Fight Time From 4am-McGregor vs Mayweather**MOD Warning in 1st Post**

Sweet Science wrote: »

Have some respect . He knocked George Groves out in front of 80k people at Wembley stadium

Did he? He's never mentioned it





:D

Sweet Science wrote: »

Have some respect . He knocked George Groves out in front of 80k people at Wembley stadium

He also said he only lost once.
Apparently 'avenging' your loses can wipe the slate clean.:rolleyes:

ThinkProgress wrote: »

To people who know a bit about this sport, every time you suggest that Conor should be given greater respect in a boxing ring. Or that you think he has a chance in the early rounds... you are in fact, sh!tting all over the sport and the skills that have taken FM to the top of it.

Eh, more dizzy waffle from you. Again, you said:

So, you don't think experience and decades of training in a particular sport counts for much then...?

And again: I don't think that. Never said it. Never implied it. Just say 'Sorry, Pete, I was wrong.'

Any chance you might indulge us, in how you invisage that "slim chance" playing out in the actual boxing match...??

I'd love to read your fleshed out view on how you see it all going down... (in the unlikely event that Conor does in fact take his "slim chance")

Sure: McGregor I feel should fight in a manner not too dissimilar to Hatton but as he has reach on Mayweather unlike Hatton did, shouldn't get as close or be as gung ho. Have a feeling Conor will fight quite defensively at first as that will give Floyd a false sense of security, see Conor as not having much to offer. Mayweather is the name here and expectations will be on him to school Conor and as a result I see McGregor drawing out Mayweather rather than the other way around and THAT is when I feel McGregor has his best chance to land and potentially TKO him. If he hasn't managed that by the end of Round 3 then fight is over and Mayweather will just box him up from that point on, as he did with Hatton in those later rounds.

There is no reason (in my mind) to think that the first 3 rounds, will be any less of a boxing match than any other round.

If McGregor came up with a plan to knock Floyd out in the 10th, how the hell does he manage to get that far against someone like Floyd? Much easier to frustrate Floyd in the early rounds and go for a knockout then....... goes without saying. Again, he only has a slim chance (in my view) of doing that.... but he would have zero chance late on in the fight or by decision (barring injury of course) for obvious reasons (not to you.... granted).

Floyd is going in there to box the ears off Conor, from the first bell... he'll be conservative and cautious, as per usual, but he's still going to fighting his game.

I agree with that (and with many other similar points you made regarding Floyd's skill) which is why I give Conor only a "slim chance". The penny will drop with you eventually.

Will Mr "Touch-butt" have any part to play in these special techniques!? :pac::pac:

Eh, I can't abide Ido. Not everyone who is a fan of McGregor approves of everything thing he does you know. Almost all your arguments against users appear to be based on them being fanbois. Is that really all you have? Evidently.

They both made the welterweight limit... Diaz is a scrawny f*cker... he's a natural 155lb fighter. (They both are!!)

Laughable argument. That Nate is naturally a 155'er means nothing. He wasn't at the time. That's all that matters.

Put it this way... I find it highly unlikely, that walshb was attempting to start some big discussion on the merits of one-handed boxing!

I know what he was doing. He was sneering at the possibility that an mma fighter could potentially hurt a boxer. Boxers are untouchable to him no matter where they fight. He has always looked down his nose at mma fighters, especially should anyone ever dare say an mma fighter might beat a boxer.... the sheer audacity of it like. Sure even in the octagon he wouldn't have it that a boxer was going to be beaten as he even thought James Toney would beat Randy Couture :pac:

walshb wrote: »

BTW, Toney will win tonight. Couture is even more past it than James.

I admire the tag teaming though. You have his back and that's sweet.

We already knew his thoughts on shaking floyd's hand. Widely reported.

Not my fault if he didn't extrapolate. Still doesn't excuse your essays.

