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

Conor fights with his chin exposed, hands low, hands come up from far away to defend and parry, he doesn't ring cut very well, he moves in and out. He does not have the technique required to fight a champion boxer.

I'd rather see him fight Khabib.

darced wrote: »

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While he obviously has more than Floyd, Chris Eubank Jr is not known for his power. He came scarily close to taking Nick Blackwell's life from pure accumulation of punches. Floyd will land at will against Conor and if Conor fights as aggressively as I'd expect I'd honestly be worried about his health.

Conor either quits on his stool or gets stopped on his feet within 6 rounds imo.

Gamebred wrote: »

I'd like to see him go into boxing full time now, Mayweather first then Canelo or Khan afterwards hes achieved everything in MMA 2 belts there is little more for him to achieve time to take over boxing.

It'd be grand except we're used to seeing Conor fight on a regular enough basis. With all the bullshjt associated with boxing we'd probably see him fight once every 2 years

walshb wrote: »

And the 8-10 oz gloves certainly will not feel like pillows when they land. They may look it compared to hardened and compacted 4 oz MMA gloves. That's just looks. Bigger volume glove means more surface area to connect with, and they aren't pillow like when they land. They won't slip or slide near as much as the smaller MMA gloves.

having taken flush shots from both i can categorically tell you you are wrong

Reading this thread for 12 minutes would do more damage than 10 or 4oz gloves.

Swashbuckler wrote: »

How bout taking 10oz to the face constantly for 12 rounds or 4oz for three rounds?

im not disagreeing with the fact cumulative shots do damage its just the poster said something that was blatantly wrong.

Gamebred wrote: »

walshb wrote: »

This is where many will be surprised. Mayweather if he actually commits will be whacking Conor with ease. This is actually a dangerous scenario to be allowing a complete nobody boxer into the ring with an experienced professional. It's not tiddlywinks. Has Conor got nobody to advise him of the dangers? Mayweather may not be Julian Jackson as regards one shot power, but the facts remain that it doesn't take all that much force to cause injury or worse in a boxing ring.

Yep 40 year old midget with broken hands is gonna hurt someone who takes shots and never been dropped with 4oz gloves lol.

Yes. This is an incredibly ignorant post. Nate Diaz isn't known as any sort of power puncher and when he landed clean a couple of times McGregor buckled big time prior to shooting for his life. 
15 mins of McGregor swinging at fresh air and Floyd pop shotting repeatedly. He would get hurt. Badly.

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Conor would beat Floyd by KO within 4 rounds, would be too easy for him, Floyd has never fought an opponent like Conor before

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

He'd be better off fighting a few local pros like one of the Uptons or something before he even attempts to fight a top ranked pro.

You are smart enough to know that's nonsense. A local pro would make sense if he was trying to move full time into boxing. But he isn't, so that match offers no benefit.
The Floyd fight is the only fight for one reason and one reason only. Focusing how far below his level he is beside the point imo

Mellor wrote: »

FYI that means that the damage is significantly less as it's spread over a bigger area.
Floyd is clearly leagues ahead in terms of boxing ability. He doesn't need you to pretend that boxing gloves are an offensive advantage. The tactical advantages of gloves is defence. Harder to get through, easier to block.
Look at John Wayne Parr's caged muay Thai vrs trad Muay Thai

I understand this. My point was more to do with the bigger gloves leaving less room for error/inaccuracy when landing. Plus you tend to commit more when your hands have that extra padding and protection.

Bottom line: Complete non boxer meets skilled experienced boxer, expect the real probability of serious injury. The fact that it's a pot shotting Mayweather is irrelevant. He will still land consistently and with accuracy, and enough force to be dangerous.

walshb wrote: »

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I understand this. My point was more to do with the bigger gloves leaving less room for error/inaccuracy when landing. Plus you tend to commit more when your hands have that extra padding and protection.

You are throwing a bigger object, but the glove blocking is also also bigger. A glancing shot with boxing gloves us nothing like a flush shot.

You commit more with protection. That's applies to bareknuckle vrs wrapped hands. Not MMA verses boxing.

Bottom line: Complete non boxer meets skilled experienced boxer, expect the real probability of serious injury. The fact that it's a pot shotting Mayweather is irrelevant. He will still land consistently and with accuracy, and enough force to be dangerous.

I've no doubt that Mayweather can land land at will. I never said elsewise.

I'm only talking about the part where you said the difference between larger/softer boxing gloves and smaller/harder MMA gloves is just looks. You don't really believe that do you?

Conor McGregor fans will be doing bloody nuttin this Friday :-P

He is in vegas instead?
An announcement coming up?

Or maybe not enough people came along

Brand ambassador role not doing much for Rolls-Royce. Have just announced a loss of 4.6bn.