sonofenoch wrote: » If McGregor were to beat him (I know I know) but I will say anyone not even affording him a punchers chance are being disingenuous at best.....anyway if he won what chances him going the boxing route full time and ditching mma
VW 1 wrote: » People talking of him winning, full time boxing, fighting the winner of canelo GGG. This thread is currently at full retard.
buzzinfly83 wrote: » Don't get me wrong I'll watch it for free for the spectacle but there's not a chance in hell I'd pay for this farce.
Morrison J wrote: I can't see any way it's the McGregor fight. The date is too close. That fight will be sold on the trash talk. They'll take press conferences around the word like and build it. No chance they rush it and have it on in two months.
GerryDerpy wrote: » If he won that would be up there with Italia 90 for me.
rogieop wrote: » I find it incredible people still dont seem to realise that this is the end game for Mcgregor. He fights Floyd, pockets 100 million odd abd thats it. He's out the gate, not a hope hes going back fighting max or khabib etc etc for a couple mil and a 100k bonus. After this he is young rich fresh and free. Will start his own promotion. NQAT.
cloudatlas wrote: » I don't think he'll retire, he seems genuinely obsessed with the sport and someone who can't sit still for two seconds, do you think he would be satisfied going the Ronda Rousey direction trying to get into film, being bossed around for days on a film set?
akelly02 wrote: » So obsessed with the sport he isnt even competing in it for his next fight
Lukker- wrote: » Boom_Bap wrote: » Just going to throw something out there, will the 3 minute rounds be of benefit to Conor. There have been questions over his endurance over 5 minute rounds so he might be able to put more into a round. Obviously 12 over 5 is a huge difference. Or is 3 minutes not enough for him to find his groove? He'll be blowing hard by round 5 IMO. If he's to get TKO'd it'll between 5-8. If he makes it past than I think he'll recover and survive. I also don't think Floyd will be going 100%
Boom_Bap wrote: » Just going to throw something out there, will the 3 minute rounds be of benefit to Conor. There have been questions over his endurance over 5 minute rounds so he might be able to put more into a round. Obviously 12 over 5 is a huge difference. Or is 3 minutes not enough for him to find his groove?
sonofenoch wrote: » .anyway if he won what chances him going the boxing route full time and ditching mma
Mellor wrote: » I think people in general underestimate the difference the round structure makes. Look at it this way; An MMA main event is 25work:4rest. A boxing match is 36work:11rest The 44% increase is fight time is significant. But so is the 175% increase in rest time and increase in rest frequency. Plus as darced pointed out, no grappling makes it less energy intensive. Cardio won't be the issue for Conor.
Gamebred wrote: » Have yet to see one solid bit of evidence the fight with Floyd is happening, its becoming a farce announce it or **** off.
Lukker- wrote: » All valid, and the smaller ring means you have less distance to travel too. That said punching air is tiring and Conor won't be used to missing so much. I think he'll be struggling at the end of some rounds, especially if he's getting countered. At some point too he's gonna be chasing the fight and will prob start throwing heavy, which will lead him to gassing quicker. But as you say he'll have plenty of recovery time. I'm also curious what weight the fight will be at. Early indications were Floyd wanted it 147. That cut would certainly affect his cardio and I doubt Conor could even make it under boxings more stringent weight cutting guidelines. 154 is probably more realistic though.
red ears wrote: » Conor will have to insist on 154, he is already entering Floyd's world of boxing, Mayweather can't have everything his way.
Burial. wrote: » LOL you clearly don't know Mayweather. He got his own way against some Boxing greats, he'll get anything he wants against a novice. I'd guess a potential fight would be at 150-152.
red ears wrote: » If conor agrees to 147 then he clearly knows he is in for a beating and is just looking for the big payday. It wouldn't be worth watching.
