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

Wheeliebin30 · 06-07-2017 08:36PM

Is it true their fighting at 145 pounds?

Another brutal weightcut if true.

martyos121 · 06-07-2017 08:38PM

Wheeliebin30 wrote: »

Is it true their fighting at 145 pounds?

Another brutal weightcut if true.

No, 154.

kwestfan08 · 06-07-2017 08:48PM

With all this talk of gameplans I think Conor should listen to Sensei Nate and use the gameplan that ended up with Nate scoring an unlikely victory at 196. Hey if it worked once why not again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td1HjzUA4U0

Mini850 · 06-07-2017 09:32PM

Might have been asked/said already, but how do you think all this boxing training is going to affect Conor once he's back in the octagon?

He's already a dangerous striker with his hands in MMA. Now he has the opportunity to focus on it specifically for a few months, will he come back hitting harder than ever with even more movement? Or will the fact that the way he is training now wont translate back to the octagon as he is not training for kicks/knees/takedowns/spinning sh1t etc..... effectively, resetting back to "MMA Style Boxing"

Maybe I'm talking pure excrement......

Gamebred · 06-07-2017 09:35PM

Mini850 wrote: »

Might have been asked/said already, but how do you think all this boxing training is going to affect Conor once he's back in the octagon?

He's already a dangerous striker with his hands in MMA. Now he has the opportunity to focus on it specifically for a few months, will he come back hitting harder than ever with even more movement? Or will the fact that the way he is training now wont translate back to the octagon as he is not training for kicks/knees/takedowns/spinning sh1t etc..... effectively, resetting back to "MMA Style Boxing"

Maybe I'm talking pure excrement......

Lets hope we see him in the octagon again no point getting ahead of ourselves.

Gamebred · 06-07-2017 10:42PM

https://www.instagram.com/p/BWOGyf9gZJ7/?taken-by=thenotoriousmma

Kitted out in Nike, interesting developments.

Subcomandante Marcos · 06-07-2017 10:56PM

Gamebred wrote: »

https://www.instagram.com/p/BWOGyf9gZJ7/?taken-by=thenotoriousmma

Kitted out in Nike, interesting developments.

And a LonsDale grion guard... If he had a deal with Nike he'd have announced it by now.

Gamebred · 06-07-2017 11:00PM

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

And a LonsDale grion guard... If he had a deal with Nike he'd have announced it by now.

Possibly squeezing reebok out of a few more quid before resigning.

Whelo79 · 06-07-2017 11:11PM

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

And a LonsDale grion guard... If he had a deal with Nike he'd have announced it by now.

Cleto Reyes groin guard I believe. 190k likes on that instagram post alone. Nike will be lapping that up and throwing money his way to sign. The man knows exactly what he is doing.

Mellor · 06-07-2017 11:12PM

Deleted User wrote: »

I don't want to go back and forth too much on Owen because he seems like a very good bloke.

My feeling is just that it's ludicrous to think that Kavanagh, Roddy or anyone else from SBG can provide something technically beneficial to this camp.

That's true, certainly in the case of John who isn't a striking coach buy you were referring to their abilities in relation to MMA preparation. What has a camp for Floyd got to go with that?

The whole idea that JK is his main boxing coach for this one is largely an assumption made up by fans/critics. I really doubt it's the case tbh.

Mellor · 06-07-2017 11:17PM

Whelo79 wrote: »

Cleto Reyes groin guard I believe.

Yup.

Zero-Cool · 06-07-2017 11:18PM

Saw an interview with JK today saying Roddy has taken lead and he is in charge of the gamelan, bigging him up and enjoying their sessions.

Outlaw Pete · 06-07-2017 11:25PM

Floor seats going for $29,000 on StubHub.

wonderfullife · 07-07-2017 03:26AM

Luke Thomas says "a little birdie told me the official World Tour Schedule will be released tonight".

(little birdie = Ariel probably)

Brett Okomoto hinted it does indeed begin this Monday July 10th which would be strange but maybe I picked him up wrong.

wonderfullife · 07-07-2017 03:45AM

UPDATE:

Official announcement:

First Conor v Floyd presser this Tuesday July 11th, Staples Center, LA 12pm.

