First two stops of the press tour was awesome, brooklyn was the only let down tbh & Toronto was probably the best piece of fight promotion i've ever seen. What's going to potentially hurt buy rates is the mainstream media(espn, fox etc) crapping all over this fight & random stories from no name boxers bringing up old fake stories about Mcgregor being ko'd in sparring. The media is making mma & Mcgregor seem like some bum off the street & i hate how they're portraying him in this build up.

Overall though, i think it's getting alot of hype, not sure who you're talking to but when random Jamaican people around here are talking about the fight who never talk about fights i'de say it's pretty big. Heard tonnes of casuals saying they are interested in seeing the two different sports clash & they genuinely are unsure of who is going to win. I say it does 5-6million ppv buys tbh & hope Conor shocks the world & again proves the haters wrong.

Serious question: Is Jeff Horn more skillful at boxing than Conor? cause he looked sloppy as hell vs pacman & won a decision vs a boxing gr8 in the last outing, i think looks alot better than Horn boxing wise & i just think overall these boxers are overrated in their technique, mma isn't too far behind & we will find out on 26th of august who's correct.

Yes.

Nope

1. Just how tough.......impossible if Floyd wants to make it so.

2. Yes and Conor in for a world of pain if Floyd decides to fight inside.

3. No idea though clinching tends to come after the fighter is worn down.

Only advantage Conor could gain is being allowed to use all his weapons (kicks/wrestling*) but as it is he hasn't a hope.


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Exo, Conor the biggest bum from Bumsville.

No other way to portray him ffs, at least not if you want to be taken seriously.

i remember ricky fatton talking about floyd's inside fighting shenanigans in the post-fight interview press confierence, just a few seconds of it here. iirc he went into greater detail in the press conference but i cant find the bit

fatton's career was built on being better inside than his opponent and he got done

If his name was Conor Murphy you'd be getting minimum 50/1.

Yes Baids, Floyd too good for the best boxers at all ranges. CM gonna clinch him to death tho.

Conor is a fast twitch elite athlete who dwarfs Hatton. Comparing him to Fattonis a disgrace and bill shot.

Any chance you getting rid of that avatar?

Failing that, any chance he's made to stay to **** away fro the football threads?

Can stop posting complete ****e while you're at it.

Shut ya fookin mout

Marty I remember some of your post in the mma thread in the past and you very much seemed a mcgregor fan. Just curious as to why you've changed your tune about him?

He's not a boxer.

He's a bum in comparison with Floyd.

This fight is wwe nonsense and shouldn't be tolerated but who to **** am I to tell these ****s they can't split a few hundred million between them.

Think I'm a bit soured because this ****show is very likely to be last time he fights.

Tyson was in an awful state mentally and didn't train properly. He thought he would just win. Floyd is not going to make that mistake.

Yup.

Seriously.



Also this.

Of course not. Once again, LOLREDDBOILER.

Within the last 5 years

Bradley/Provodnikov
Francisco Vargas/Salido
Francisco Vargas/Miura
Salido/Kokietgym
Matthyse/Molina

ETA: 130 pounds is a really fun division these days. Slightly below WW in terms of talent

Buster Douglas had a way better chance in that fight than McGregor does in this AINEC. So that should clue you in to the ridiculousness of the odds.

Lol

Of course, by far.

Give Fatton a year off the burgers and he'd kill McGregor.

Conor is a naturally gifted combat sports athlete so trolling aside, he's probably better than the 1000th best boxer in the world by now, but even still, against the 500th, or 250th, or 100th best fighter in the world, Floyd will decide when or if the fight moves inside. Conor wouldnt have a say in it.

Boxers strike in the clinch all the time. If you'd like to see watch the first 2 rounds of ODLH/Floyd or more recently Ward/Kovalev 1.

Typically they'll tie up and if a guy has a hand free, they'll throw some arm punches at the other fighters ribs. Doesn't do much damage, but it can convince some judges if there is no other action.

It's exhausting. Trying to protect yourself while another athlete holds your head down and/or pushes and leans on you is going to take it's toll.

The best example of clinch fighting tiring another fighter out would be Ali/Foreman, but that's not exactly what you're asking (they were HWs, not a CW fight) In that fight Ali would clinch and hold Foreman while absorbing Foremans punches on the ropes (Ali leaned back on the ropes to try and lessen the impact but he was still taking heavy shots). Eventually, all the punches and all the wrestling from Ali (plus the African heat) wore Foreman out and Ali KO'd him.

You already know this, but Conor is not going to wear Floyd out that way.

Oops, I meant of course he is LDO.

Yup.

I wonder if this scenario could play out. Floyd abandons his true technique because he thinks Mcgregor is such a a novice. Instead of his defensive pick and move he goes in for the KO. Something goes wrong and Mcgregor gets an opening and boom.

Obviously just what if, 99 percent chance Floyd sticks to what works.

I assume all the boxing fans are putting their life savings on FM?

https://www.mmafighting.com/2017/7/1...her-world-tour

+350 for Mcgregor to win now for vegas, making people into believers, WAR MCGREGOR!!!