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

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

Which is the REAL reason of course behind Paulie's meltdown.

This is the guy who said that Conor wouldn't even have a chance against him if he had one hand behind his back, ankle weights on and a neck brace holding his chin up..........


Which was (to be fair to Paulie) pretty much the consensus among the entire boxing community and now, as you say, Paulie has suddenly gone from the magic man to being about as popular as Gary Glitter would be at a school sports day.... and now everyone is suddenly emphasizing that he's a retired, and out of shape, who's last fight didn't mean anything at all and pay no attention to it being a WBC title, they're not all the same, the one he fought for was the bad one................... they can't ghost this guy quick enough :P

Straight after the '12 rounds' spar what did paulie do? Confronted Conor in the dressing room and demanded that he not put out any more pictures....... but sure of course he did, as he had just gone to the boxing media a few days before that and told them all that Conor's power was "severely overrated" and so the last thing he needed was any more pictures being released showing him to have been troubled by that same mma guy he demeaned in front of them mere days before..........

Let's be honest, Paulie thought he was going to the McGregor camp to teach Conor how to box, as he sniggered away to himself at the notion that this cage fighter thinks he can try his hand at the sweet science, bless him........... and instead he was actually given a fight, and boy can he not stand that.....

Jesus Christ man you are drinking Conors cum
Ask any serious boxing fan who the WBC international champion is at any weight, see how many of them know without looking at Google. I'm going to guess nobody. Why? Because it does not matter in the slightest. It carries no weight, its nice for promoters to say his fighter is the international champ but in reality nobody gives a ****.
Case in point. If it truly mattered, we would be demanding that Sam Eggington fight Keith Thurman to "unify" the belts ASAP.

Your level of confirmation bias is pretty strong, you want to believe every single thing that puts Conor and MMA in a positive light and refuses to listen to someone who has anything different to say. Why? What are you getting out of this? Unless you're sitting in his Vegas camp right now you really need to get a grip of yourself.

And for what its worth (not a single thing to you no doubt), the boxing media can be snobbish about Conors boxing ability and in the grand scheme of things they're not really covering it compared to other mega fights in the past. But they're not saying that he can't box. They're saying that he can't box and/or beat Floyd Mayweather. Theres a long list of lifetime boxers that they would put on that list too.

Basically give it a rest. I love boxing and i'm a big fan of MMA and Conor too, and i'm sure theres others exactly like me. Yet for hardcore MMA fans only, this seems to be the coronation of the sport over boxing. So instead of actually enjoying both sports you're going out of your way to try and make this exactly what it isn't - the fight that finally decides what sport is best, MMA v Boxing. Its pure childish ****, it really is.

Mellor wrote: »

I think it's fairly obvious, from watching Conor's documentaries, and behind the scenes stuff. That he has spent a ridiculous amount of time studying all aspects of fighting. Grappling, capoerira, gorillas fighting in the jungle, and Boxing. He definitely know more about boxing that some random drooler commenting on youtube. Whatever he says, whatever way he acts. He's absolutely aware how good Floyd Mayweather Jr is. I certainly wouldn't confuse self belief with ignorance.

Personally I think you are giving him far too much credit, he seen the $ and jumped into a boxing match under boxing rules against one of the best ever. Regardless of whether it's ego or self belief if he gets rattled and Ko'd it will have an effect. Would have an effect on anyone. Being Ko'd.

This fight though is being given far too much attention by boxing fans considering GGG vs Alvarez is just around the corner. A boxing match that is really tight , hard to call between two of the best out there right now.

darced wrote: »

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Paulie is not a hitter, (as you quoted on) and IMO he has been well past his better days, which really weren't all that great to begin with. He is a pot shotter defensive minded feather fisted boxer. He is also retired and not in fighting condition-shape.

Any half decent pro out there today focused and ready to go easily gets the better of Conor in a boxing match, and if a spar, and he went for it, yes, he gets the better of him.

Not sure why these mickey mouse spars with Paulie Malignaggi are even being brought up as some sort of credence for Conor.

Ok, another way to say it is that any top level Irish amateur today would be far too good for Conor, and if they sparred and they decided to focus and try to dominate then they would...

Generally sparring is for boxers not to overly focus, but to be sharp and to experiment and be a little more relaxed and easy going.

And it all comes back to Conor not having a hope in hell of beating Floyd.

walshb wrote: »

And also, for the record, an in shape and prepared Paulie easily beats Conor in a boxing match.

My uncle would be my aunt if....

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

My uncle would be my aunt if....

If what?

Read it again.....an in shape and prepared Paulie "easily" beats Conor in a boxing match

Nothing to do with balls or aunties....

darced wrote: »

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Paul said he gassed in the first spar, really struggled to get through 8 rounds since he was just off a plane, had done no training and Conor got the best of it due to conditioning.

He said he was competitive in the second spar for the first 5 rounds, then he took over until he again started to fade and Conor rallied in the 11th and 12th, didn't say he won them but did say he rallied and credited him for it. Would have liked to find out if it was due to his character which he had seen little evidence of, or was it due to him taking it easy cause he was knackered, having again got off a plane the day before and his conditioning not being what it should be.

I believe pretty much all of what Paulie actually said funnily enough, the only part of it that surprises or even interests me a little is that Conor is working on his cardio which is obviously a good thing for him as I would say it would be a glaring weakness for him in a boxing match. Also, whether it was due to Paulie fading or whatever it doesn't matter you have to credit a guy for getting beat up and coming back toward the end of the fight.

No new information really from the talk of the sparring, nothing you would not expect other then that he rallied in the final couple of rounds in a 12 round spar. Positive from his POV, that's about it though.

StringerBell wrote: »

Paul said he gassed in the first spar...

Said he "gassed out" in the second spar too............ but he's gassing out for a reason and that's because he is fighting someone who he can't keep up with.........

An mma guy.
Who just got his boxing licence.
Never even been in a professional boxing bout before.
Paulie should be schooling him with the sweet science........

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

Said he "gassed out" in the second spar too............ but he's gassing out for a reason and that's because he is fighting someone who he can't keep up with.........

An mma guy.
Who just got his boxing licence.
Never even been in a professional boxing bout before.
Paulie should be schooling him with the sweet science........

No doubt Paulie got played completely and is now lashing out. His political leanings will tell you he's not the smartest. I mean what did he expect when he got the call from McGregor?

The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman wrote: »

12 rounds for a lad carrying that weight and not in training ..

Yeah, he's a real fat bastard these days..............

darced wrote: »

How is Paulie gassing an excuse? He was meant to be able to clown Conor with nothing but pure skill. I'm great shape at the minute, if I spar Paulie will he eventually fade and take a licking from me

I believe most of what Paulie says as well but what he is saying is a long way from what he claimed he could do to Conor before they sparred. He completely underestimated McGregor and got a pasting in the first spar and has been on damage control since, that is pretty clear.

Interesting viewpoint.