They're charging money for entry, tickets on sale tomorrow 8pm Irish time.

Edit: Basically the other poster was correct but had all the dates wrong by 1 day.

LA - Tuesday July 11th
Houston - Wednesday July 12th
Toronto - Thursday July 13th
NY - Friday July 14th
London - Saturday July 15th

Depp · 07-07-2017 04:09AM

Gamebred wrote: »

Possibly squeezing reebok out of a few more quid before resigning.

Id imagine its this alright, floyd been in reebok boots lately be huge for them to have both of them on the books for this

Never wrestle with pigs · 07-07-2017 08:59AM

wonderfullife wrote: »

UPDATE:

Official announcement:

First Conor v Floyd presser this Tuesday July 11th, Staples Center, LA 12pm.

They're charging money for entry, tickets on sale tomorrow 8pm Irish time.

Edit: Basically the other poster was correct but had all the dates wrong by 1 day.

LA - Tuesday July 11th
Houston - Wednesday July 12th
Toronto - Thursday July 13th
NY - Friday July 14th
London - Saturday July 15th

Bit crap for them to go to London then double back to the states. It should have been first you would imagine!

Gamebred · 07-07-2017 11:16AM

Sign of Floyd calling the shots probably.

Boom_Bap · 07-07-2017 11:19AM

Gamebred wrote: »

https://www.instagram.com/p/BWOGyf9gZJ7/?taken-by=thenotoriousmma

Kitted out in Nike, interesting developments.

He's been wearing Nike runners in most of his Insta posts in the last few weeks.

wonderfullife · 07-07-2017 11:41AM

Never wrestle with pigs wrote: »

Bit crap for them to go to London then double back to the states. It should have been first you would imagine!

Gamebred wrote: »

Sign of Floyd calling the shots probably.

I'm sure it was Floyd's idea but it might be the case that Conor agreed to it because it'd be good timing wise for him to nip up directly from London to Glasgow to support Gunni and Charlie next Sunday?

If they did it the other way around with London first, he'd have ended up in LA next weekend.

I could be wrong but given how big a fight it is for both Charlie and Gunni, I'd imagine Conor will want to be there and this would work out perfectly.

Whelo79 · 07-07-2017 01:41PM

wonderfullife wrote: »

I'm sure it was Floyd's idea but it might be the case that Conor agreed to it because it'd be good timing wise for him to nip up directly from London to Glasgow to support Gunni and Charlie next Sunday?

If they did it the other way around with London first, he'd have ended up in LA next weekend.

I could be wrong but given how big a fight it is for both Charlie and Gunni, I'd imagine Conor will want to be there and this would work out perfectly.

Not bad thinking.

Pretty sure JK said it falls on a week they have scheduled as a down week too.

zweton · 07-07-2017 02:47PM

what time could we expect the fight to start at?

hewhoscares · 07-07-2017 03:01PM

zweton wrote: »

what time could we expect the fight to start at?

6AM

Lukker- · 07-07-2017 03:56PM

hewhoscares wrote: »

6AM

MayPac was a bit after 5, be between 5-6 anyways.

xtal191 · 07-07-2017 06:04PM

Gamebred · 07-07-2017 06:10PM

https://twitter.com/DamonMartin/status/883372257090953216

wonderfullife · 07-07-2017 06:22PM

So the Houston stop has been scrapped for some reason.

Here are the final Tour Venues/Dates:

LA on July 11
Toronto on July 12
NY on July 13
London on July 14

I thought they'd do 6 cities but I suppose 4 is reasonable.

Also Gamebred was correct and The Sun was wrong (no surprise) - the London venue is the SSE Arena, not the stadium.

sonofenoch · 07-07-2017 06:40PM

5 nights in a row? McGregor will have to work hard to come up with new **** each night

Gamebred · 07-07-2017 06:48PM

Hopefully they bring Davis and Salido to one of these and make it official.

Outlaw Pete · 07-07-2017 06:53PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoIkyKgVO30

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

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