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Fight Time From 4am-McGregor vs MayweatherMOD Warning in 1st Post

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So, this is looking more likely to be on the cards sooner rather than later...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/38591420

Any opinion on who would win this potential fight?

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wonderfullife

yabadabado wrote: »

A total load of bollix

Is that your expert opinion

Ok August 27th, you wake up hungover and realise yes it happened, Conor won a unanimous decision 117-111 x2, and a 116-112.

What are you saying then?

Humour me.

yabadabado

wonderfullife wrote: »

Is that your expert opinion

Ok August 27th, you wake up hungover and realise yes it happened, Conor won a unanimous decision 117-111 x2, and a 116-112.

What are you saying then?

Humour me.

My expert opinion ?
Your post is a pile of dirt and you are beyond deluded.

As for the fight if McGregor wins fair ****s to him but there ain't a hope in hell he wins UD .Whatever chance he has with a one punch hail Mary,UD is bonkers and I presume you know this deep down but your love of McG has made you go a little nuts.

wonderfullife

yabadabado wrote: »

My expert opinion ?
Your post is a pile of dirt and you are beyond deluded.

As for the fight if McGregor wins fair ****s to him but there ain't a hope in hell he wins UD .Whatever chance he has with a one punch hail Mary,UD is bonkers and I presume you know this deep down but your love of McG has made you go a little nuts.

I'm open minded to every outcome.

I still think Floyd wins by TKO Round 9 but I gave up underestimating Conor a long time ago. Contrary to what you might think I criticize him a lot when it's warranted.

Assuming the fight goes long, then I think the scorecards will read 4 rounds to 3 either way coming into the 8th.

ThinkProgress

wonderfullife wrote: »

This thread shows the insecurity of boxing fans sitting in their ivory towers.

People are slating this fight as a farce, a joke, a sham, a circus because it's a necessary insurance policy for you all to defend your sport if the unthinkable happens.

The truth is if Conor goes in there and beats Floyd (by KO, TKO or decision) it will shatter the preconception that special athletes in different combat sports can't immediately make the transition to boxing and, on their day, beat the best.

So you're all laying the groundwork for excuses in case Conor does well and wins, that's all this thread has been!

It's very easy to discredit a Conor victory when you lay the groundwork ahead of time that the fight is more of an exhibition.

Insecure stuff.

Trust me on this - MMA fans wouldn't be carrying on like you lot if the roles were reversed. We would be saying 'fair play to Floyd showing balls getting in the Octagon but Conor is going to tear his head off'.

Anyway it'll be one of life's greatest pleasures to read this thread if Conor does pull off the upset. It'll be like a salt mine.

Seriously, I am convinced you are just trolling at this stage....

Do you know much about pro boxing, and sports in general...???

If boxing fans were trying to get their excuses in early for any kind of upset, they easily could do so... But most are not doing that.

Here, I'll give it a whirl just for the craic...

What age is floyd??

What age was Muhammad Ali when he got the head beat off him by Larry Holmes??

Do you know many fans of the sport who would use those later defeats, when judging Ali's career...???

What age is Conor?? He is absolutely in the prime of his fighting career... and he is basically fighting an old man!! (in high level sporting terms)

An elite fighter, in his prime, versus an old man... because in high level sporting terms, 40 years old might as well be 90... Floyd should be long retired.

Also, Conor is the active fighter... while floyd is coming out of retirement, and has been inactive for quite a while!

If he goes out there, and fight #50 ends up being one fight too many... Big deal? He's a veteran who went on too long... Happens all the time in boxing!!

But what if he totally schools McGregor...?? What if he ends up being the much faster, and more agile fighter...?? What if he's so damn fast, that Conor can't hardly lay a glove on him in this fight..??

Won't you be a little bit embarrassed, that a superstar MMA fighter, in his physical prime, can't even get close to an old man..??

Won't it be slightly embarrassing, that the guy who is top of the food chain in MMA, can't even give an old timer like floyd a decent fight...???

See, we could easily build a narrative like this around the fight if we wanted to... but most boxing fans are not doing this!!

It's actually people like yourself who are hedging your bets around this fight, and getting your excuses in early...

You are giving people a hard time around here, because they are nailing their colours to the mast, by predicting an easy Mayweather win...

So if Conor wins... I'm guessing you'll come on here, and tell everyone "I told you so.."

Except you really didn't...

Because you are also backing floyd to win in the 9th round... lol

That's just you attempting to play both sides, so you can look clever no matter what happens...

Do you seriously think people are so dumb, not to see through that kind of BS...??

Come on man, that is comical stuff... :P

Why don't you actually pick a side, and be brave for once in your life!!!

If you actually had the courage of your convictions, and you believed in McGregor as much as you pretend to... you would pick him to win.

