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

The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman wrote: »

Great value in the prices available.

No bank is going to give you 25% return and some bookies even giving 30%.

Minimal risk.

I guess I just don't see the risk being that minimal. One of us is wrong.

If Conor happens to get the cleanest left hook on Mayweather, similar to the Also fight, do you think the 8oz gloves will negate much of this power? So that Mayweather may pull back a bit but not actually get floored/KOed

Rekop dog wrote: »

Aldo isn't a boxer😂. The greatest boxer of our generation would read that from miles away, and probably embarrass Conor with a few counter punches to boot.

Yeah I'm not saying it will happen. Just wanted to see from anyone who has a good knowledge of boxing, what difference the gloves may make.

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

Yeah, Nate could take his best shots! LMAO :pac:

But Nate did take his best shots... just because he got knocked to the ground, doesn't mean he was in danger of being TKO'd.

He was clearly hoping that Conor would be dumb enough to engage him in a ground battle... he never looked messed up when he hit the ground, he was always ready to defend himself from that position.

Man you don't half talk some shite. Had it been a boxing bout, no bjj, Nate would have been TKO'd in a heartbeart. He clearly could not take Conor's shots ffs, and had to go to ground to recoup on his fcuking arse, multiple times.

lol... firstly, you can't say if it was a boxing match... because you don't know whether Nate was intentionally hitting the deck in order to suck Conor into a ground fight! (seems fairly obvious that would be part of his MMA strategy, since he's far better than Conor in that department)

Secondly, getting knocked down in a boxing match, does not mean you are necessarily in danger of being TKO'd... plenty of fighters have suffered multiple knockdowns before coming back strong later in the fight.

Nate ended up finishing stronger than Conor in that fight... so again, this does not suggest that he was overly effected by those knockdowns!!

Pay attention please: We were talking about punch power and while it's true than on average, boxers punch harder than mma fighters, that still doesn't mean that for certain we know that McGregor therefore can't possibly punch harder than some of the boxers Floyd has faced. We simply do not have a sufficient barometer thus far to make such a claim, nobody does and for anyone to claim they know he doesn't, and base their reasoning on the mere fact that boxing is a different sport and McGregor's an mma fighter......very much is sneering.

It's not really "sneering" to suggest that boxers are better at throwing punches... or taking punches... just a logical common sense conclusion.

Just because that logical conclusion irks you, as an MMA fan, does not make it any less of an intelligent conclusion!

Absolutely, which is why I think McGregor only has a very slim chance of winning this fight. The penny will drop with you eventually... or perhaps not.

Or you might even say, "next to no chance!"...

Nate would have been TKO'd had that second fight been a boxing bout. Only a naive fool would think differently.

But he took everything Conor could muster up, and was in better shape during the 2nd half of that fight...

If those shots were messing him up, to the extent that you believe, there is no way he would be finishing so strongly...

The only person in danger of being KO'd or TKO'd across both those fights, was Conor... if he had not turned into a panic wrestler in that first fight, then he could possibly have been finished on the feet. (a more talented stand-up fighter than Nate, would almost certainly have finished him in that 1st fight)

Who the fcuk is getting knocked out with 16 oz gloves ffs?

Well, definitely not Paulie Malignaggi anyway...

You are calling other people naive... but I think some of you guys really are guilty of extreme naivety when it comes to boxing. Boxers (even many journeymen) are very well conditioned at taking punches!

I think you are vastly underestimating, just how much better boxers are in general, at taking hard punches and not going down!

If Conor wants any hope of finishing Mayweather, I would argue he should probably be finishing Paulie! (yes, even with 16's on). We all seen that huge left, that Conor landed on Paulie... very impressive shot... but remember, it didn't even knock Paulie off his feet.

And big shots, like those ones, take a lot of energy to throw... so Conor won't be able to throw that sort of power all night long. He will burn himself out very quickly!

I actually hope Conor lands something accurate on Floyd... but I think many of you guys, will be very surprised just how well a top boxer can cope with such a shot.

Conor is not facing some bulky lead-footed wrestler, like Mendes or Alvarez here... Those guys are not well conditioned for stand-up fights. Floyd is a very different animal in this respect.

Okay, well, if you truly believe you "know" then I'll look forward to seeing you post up your hefty bet receipts and if I don't see some from you, then that'll just be proof positive for me that you're all mouth and no trousers, as I expect.

You and your buddy wonder... think you can shut down an opposing opinion, just by goading someone into a big bet!! :rolleyes:

It's just a sign to me, that my points are too much for you. Just like Wonder, you have run out of ideas and patience...

And all it really takes, from a few of us around here, is simple straight-forward logical retorts to your points... and you guys just lose your sh!t...

It's amusing to read though... so keep it up!! :P

Sweet Science wrote:

Apparently Floyd has put 5million on himself winning . That'll keep lads on this thread happy

If he's really in trouble financially, he'd put it in Conor and take a dive.

pirlo80 wrote: »

So McGregors game plan will be to smother Mayweather, close the gap, lean on him in the clinch to tire him out and fight dirty on the inside.

Here are my questions Id love to hear your opinions:

100% disagree.

The game plan will be to keep the fight at distance. Conor will fight nearer his normal kicking range, launch darting attacks and land counters when Floyd tries to cover distance.

Sure, there'll be some clinching as in every boxing match but there's no way the gameplan is to smother him.

Conor will outbox him from the outside imo and there'll be a lot of people scratching their heads Sunday wondering what in the hell just happened.

gilmour wrote: »

:eek::D


Thats it i'm outta here.

You'll be back Sunday to either tell me I'm a clueless fool OR....