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

martyos121 wrote: »

How the fcuk does Schaub think McGregor "lost" that press conference? Everything Floyd said fell on deaf ears, he was tame as fcuk.

His "I'm the IRS and imma tax your ass" was the only good line from either of them throughout the thing.

A ****show even worse than expected. Ellerbe is another borderline illiterate moron. Introduced Floyd as "undispeated" ffs.

I switched off to watch the Dana vlog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK7Ww94lXBA

He does warn that the Presser will be a sh*tshow, so they must have seen how bad the production value was in the run up. All of these are sold out, I'd be looking for a refund if I booked in for the Toronto/London leg.

I don't think anyone expected the Press Conference for the 'biggest fight ever' to be THAT bad. I only watched the first half, still confused as to what just happened.

I forgot how much of an idiot mayweather is.

If I were boxing him i would be genuinely laughing my ass off at how stupid he sounds.

Gamebred wrote: »

Conor was snapping when he was on about the tapper.

It's a comment that has no effect when it comes from someone who would be put to sleep in 15 seconds in a proper fight.

Different story when it comes from MMA fighters admittedly.

In hindsight the corporate speech from Buzz Killington the Head of Sports from MGM Casinos was possibly the highlight. Completely underappreciated at the time.

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

Presser would have been grand if the sound was better....... and, how's this for a concept.... the press were let ask questions.

Nah it was ****e from beginning to end.

Decent staredown though and Floyd Snr. sneaking up to have a go and get shoved away was mildly amusing.

All the stuff about octagon, four oz gloves etc is just nonsense. The fight is a contacted boxing match at 154 lbs which means 10oz gloves. He gets to say it all he wants as he knows it'll never happen.

Jerichoholic wrote: »

Why is there a conference in London and not Dublin?

Because it's not needed.

When people say that McGregor would win in a real fight I find it completely irrelevant. It's like saying Miocic would beat McGregor in a real fight. It doesn't matter.

Anyway the whole thing just shows that Mayweathers side is running this thing completely. He's found an opportunity to make another huge pay day with almost zero risk of losing or taking damage, and he'll get to 50-0. McGregor has found an opportunity to make the biggest pay of his life and keep his fantastic MMA legacy in tact. The UFC has found an opportunity to make a big payday without having to lift a finger. It's a massive win win for all involved, except of course the fans.

walshb wrote: »

This size difference is an exaggeration. The real difference is just one inch in height.

One inch? More like three.... and that's allowing for the baseball cap.

Free tickets to that setup are still too expensive :pac:

Utter tosh it was and unless things change dramatically over the next few days it will remain that way.

Nearly everyone I have spoken to after it has said it has made them less interested in it going forward.

Cut the bollocks, let them get in each other's faces, allow McGregor's mic to stay on at all times and make everything fair game and hopefully things will spill over a bit.

It'll make it more exciting, generate even more publicility and will ultimately sell even more PPV's.

It is obvious that Conor is very restricted in what he can and can't do up there which takes away from it completely.

Django99 wrote: »

When people say that McGregor would win in a real fight I find it completely irrelevant. It's like saying Miocic would beat McGregor in a real fight. It doesn't matter.

Anyway the whole thing just shows that Mayweathers side is running this thing completely. He's found an opportunity to make another huge pay day with almost zero risk of losing or taking damage, and he'll get to 50-0. McGregor has found an opportunity to make the biggest pay of his life and keep his fantastic MMA legacy in tact. The UFC has found an opportunity to make a big payday without having to lift a finger. It's a massive win win for all involved, except of course the fans.

He made that clear when he summoned Conor up for the face-off at the end. Conor will get some good insults in over the next few days but can't get around having to stick by Mayweather's rules in the run up to the fight

TireeTerror wrote: »

Will be watching it for free anyway so Im at no loss. Bring it on I say!

No loss of money yet but I'd say a lot of people feel that was a waste of time even watching. And the there's tickets and PPVs which people will spend a lot of money on, and in my opinion nobody will feel they got any value in the end.