You wouldn't need to hedge your bets, like a bit of a coward...

How can you criticise anyone else, when you are being a bit of a pu$$y by backing both guys to win...???

You've lost all credibility in this fight...

begbysback

Lol - Conor wins 3 rounds?

He would have to outbox floyd for 3 rounds - really?

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wonderfullife wrote: »

Is that your expert opinion

Ok August 27th, you wake up hungover and realise yes it happened, Conor won a unanimous decision 117-111 x2, and a 116-112.

What are you saying then?

Humour me.

I'd be telling Taylor Swift to get off Rihanna and give Shakira a hand making my breakfast. Because that's the kind of wacky world we would then be inhabiting.

Maravilla33

wonderfullife wrote: »

This thread shows the insecurity of boxing fans sitting in their ivory towers.

People are slating this fight as a farce, a joke, a sham, a circus because it's a necessary insurance policy for you all to defend your sport if the unthinkable happens.

The truth is if Conor goes in there and beats Floyd (by KO, TKO or decision) it will shatter the preconception that special athletes in different combat sports can't immediately make the transition to boxing and, on their day, beat the best.

So you're all laying the groundwork for excuses in case Conor does well and wins, that's all this thread has been!

It's very easy to discredit a Conor victory when you lay the groundwork ahead of time that the fight is more of an exhibition.

Insecure stuff.

Trust me on this - MMA fans wouldn't be carrying on like you lot if the roles were reversed. We would be saying 'fair play to Floyd showing balls getting in the Octagon but Conor is going to tear his head off'.

Anyway it'll be one of life's greatest pleasures to read this thread if Conor does pull off the upset. It'll be like a salt mine.

What a load of nonsense. How does boxing fans stating that this is a farce, McGregor has no chance, Mayweather is levels above constitute laying the groundwork if an upset happens? Surely it's the complete opposite? If I say McG has no chance and he goes on to win then I have egg on my face. I've called the fight spectacularly wrong. If McG wins all we've done is put in writing how wrong we were. No safety net here.

As mainly a boxing fan but someone who watches and can appreciate MMA I hope Conor wins. It would be fairy tale stuff but when you break it down he has next to no chance imo..

walshb

wonderfullife wrote: »

People are slating this fight as a farce, a joke, a sham, a circus because it's a necessary insurance policy for you all to defend your sport if the unthinkable happens.

Exactly. You hit the nail on the head here. People are slating it as a farce and joke and sham. And those who are trying to claim it is something possible or even fair are just telling BS porkies!

So, no need to be trying to make this out as a boxing fan thing only.

Fans, non fans, men, women.....anyone who has half a brain and who knows about Mayweather and Conor.....people!

MMA fans, boxing fans and everybody else is generally labeling this fight a sham.

No need for me to spell out why...

You are the only one on a crusade here.. a crusade against boxing fans, for reasons only you know...Nobody else is getting it. And because people are giving Conor a snowballs chance in hell (which is purely logical and reasonable) it seems to be grating on you.

Get over the boxing fans sh1t. It's tiring and stale and complete bollix!

Sweet Science

4 rounds to 3 after 7 rounds .

There is actual real people out there who believe this could happen.

willmunny1990

Joeseph Balls wrote: »

That wouldn't happen though wonderful life. For one, Floyd knows he wouldn't win, two, why would Floyd bother, we all know it's a money thing with Conor coming across. And if Floyd did meet conor in an octagon, I'd call him a ****in eegit.
The bones of this is, conor gets the mother of all red panty nights, and Floyd gets his 50-0. Both party's are happy and we're the goons who bought into it.
I'll still watch it though, like I do all Floyd's, in the hope he'll lose.
And that's from a joint boxing/mms fan

He only gets that if he fights an actual boxer, or a somewhat credible opponent.

I certainly wouldn't entertain him being 50-0 after this thing fight, occasion circus or whatever this farce is supposed to be.

The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman

Sweet Science wrote: »

4 rounds to 3 after 7 rounds .

There is actual real people out there who believe this could happen.

7-0 after 7 rounds .. to McGregor ..

I'm joking ..

:D .. Barring a torn Achilles or a kick to the head it will be 7-0 to Mayweather.

walshb

The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman wrote: »

7-0 after 7 rounds .. to McGregor ..

I'm joking .. :D .. Barring a torn Achilles or a kick to the head it will be 7-0 to Mayweather.

Yeh, but it may take Floyd about 7 rds to figure Conor out, and then by rd 9 Floyd closes the show...It's so obvious.

Read the headline August 27: TBE down on all cards turns it around for dramatic KO win in the 9th!

Burial.

Sure lads didn't he say a few weeks back when the fight was announced he had to watch Floyd's fights to get a grasp on him or something to that effect. Guy is f*cking clueless.

