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    Default Re: Mayweather - Mcgregor Press Conference/Fight Night RBR

    Quote Originally Posted by Ron Swanson View Post
    I saw it far different than most.

    I thought the idea of an early stoppage was silly before the fight. Floyd doesn't have big power and Conor is much larger.

    Floyd is completely shot, his legs were awful, he walked around like Margarito one foot in front of the other because he can't move them how he should anymore.

    Floyd could have cut the ring off to put more pressure on him, do people really think Floyd doesn't know how to cut off the ring? He just followed him because he felt no threat what so ever.

    But I knew there would be misconceptions before the fight once people started saying "what if Conor throws a superman punch?" Who cares, a superman punch wouldn't work in boxing because the only reason it works in MMA is the threat of kicks/takedowns. And even if it did work power comes from feet through your whole body. You don't have leverage for power in the air.

    Conor doesn't know leverage so he was never going to hurt Floyd. I honestly think if Floyd wanted he could have stopped him without throwing a punch. Just up the pressure by cutting off the ring and faint him into exhaustion until he falls over. Homer Simpson style.

    The concept Conor could have caught a second wind is silly. Boxing is much faster paced than MMA. In MMA you can rest in fight. If you are trying to keep a guy off you in boxing you can't rest.

    And the stoppage was not early in the least. Conor wasn't fighting anymore, he was stumbling all over the ring and being peppered. Wasn't over half the round left? He's supposed to stumble around being battered for another 2+ minutes? No
    I would agree for the most part. I think that Floyd could have chosen any way to win the fight that he chose to. But just like in Mayweather fashion, he didn't want to take unnecessary punishment. He started coming forward once Mcgregor had lost his power and become no threat whatsoever.

    I don't believe though that Mayweather took shots on purpose in the first few rounds. He did get caught clean a few times. Later in the fight he came forward and I don't think he was worried about getting hit so his defense went out the window.

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    Quote Originally Posted by powerpuncher View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Ron Swanson View Post
    I saw it far different than most.

    I thought the idea of an early stoppage was silly before the fight. Floyd doesn't have big power and Conor is much larger.

    Floyd is completely shot, his legs were awful, he walked around like Margarito one foot in front of the other because he can't move them how he should anymore.

    Floyd could have cut the ring off to put more pressure on him, do people really think Floyd doesn't know how to cut off the ring? He just followed him because he felt no threat what so ever.

    But I knew there would be misconceptions before the fight once people started saying "what if Conor throws a superman punch?" Who cares, a superman punch wouldn't work in boxing because the only reason it works in MMA is the threat of kicks/takedowns. And even if it did work power comes from feet through your whole body. You don't have leverage for power in the air.

    Conor doesn't know leverage so he was never going to hurt Floyd. I honestly think if Floyd wanted he could have stopped him without throwing a punch. Just up the pressure by cutting off the ring and faint him into exhaustion until he falls over. Homer Simpson style.

    The concept Conor could have caught a second wind is silly. Boxing is much faster paced than MMA. In MMA you can rest in fight. If you are trying to keep a guy off you in boxing you can't rest.

    And the stoppage was not early in the least. Conor wasn't fighting anymore, he was stumbling all over the ring and being peppered. Wasn't over half the round left? He's supposed to stumble around being battered for another 2+ minutes? No
    I would agree for the most part. I think that Floyd could have chosen any way to win the fight that he chose to. But just like in Mayweather fashion, he didn't want to take unnecessary punishment. He started coming forward once Mcgregor had lost his power and become no threat whatsoever.

    I don't believe though that Mayweather took shots on purpose in the first few rounds. He did get caught clean a few times. Later in the fight he came forward and I don't think he was worried about getting hit so his defense went out the window.
    I don't think Floyd would ever take shots on purpose. What he will do is fight in a manner that it may happen if he does not respect your power. We've seen him take risks he didn't need to take in more than one fight. But that isn't taking shots on purpose. I think those early shots fall into that "Floyd is completely shot" category.

    I'm not taking anything away from Conor. He did what he could but he was hopelessly outgunned. I liked Conor's attitude after it all. But I was disappointed in his lack of understanding of what actually happened. He won those early rounds but lost the fight in them and he doesn't seem to recognize it. He would have lost if he didn't blow his load early too. I just would have liked to have seen him understand what was happening. For entertainment it was good. I just mean in the interviews instead of saying it was a close fight and he was outboxing him early he could have said "I gave it my all but Floyd used my inexperience to outsmart me".

    Still, liked Conors attitude.

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    Default Re: Mayweather - Mcgregor Press Conference/Fight Night RBR

    Although academic I can not beleive 2 judges gave Floyd round 2 and 3.
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    Floyd should be 49.1-0
    'Nough said.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TitoFan View Post
    Floyd should be 49.1-0
    'Nough said.
    That fight was for the wbc diamond green belt boxing most money ever made until the next one final ever fight laughing all the way to the bank title.

    It was a real fight.
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    I haven't rewatched the fight yet. I always watch a fight at least twice, I pick up more the second time but what the hell was it with Floyd turning his back so often. I get the take time to reset thing and seeing Floyd change his style was interesting but that showing ur back thing was weird. I expected him to say no mas any minute.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Master View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by TitoFan View Post
    Floyd should be 49.1-0
    'Nough said.
    That fight was for the wbc diamond green belt boxing most money ever made until the next one final ever fight laughing all the way to the bank title.

    It was a real fight.


    I thought I was being generous giving him 0.1 victory on that.

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