that,

as stated I dont think he cares about legacy that wont pay his bills when hes 60, if other fighters like cowboy thought like that they might be a bit better equipped for life after fighting.

04-02-2017 03:01PM

Mellor wrote: »

Yeah of course. But the number one contender has to be established first. Then he'll need a break, then a camp it'll be the end of the year before Khabib or Tony is ready to challenge Conor.
If Conor fights Mayweather in the meantime, I'm ok with that. If it significantly holds up MMA, not as ok.

Conor is saying most likely start of 2018 for the Mayweather fight, so It could be spring/summer 2018 when/if he fights in UFC again. That makes me sad

I love the build up, the waiting and just everything about his fights, I hope this boxing crap is all just talk and he is really just keeping himself in the papers when he is on a career break.

04-02-2017 03:03PM

XsApollo wrote: »

Conor has no intention of becoming an MMA great I think, just wants to make as much money as possible which I have no problem with and move on to other ventures I think.

He will never be held in the same breath as Aldo , Coture, Hughes, Liddell, Fedor and the likes and has no intention of defending his belt for years and years and becoming the most dominant lightweight ever or featherweight as was seen already.

I have no interest in seeing mayweather demolish him either so, if he ain't gonna defend his belt soon and fights mayweather before defending it , then he should be stripped again and let the division move on.

That's the thing, Conor will be remembered as an MMA great. He doesn't have to go on and defend his belt numerous times, if he just defends it once against the winner of Khabib/Ferguson then rematched Diaz and won both those fights and retired he would be remembered as a GOAT.

hewhoscares · 04-02-2017 03:42PM

Deleted User wrote: »

XsApollo wrote: »

Conor has no intention of becoming an MMA great I think, just wants to make as much money as possible which I have no problem with and move on to other ventures I think.

He will never be held in the same breath as Aldo , Coture, Hughes, Liddell, Fedor and the likes and has no intention of defending his belt for years and years and becoming the most dominant lightweight ever or featherweight as was seen already.

I have no interest in seeing mayweather demolish him either so, if he ain't gonna defend his belt soon and fights mayweather before defending it , then he should be stripped again and let the division move on.

That's the thing, Conor will be remembered as an MMA great. He doesn't have to go on and defend his belt numerous times, if he just defends it once against the winner of Khabib/Ferguson then rematched Diaz and won both those fights and retired he would be remembered as a GOAT.

If he never fights in MMA again, he will not be mentioned in the same breath as GSP, Silva, Fedor or Jones as they had longevity. He'll be a great case of what if.
What he has done has been spectacular. And the way he was won fights has been nothing short of extraordinary. But amongst other things body of work matters in such matters.
And Dustin Poirer shouldn't be one of the best wins of a GOAT's career. As steady a fighter as he is.

Whatever this Mayweather chat is, its great for his negotiations at least. Signing that 8 fight deal had him a little trapped, but this is about as good as his leverage can get in the position he in contractually.

The Ayatolla · 04-02-2017 06:49PM

LOL.

Conor McGregor IS MMA. We'll not see the likes of him ever again and he trumps all those names above in terms of star power and being a household name.

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

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