Sweet Science

I mean he doesnt even have a boxing coach.

walshb

Sweet Science wrote: »

I mean he doesnt even have a boxing coach.

With that crucifying left hand he doesn't need one!

Outlaw Pete

Wonder if Mayweather will wake up quicker than Aldo.

https://twitter.com/josealdojunior/status/713824818932658178?lang=en

Sweet Science

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

Wonder if Mayweather will wake up quicker than Aldo.

https://twitter.com/josealdojunior/status/713824818932658178?lang=en

Embarrassing punches from both guys there

Gamebred

How much are you lumping on Conor? easy money so you should beg borrow and steal to lump on him by ko

walshb

That video is the best I have seen of that KO on Aldo....crystal clear.

Forward motion and precision as well as power/force. Wasn't a terrifically powerful shot, just well placed and Aldo's momentum coming forward didn't help him.

Sweet Science

walshb wrote: »

That video is the best I have seen of that KO on Aldo....crystal clear.

Forward motion and precision as well as power/force/ Wasn't a terrifically powerful shot, juts well placed and Aldo's momentum coming forward didn't help him.

Ya think ?

walshb

Sweet Science wrote: »

Ya think ?

Think what?

Burial.

Conor should get that roid bum Mendes in as sparring. If Conor managed to find a way through him then Floyd should be a piece of cake yeah?

Outlaw Pete

Sweet Science wrote: »

Embarrassing punches from both guys there

You (and others) keep on saying that.............. but MMA is not boxing. Punches are thrown with greater distances apart and with a much different stance due to the fact that the fighter also has to be ready to defend a take down, knee or kick to the body. You're never going to see punches thrown in MMA the way they are in boxing as a result. You haven't a clue. If you think McGregor will be punching this way in the ring.... you're seriously naive.

As Holly Holm (boxer and mma fighter) recently said in an interview:

“I think one of the biggest things for me going from boxing to MMA that was hard was being close in the clinch, because in boxing I could get comfortable in there,” Holm said. “You could cover up and throw uppercuts and hooks and call it phone booth fighting and when I first got into MMA, sometimes I’d want to stand in there and throw uppercuts and then all of a sudden they’ve got me in the clinch. Or, I’m trying to box and somebody would go for a takedown.

“So one of the biggest habits I had to break going into MMA was letting go of that inside boxing style,” Holm continued, “which I didn’t do all the time but I was comfortable there in the fight and I feel like, going from MMA to boxing, is, I don’t want to say an easier transition, but I just feel like, there aren’t a lot of habits you’d have to break.”

Sweet Science

walshb wrote: »

Think what?

How great the shot was ? Kamikazee stuff from Aldo . Conor still managed to get clipped.

Burial.

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

You (and others) keep on saying that but MMA is not boxing and so punches are thrown with greater distances apart and with a much different stance due to the fact that the fight also has to be reading to defend a take down, knee or kick to the body. You're never going to see punches thrown in MMA the way they are in boxing as a result. You haven't a clue.

If you think McGregor will be punching this way in the ring.... you're seriously naive.

Says the guy linking the Aldo punch and inferring the same outcome for Floyd...

Sweet Science

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

You (and others) keep on saying that but MMA is not boxing and so punches are thrown with greater distances apart and with a much different stance due to the fact that the fight also has to be reading to defend a take down, knee or kick to the body. You're never going to see punches thrown in MMA the way they are in boxing as a result. You haven't a clue.

If you think McGregor will be punching this way in the ring.... you're seriously naive.

Oh i agree . However i am judging it from a boxing perspective.

So what way will he punch come fight night ?

walshb

Sweet Science wrote: »

How great the shot was ? Kamikazee stuff from Aldo . Conor still managed to get clipped.

Come on. That is nit picking.

I reckon if Floyd landed a similar shot in a boxing ring it would be hailed as genius.

Mayweather's check Hook on Hatton was class. Hatton being a bit reckless and silly to get caught with it notwithstanding!

The slo mo really highlights the thought put into the shot, the vision, accuracy and delivery.

You then criticize him for also getting tagged? How can he win with that attitude...

begbysback

Aldo leading with the chin - nice

Sweet Science

I would of been disappointed if Floyd didnt land that hook. It was bread and butter stuff.

He was threatening it all fight. Then connected when Ricky got desperate.

Outlaw Pete

Burial. wrote: »

Says the guy linking the Aldo punch and inferring the same outcome for Floyd...

Well first of all, the writer doesn't infer, the reader does... I suspect you meant imply?

Secondly, there is no hypocrisy in what I said as for McGregor to get the same outcome from this fight he wouldn't have to use the same style of punch nor adopt the same stance.

You boxing fans keep criticizing punches thrown by MMA fighters because you are viewing them from the prescriptive of what makes a good punch in a boxing ring..... but they two different things entirely.