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Official Conor McGregor thread (part 4) *Updated Warning in 1st Post Re:Boxing match

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  • #9272
    dulux99
    Registered Users Posts: 2,795 ✭✭✭dulux99


    nelly17 wrote: »
    Mellor wrote: »
    I got thats what you were trying to do. But it made little sense tbh.
    How could it sell any PPVs in the US when it was ESPN. Did you want people ring up and donate $50 in support of Pacquiao.

    It drew 4.4m viewers on ESPN, the highest ratings for boxing on cable since 2006. And the highest on ESPN since 1995. That's not irrelevancy. He's still a name among casuals - and that's the target of the hypothetical McGregor fight

    I thought Dana White already put this to bed and said under no circumstances will this fight happen.
    Of course we all know Dana White is a beacon of truth and would never lie, of course not.


  • #9273
    billybonkers
    Registered Users Posts: 2,293 ✭✭✭billybonkers


    Hasn't everybody including Conor said he is going back to MMA and defending the LW belt is the top priority now?

    Would it be reasonable to expect some sort of announcement on the Dec 30th card to kick 2019 off for the UFC? They need it it seems.

    When is Tony rumored to be back, or will they wait until his is confirmed fit to put the fight together?

    LW has two big fights to make in the first quarter 2018, Tony and Conor followed immediately by the winner of Khabib and Barboza vs the winner of the former.


  • #9274
    The Nal
    Registered Users Posts: 12,414 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    billybonkers wrote: »
    When is Tony rumored to be back, or will they wait until his is confirmed fit to put the fight together?

    March/April so UFC 223 at the earliest.


  • #9275
    Too Tough To Die
    Registered Users Posts: 2,056 ✭✭✭Too Tough To Die


    Mellor wrote: »
    I got thats what you were trying to do. But it made little sense tbh.
    How could it sell any PPVs in the US when it was ESPN. Did you want people ring up and donate $50 in support of Pacquiao.

    It drew 4.4m viewers on ESPN, the highest ratings for boxing on cable since 2006. And the highest on ESPN since 1995. That's not irrelevancy. He's still a name among casuals - and that's the target of the hypothetical McGregor fight

    The point is very simple. If he is a ppv draw, he's not fighting on ESPN.

    Of course he's still a name and boxing fans (myself included) will watch if he's on tv, but he's not a name people (myself included) are going to fork out money for.


  • #9276
    Sofiztikated
    Registered Users Posts: 6,995 ✭✭✭Sofiztikated


    billybonkers wrote: »
    Hasn't everybody including Conor said he is going back to MMA and defending the LW belt is the top priority now?

    Would it be reasonable to expect some sort of announcement on the Dec 30th card to kick 2019 off for the UFC? They need it it seems.

    When is Tony rumored to be back, or will they wait until his is confirmed fit to put the fight together?

    LW has two big fights to make in the first quarter 2019, Tony and Conor followed immediately by the winner of Khabib and Barboza vs the winner of the former.

    Jaysis, have we written off him fighting in 2018 already?


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  • #9277
    billybonkers
    Registered Users Posts: 2,293 ✭✭✭billybonkers


    Sofiztikated wrote: »
    Jaysis, have we written off him fighting in 2018 already?

    Still hopeful for a surprise at 219 :D


  • #9278
    Sofiztikated
    Registered Users Posts: 6,995 ✭✭✭Sofiztikated


    billybonkers wrote: »
    Still hopeful for a surprise at 219 :D

    You mean the one that's in December 2017?


  • #9279
    billybonkers
    Registered Users Posts: 2,293 ✭✭✭billybonkers


    Sofiztikated wrote: »
    You mean the one that's in December 2017?

    Caught it, edited


  • #9280
    Mellor
    Registered Users Posts: 38,992 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    nelly17 wrote: »
    I thought Dana White already put this to bed and said under no circumstances will this fight happen.
    I think it was more like under no circumstances should Pacquiao be approaching Conor directly - the implication being it's ok to go via Dana.

    He may have since put it to bed entirely. I hope so tbh.


  • #9281
    MagicIRL
    Registered Users Posts: 6,902 ✭✭✭MagicIRL


    I only want to watch McGregor defend his LW belt and fight more MMA. I also believe, however, that if he defends the LW and has one or two other fights, that he'll go box Pacman. It sells so much better when Conor is coming off a win streak in MMA then coming from a L against Mayweather straight in to Pacquiao.


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  • #9282
    JohnMc1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,987 ✭✭✭JohnMc1


    nelly17 wrote: »
    I thought Dana White already put this to bed and said under no circumstances will this fight happen.

    Dana also said the Mayweather fight would never happen and we all know how that turned out.

    I don't know why MMA fans hold Dana on such a high pedestal.


  • #9283
    Gamebred
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,269 ✭✭✭Gamebred


    McGregor has given you girls some of the best nights of entertainment ever and you all bitch about him daily on here, shame on ye dont deserve to see the GOAT return to mma fairweather fans.


  • #9284
    The Nal
    Registered Users Posts: 12,414 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    "The GOAT"

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  • #9285
    Axwell
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 10,461 Mod ✭✭✭✭Axwell


    New thread time.

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057819196


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