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05-21-2017 , 01:54 AM

#13026

pindawg

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He will be set for life tho

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05-21-2017 , 02:30 AM

#13027

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Originally Posted by pindawg

He will be set for life tho

He should already be...

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05-21-2017 , 03:04 AM

#13028

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Originally Posted by Montrealcorp

He should already be...

I can't respect Conor. If he defends a belt in the UFC I may reconsider, but right now he seems like a pussy

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05-21-2017 , 09:28 AM

#13029

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No, he could man. He has an iron chin.

The fight is not going to be competitive.

The fact we are discussing/debating how competitive it will be ITT is the reason why it is getting 2.5-3m buys. Enough people believe that the impossible could happen.

I mean people thought Ricky Hatton was gonna do it lol

I do feel like Connor is the type to make Floyd knock him out because he won't stop coming and he doesn't really care all that much about taking punishment.

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05-21-2017 , 10:15 AM

#13030

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Hatton was a genuine world class boxer with huge knock out power. He just came up against a couple of GOATs and had no chance.

Floyd will knock him out because he has shown no ability to take punches from an actual world class boxer and he gasses really fast. I honestly don't think he makes it to round 4. I would not at all be shocked if it was over in less than a round.

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05-21-2017 , 10:33 AM

#13031

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I mean people thought Ricky Hatton was gonna do it lol

I don't believe a single person thought Ricky was gonna win that fight lol.

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05-21-2017 , 10:34 AM

#13032

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I doubt Conor retires, he will be 29 when this fight happens, dude is in his prime & has too much unfinished business left with mma. What he will do however is demand alot more $ per fight with the ufc & rightfully so.

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05-21-2017 , 10:50 AM

#13033

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Originally Posted by RT

Floyd at -750 on Bovada, how is that possible????

Floyd's taking a dive and backed up the truck on Connor, LDO.

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05-21-2017 , 01:02 PM

#13034

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How you guys gonna talk about Conor's power and give Eddie as the example?

What about what he did to Aldo? I know it was a counter but still.
Aldo had a chin who's history is the equivalent of PBF. Conor also put Poirier away with a shot behind the ear, you never see that at the lower weight classes.

If Conor connected cleanly Floyd would be in trouble, won't happen but we're all human.

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05-21-2017 , 01:50 PM

#13035

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Floyd's chin is made of iron and Conor is wearing 8 oz. gloves and not 4 oz. MMA gloves.

Floyd is a vile person, but the best defensive boxer of his generation. LOL @ this fight.

repost from earlier in this thread. #2 is actually insane, like many world class boxers would go night-night after getting hit like that

Conor can hit him cleanly with his best shot and it wouldn't make a difference

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05-21-2017 , 06:20 PM

#13036

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I said it earlier in this thread but gawd I hope Floyd does some Great White Hype training.

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05-21-2017 , 07:53 PM

#13037

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To make it even semi-competitive they would need to alter the rules a little bit to give Conor a chance. They would need to do the fight in 4oz mma gloves or something like that. Mayweather has never fought (to my knowledge) with mma gloves whereas Conor has a lot so that may equalize things a little bit.

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05-22-2017 , 11:13 AM

#13038

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I assume that Mayweather wouldn't agree to anything like that - on the grounds that if the fight is likely happening anyway why reduce his massive chance of winning if he doesn't want to? If he wanted to be all macho, he could suggest kick boxing - closer to boxing than MMA but he'd never agree to that.

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05-22-2017 , 11:35 AM

#13039

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Connor will want a 500 square foot ring and 64 ounce gloves.

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05-22-2017 , 01:47 PM

#13040

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Of course he wouldn't agree to anything like that. I was just saying that adjusting the rules like that would be the only way to make it even close or intriguing.

Does anyone think Conor would have a chance if it was kickboxing instead of just boxing? What about full muay thai?

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05-22-2017 , 03:26 PM

#13041

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like if Money never even watches a tape of someone kickboxing? I guess Conor might win then with a right game plan idk, but if PBF trained for a year then Conor's chances go up from 0 in straight boxing to maybe 1-2% due to increased variance

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05-22-2017 , 03:28 PM

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I think conor is much more live in kickboxing, and even more in Muay Thai. The stances are so different as is the weight distribution that it is a solid boost for Conor.

Floyd's gonna get his leg kicked off.

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05-22-2017 , 04:28 PM

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I think the crazy thing really is: some boxing commission is going to sanction this fight taking place lol.

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05-22-2017 , 07:10 PM

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I think Conor would have a decent chance in kickboxing if low kicks were allowed. Floyd's stance opens him up to a lot of leg kicks. And he has never dealt with any of the other kicks that Conor would throw.

Either way, that would never happen as Floyd will not do anything other than boxing. And really, who can blame him?

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05-22-2017 , 07:33 PM

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I think the crazy thing really is: some boxing commission is going to sanction this fight taking place lol.

It's going to be in Vegas because Floyd, but if that wasn't the case, Texas and it's lolTSAC would absolutely sanction it.

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05-23-2017 , 10:13 AM

#13046

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I think the crazy thing really is: some boxing commission is going to sanction this fight taking place lol.

Why wouldn't they? At least Conor is young, fit and not already brain damaged etc. Compare this with a fighter fighting after 20 years who already slurs their speech, or Mike Tyson beating up on bums etc. If you allow that kind of thing I don't see an issue with sanctioning this. It's not like it's for a title or anything.

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05-23-2017 , 10:15 AM

#13047

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Originally Posted by cbboy

For sure I'd give Conor a decent chance at kickboxing fwiw, but it's hard to tell. There is always the age factor also with Mayweather, but he'd have to fall so far at pure boxing it's not a huge deal.

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05-23-2017 , 10:53 AM

#13048

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No responsible commission would sanction a 49-0 fighter - one of the greatest of all time, fighting a 0-0 fighter just because he has some combat sports experience.

Yeah it's going to get sanctioned - but it shouldn't be.

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05-23-2017 , 12:23 PM

#13049

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On what grounds should it not be sanctioned? It can't be heath grounds. Mismatch grounds? Anthony Joshua has been 1-30 for some of his fights, you get mismatches all the time.