20 seconds of action from 12 rounds means very little. Against an out of shape boxer a boxer well into training camp should have plenty of moments.
You have to hand it to McGregor though, he is fantastic at getting people talking about him.
Conor McGregor vs Floyd Mayweather | Again?
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20 seconds of action from 12 rounds means very little. Against an out of shape boxer a boxer well into training camp should have plenty of moments.
You have to hand it to McGregor though, he is fantastic at getting people talking about him.
Well...I'm convinced
Yeah agreed mate it shouldn't be surprising Conor had so moments. I've always been one for not releasing sparring footage personally as plenty happens in sparring and in reality it doesn't mean much.
Agreed on last sentence to, I'm a big fan of McGregor personally and still find him entertaining despite the fact over last few years he's pissed plenty of people off. He's a very good promoter of his fights though and will get people buying.
This is what a Mayweather boxer have said on the sparring footage
Daquan Mays
“Floyd is real respectful, man,” Mays told MMA Fighting. “Treats you good, pays good. End of the day, gives you good recognition. He’s not the kind of guy that punches on you and tells everybody else to talk about you and brags about it. You don’t win fights in the gym. You do — but fights aren’t held in the gym. So there’s no point to brag about what you did in the gym. ‘I got a knockout in the gym, I got a stoppage in the gym.’ That’s gym work. It’s not about what goes on in the camp, it’s about what goes on when the lights shine on you.”
If Mcgregor was a legit boxer the way he is behaving around this would been seen as really pathetic but this is all part of him selling snake oil.
Another theory is that Paulie is in cahoots on this and they are setting up a bout in the future.
Yeah I think that's more the way to go with a sparring partner. In fairness though I think it was the build up to the DLH fight when they had an all access and it obviously didn't show any sparring but it shown after and Floyd was openly mocking his sparring partner on the camera.
i don't know if it's a cahoots thing or anything, I think mcgregor just does stuff like post on Instagram regularly and he's coming up in that social media era which is massive now, he probably doesn't really care for the boxing etiquette stuff unfortunately he probably cares more about his self promotion and releasing stuff on Instagram etc does that.
Good stuff that. He's coming along nicely.
I've a feeling the Boxing fraternity, the experts and die hard fans will be eating their words in a few weeks.
Paulie's taken it well...
Boxing wise McGregor clearly isn't a boxer and I personally don't think he can out box Floyd. Anyone that thinks he can is deluded. What McGregor can do is handle the spotlight. He won't be fazed getting in there. Add that to just being in there and having a fighters chance, anything can happen. As much as what you do in training camp doesn't matter, neither does reputation when you step in there. Paquiao found that out recently. If Mayweather is on his toes he'll be fine, but if he starts doing things he doesn't normally do, he could be trouble.
That isn't really the point here. The point is that a fighter will only be measured how they perform against their opponent on the night, where they face another fighter that has gone through a training camp and is at the top of their game.
Winning 30 seconds of 12 rounds against sparring partners that are in poor shape is meaningless.
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I wasn't trying to big up Floyd there. What goes on in his gym is wrong IMO. 'The Dog House rules' puts the health of boxers on the line IMO just so him and his gangster mates can have a gamble.
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That's a legit knockdown.
Paulie's ego must have taken a hit, why agree to spar in the first place if you're not in shape?
Now he doesn't even get paid for it!
Paulie's ego must have taken a hit, why agree to spar in the first place if you're not in shape?
Now he doesn't even get paid for it!
Oh yeah apologizes wasn't saying that was case either just thought was an interesting contrast in them both. In terms of personality they're both pretty similar really.
I can see Floyd stopping McGregor. I suspect he will gas early in the fight and Floyd will take him apart, if he wants to.
Not sure about that. Mayweather has brittle hands so doesn't load up and McGregor is naturally the bigger man.
What are you predicting ? That Conor will win ?
Good interview. Floyd desperately trying to big up Conor to make it look like it will be competitive.
Conor could be 20 lbs heavier than Floyd on fight night. Thats ridiculous.
Are USADA involved in this? Can Conor re hydrate with an iv?
Are USADA involved in this? Can Conor re hydrate with an iv?
Is he going on Strictly?
I'm keeping a very open mind on this one. I don't follow professional Boxing all that much at all but I've seen enough of fights (amatuer/bareknuckle boxing, MMA etc up close) to fully understand and appreciate that every single fighter doesn't matter a shit what background they come from, size, weight etc, has a punchers chance. I don't have to think twice about McGregor, he most definitely has a punchers chance. Is it such an outrageous opinion for one to have, going by the comments & opinions of the boxing die hards it seems it is, the same crowd that's harping on about respect.
