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

Some boxing fans, or probably anti MMA fans just cannot admit that Floyd worked hard to get that result...why they can't admit it is odd?

Some truly believe it, fair enough. Others don't, but just won't admit to it..

I called the fight as a clear dominant win inside 6...

I was way off...

It would be lazy and begrudging and pathetic of me to try and weasel out of that by claiming it was all perfectly planned by Floyd. I cannot know this, and my own eyes and knowledge tell me it's just not true.

walshb wrote: »

Some boxing fans, or probably anti MMA fans just cannot admit that Floyd worked hard to get that result...why they can't admit it is odd?

Some truly believe it, fair enough. Others don't, but just won't admit to it..

I called the fight as a clear dominant win inside 6...

I was way off...

It would be lazy and begrudging and pathetic of me to try and weasel out of that by claiming it was all perfectly planned by Floyd. I cannot know this, and my own eyes and knowledge tell me it's just not true.

You also don't like Floyd so this fight was a real no win in your eyes regardless of the result.

Floyd won the fight comfortably and it was never in doubt. I scored it slightly different to you I had McGregor winning round 1 and thought neither did enough to win round 2 or 3 not much landed by either from there I thought Mayweather won every round.

But again it wouldnt really matter what I scored it, on the majority of the Judges cards Mayweather was up 9-1 in rounds.

Whether I "like" him or not is irrelevant.

Had he done the job in dominant and clear fashion like I thought he would I wouldn't be posting as I am..

Liking or disliking needs to be removed. You then call and assess the fight on what actually happened..I have done this, and for me TBE had to put in a lot more effort than I had anticipated.

walshb wrote: »

Whether I "like" him or not is irrelevant.

Had he done the job in dominant and clear fashion like I thought he would I wouldn't be posting as I am..

Liking or disliking needs to be removed. You then call and assess the fight on what actually happened..I have done this, and for me TBE had to put in a lot more effort than I had anticipated.

He did the job in a dominant and clear fashion.

Burkie1203 wrote: »

The one thing about FM was he had no idea what he would be facing in boxing terms. Its not like he could examine footage of past fights to devise a gameplan so he had to create one on the go as the early rounds went by. Once he figured his opponent out he just picked him off at will.

The Maliggnaggi stuff was poor from the McGregor camp too. Maybe its because we are in Ireland but I never saw any footage from the Mayweather training camp. McGregor seems to need to be in the midst of a media frenzy all the time and FM doesn't. FM was eating a burger king and partying with loads of pretry girls during the week before fight night. McGregor was desperately dropping weight.

The leaked video of sparring to prove McGregor can box was against a guy who has an Amir Khan inflicted "L" on his record.

Why are you trying to spin things to make it suit your argument better.

Floyd was sitting around in a club he owns not drinking or smoking or anything like it. That's partying in your book is it?

Conor wasn't "desperately dropping weight". He was professionally making weight in a controlled manner, like he always does.

The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman wrote: »

He did the job in a dominant and clear fashion.

Towards the end he did... comfortable winner.

I was dissecting the whole fight. My points are relating to every minute of the fight..

Nothing clear about his superiority for a fair bit of the action..

walshb wrote: »

Towards the end he did... comfortable winner.

I was dissecting the whole fight. My points are relating to every minute of the fight..

Nothing clear about his superiority for a fair bit of the action..

From round 4 on his superiority was very clear.

Floyd walked him down and dismantled McGregor.

Conor did well in rounds 1-3 was much more competitive than I thought he would be landed a couple of good shots but never looked capable of hurting Floyd.

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

You're being ridiculous

I'm a ridiculous person, remember...?

Over and out, kiid!

walshb wrote: »

Well, rds 4 and 5 were competitive..

6-10 Floyd was turning the screw, but Conor was still there and still fighting and still making Floyd work hard in 6, 7 and 8..

I agree. Floyd must have known that Conor's shots weren't anything to be too worried about come rd 6 or so..he then upped the pace and got the job done.

I thought it was obvious after round 1 that Floyd wasnt worried about McGregor's "power" .. obviously though you don't want to get caught with a clean punch from anyone so he was conservative as he mostly has been in his career, but he wasnt as conservative as he would have been against a good boxer. His defence wasn't what it normally is probably due to the lack of fear about McGregor's punches and Mayweather's accuracy was off in spots as well.

But like you pointed out at the very start of this thread this was going to be one of Mayweather's easiest fights and IMO it was.

The Golden Miller wrote: »

Alot of people saying they were disappointed by Floyd, which is fair enough, he wasn't great. But to be honest, last night was Floyd "going on the offensive". He doesn't do it much, if ever. It was effectively new territory for him taking the fight to someone. So of course he was going to be sloppy. Doing that is not his game.

Have to laugh at the people who are coming on to laugh at the people who said Conor wouldn't land punch. If Floyd fought defensively/like his usual self, Conor wouldn't have landed a punch of note, that simple. Although I guess the "wouldn't land a punch" quote is mainly in reference to Conor not being able to hit any top pro boxer, not just Floyd. In that case, he would land a punch at some stage against most top boxers, but would get pummeled in the meantime. He's lucky he was in the ring with Floyd going on the offensive as opposed to GGG.

Floyd is simply unbeatable and that's coming from someone who hates him. The only person who may have been able to beat him at one point was Pacquiao in his prime. His hand speed may have been able to open Floyd up

Conor landed his best punches in the early rounds when Floyd was still fighting defensively.

Sweet Science wrote: »

Really I thought it went exactly how a carried fight would go . Allow him punch out first few rounds . Toy with him mid rounds . Finish in championship rounds . It's strange you are so dismissive of it now

Floyd's strategy for the fight was pitch perfect for the purposes of getting the win without taking many risks. The result's more consistent with Floyd being a boxing wizard than him deciding to carry the fight.

He let Conor throw his best punches early then when he got tired he came out swinging. He didn't take the risks in the early rounds when Conor's punches still had some sting in them. That's not carrying the fight that's fighting smart which is what Floyd always does. Floyd is a consummate professional, the idea that he would hold back to make the opponent look good has no basis judging from his past behaviour.

Mayweather would have thrown more punches early on but he was frustrated into throwing so few tbf. Not saying he would have thrown as many as McGregor, of course, but he was clearly teeing up to get shots off which he couldn't. Even the biased Sky commentary were recognizing that. McGregor landing with many of his shots (while admittedly nothing which troubled Floyd) also contributed to why Floyd didn't throw too many.

I've watched the fight seven or eight times now, with different commentaries, and the notion that Floyd purposefully did so little offensively early on is not a true reflection of those early rounds as it's quite clear that floyd planned to walk McGregor down from much early than people are saying. McGregor just slipped and countered much of it.

Floyd changed his approach many times though, even with regards to walking McGregor down. Which was why Conor said he made him fight like a Mexican. Much more competitive fight early on, and midway through, than many seem to want to concede for whatever reason. Floyd was always going to win handy enough if Conor didn't implement something early on..... would love to have seen him going the distance though. Got a hell of a lot closer to doing that than I thought he would. Had he been more selective with his shots, a bit more conservative with his energy, then I think he may very well have gone the distance, which something I definitely didn't think was possible pre-fight.