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Originally Posted by CheckN0rris
McGregor can only win if he changes boxing forever, if he comes in with a certain stance, technique or tactic that boxing has never seen before.
You obviously don't understand that people have been fighting for a ton of money under the Queensbury rules for over a 100 years.
The rules themselves have been the same since 1867. James J. Jeffries got paid $120,000 in 1910 to fight Jack Johnson(more than most UFC fighters today).
There is no tactic that has not been seen before, it is an absurd idea.
Mayweather is the best that has ever lived in a sport that has been around at a high level for a 100+ years. The combined experience of the Mayweathers is higher than anyone.
The reason the line is so off as a prediction market is because you almost never have a guy at a Michael Jordan or Wayne Gretzky level that has almost no fans and is hated. The Pacquiao line was just as equally ridiculous for exactly the same reasons.
The only echo chamber is that McGregor has any chance in this fight. By the end of round 1 Floyd will have figured out what McGregor is going to do before McGregor even does it.
The only real variable on this fight is the chance Mayweather takes a dive to set-up another 100 million dollar pay day. I don't think that is reasonable because he has so much future cash flows as a promoter with TMT and his entire identity is that he is unbeatable.
McGregor can knock Floyd down 3 times and still not win. He has to put a guy literally to sleep and that just doesn't happen to guys with good defense in boxing. Floyd's chin is not available for that. He has never put a guy to sleep with one punch in MMA and Floyd has never been knocked down either. Aldo would have got up with a 10 count.
Floyd looks AMAZING. The guy is clearly on a testosterone replacement so the age thing won't matter. He looks huge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbFjm0HVeSc
There is no reason to promote that Mayweather looks as good as he has ever looked. There is only reason to release the goofy sparring videos of Conor pretending to have done something to sell the fight.
I think Floyd by stoppage is a good a bet but there is just no reason to get fancy when Floyd winning is the best sports bet ever.
For a prop bet I would take that McGregor's corner throws in the towel at some point between rounds. Once he is beyond the 5th or 6th round he isn't going to have enough power left to do anything and then he is basically a punching bag and in a really dangerous situation brain injury wise. McGregor can save face with the corner ending it for him.
Mayweather has made 500+ million dollars by the same trick over and over and over that the other guy has some chance when they don't. You can tell how many people talking **** have never seen a Mayweather fight because it is always this exact narrative. This is Floyd's ultimate trick though because the other guy has NO FIGHTS!! lol.
I am trying to figure out how much I will ever bet on sports in the future and I will bet it all on this fight. If I lose then for sure I have no business betting on anything sports related.
Last edited by Soxxy; 08-12-2017 at 07:52 PM.