- That last one is a bit rude. You don't know the man... none of your beeswax tbh. (it's also fairly obvious that a suicide would be troubling to him or anyone else connected)

You fanboys really want all the dirty details, eh?

Saved this question for last as I wanted to say that I feel this says more about you as a person than anything that I ever could. Don't mind you taking the piss on fight / fighter opinions but to use the fact that I asked him a question about the suicide of an SBG fighter just to point score, shows what you're really about. Oh and get your facts straight, I asked him how it affected him "professionally" not personally.

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

How did Kamil Rutkowski's sad death affect you professionally?

....so get your facts straight next time maybe.

I wasn't particularly impressed with his efforts in that AMA tbh. I guess some people are just more easily entertained/impressed than others!

Course you were't, he made you look like a fool.........

JohnSBG wrote: »

if you have no intent of accepting an answer best to save both people's time and skip the question.

you strike me as someone who would think because someone looks Chinese "they're probably a bit handy at the aul kung fu".

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

You won't find Conor dogging out his father publicly, knocking out opponents unsportsmanlike and/or beating women.

Don't confuse the man with the trash talker.

So Conor is a Saint is he? Ok, he is still going to learn a boxing lesson or two.

These pressers could be funny. Conor never went up against someone the can dig back verbally. Most of his pressers in MMA is Conor running his mouth and everybody sitting there saying next to nothing back. Diaz couldn't string a sentence together never mind get a well round come back to one of Conor digs.
If everything is fair game, Conor could have a lot of material to use against him, just hope he doesn't start with that Gucci Mink Garbage. I ll bet he throw that everyone in America is going for him to win and that stick.

188bet are offering the bet not to last a minute 50/1 have a few on that but main bet is Flyod KO TkO

Burial. wrote: »

I dunno I thought Nate did alright in the come backs. The touch butt in the park with the dork in the ponytail was probably the most memorable quote from the entire pre fight.

Really, up to your self but to me Nate looked lost, with nothing to say but F U. Didn't he even walk out of at least 1 presser and one interview from what I can remember. Either way I can't remember anything of note being throw at Conor, this will be new ground for him at the very least a big step up to what he's used to.

I dont get why a few posters think it will be bland, this is going to be best part of the fight for me.

GerryDerpy wrote: »

Well I heard it all from the boxing fans now - McGregor has no class. What about the wife beater? The girls collection thing is classy eh?

I don't think Floyd is the standard that anyone was judging him on.
If somebody says Conor has no class it doesn't mean they are suggesting that Floyd does. At least I hope not.

The tit for tat battle with some things here here is silly

Mellor wrote: »

I think he was commenting on the fact people will say stuff like;

"He's putting it on"
"It's all fake/scripted/set up"
"It's an act"


But then turn around and judge his character based on those dramatics. It's one or the other tbh.

Whether it's put on or not one can judge him on it..

I believe a lot of if it is forced and contrived, but that doesn't preclude me from making a call on him.

Even if you are hamming something up and acting a bit, you are still voluntarily behaving.

For me it mostly comes across as cringe and embarrassing behaviour.

Maravilla33 wrote: »

For me at the bottom of all of the bravado and dramatics McGregor seems like a good guy. Whereas Mayweather is a confirmed d1ck... Still won't stop him making a show of McGregor come fight night.

Exactly, Floyd really is dirt.

The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman wrote: »

Floyd being a dick, doesnt give McGregor class. A lot of people cant take to him because he's annoying. I would say there is a high percentage of impartial viewers that would like to see McGregor knocked out because of his mouthing.

His trash talking is no way near on a par with Muhammad Ali, Ali was actually funny, McGregor just comes across as a knob-end.

Please, for the sake of sanity do no use Conor and Ali together for any type of comparisons....

walshb wrote: »

Please, for the sake of sanity do no use Conor and Ali together for any type of comparisons....

Why is that? apart from the obvious.

Syphonax wrote: »

Why is that? apart from the obvious.

There is nothing remotely obvious linking them other than the term combat sport!