What's he doing wrong there? What's the correct way to practice those moves?
Educate me...
I don't follow either sport so I don't even know what the feck that's meant to be, it just looks funny.
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It's not what he's doing wrong, it's more what the feck is he doing in general? Looks like this:
It's not what he's doing wrong, it's more what the feck is he doing in general? Looks like this:
Not sure why, but I can't quite shake the suspicion that all of this has been staged to hype up the fight.
Couple observations;
This one has to be bolded, for effect and to make people understand;
Paulie is in on all of this, don't be so naive to think otherwise. Doing a hell of a job too, they've utilized his sudden rise to media darling perfectly.
Floyd Mayweather will never be beaten by a boxer. Conor Mcgrehor isn't one. The way he moves and throws punches, Floyds never been anywhere near someone like him and he will get a big shock on fight night. The way Conor moves in the Ring for his media warm-up, look how loose he is and how quick he is. It's a whole new game for Mayweather, and the most interesting part of the fight for me is how he adapts. The guy is an absolute genius at adapting during fights and figuring out his opponent to the extent he has never watched a video of any man facing him before. Conor's going be so unorthodox that it will guarantee an exciting fight at the very least.
Back to Malignaggi, there was another reason they got him in. He doesn't pack all that powerful a punch, and I imagine Conor felt paulis best during that sparring session. Now we won't ever see the full 12 round unedited but you can't edit out a sore face. Conor doesn't have one, because Pauli is weak as feck. A 2 year ring shy Mayweather with brittle hands will hit just about as hard as paulie does, and I can see Conor walking through it.
I think the best way for Mayweather to win this is forcing a stoppage through to many unanswered punches. He will be able to break Mcgregors guard with ease, so I wouldn't be surprised to see him back him against the ropes and just pick his shot. 10 unanswered shots to the head and most referees in boxing are stopping the fight. But if he doesn't go in for the Kill, and part of me can't believes I'm saying this, I think mcgregor will school Mayweather with his movement. If he can keep at range, with those long legs and that perfect Ido portal inspired balance, he'll have Floyd punching a shadow more than once.
This one has to be bolded, for effect and to make people understand;
Paulie is in on all of this, don't be so naive to think otherwise. Doing a hell of a job too, they've utilized his sudden rise to media darling perfectly.
Floyd Mayweather will never be beaten by a boxer. Conor Mcgrehor isn't one. The way he moves and throws punches, Floyds never been anywhere near someone like him and he will get a big shock on fight night. The way Conor moves in the Ring for his media warm-up, look how loose he is and how quick he is. It's a whole new game for Mayweather, and the most interesting part of the fight for me is how he adapts. The guy is an absolute genius at adapting during fights and figuring out his opponent to the extent he has never watched a video of any man facing him before. Conor's going be so unorthodox that it will guarantee an exciting fight at the very least.
Back to Malignaggi, there was another reason they got him in. He doesn't pack all that powerful a punch, and I imagine Conor felt paulis best during that sparring session. Now we won't ever see the full 12 round unedited but you can't edit out a sore face. Conor doesn't have one, because Pauli is weak as feck. A 2 year ring shy Mayweather with brittle hands will hit just about as hard as paulie does, and I can see Conor walking through it.
I think the best way for Mayweather to win this is forcing a stoppage through to many unanswered punches. He will be able to break Mcgregors guard with ease, so I wouldn't be surprised to see him back him against the ropes and just pick his shot. 10 unanswered shots to the head and most referees in boxing are stopping the fight. But if he doesn't go in for the Kill, and part of me can't believes I'm saying this, I think mcgregor will school Mayweather with his movement. If he can keep at range, with those long legs and that perfect Ido portal inspired balance, he'll have Floyd punching a shadow more than once.
You could have just stopped there, as it's a boxing match.
It's not what he's doing wrong, it's more what the feck is he doing in general? Looks like this:
Would he be working on his movement / loosening himself out, his flexibility & speed I wonder? Or in short just preparing for a flippin' fight?
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You're a smart guy, I'm sure you could read into what it means.
Probably as you say, limbering up. It just seems weird inside a boxing ring, but common enough to anyone who's followed McGregor's UFC career as he tends to do these weird sort of training movements.
I know what you mean, unorthodox movement, not a boxer, and so Mayweather might be surprised. But because it's restricted to the boxing ring with boxing rules against the best boxer of his generation, I don't think it'll count for much.
I think so too as Paulie is covering the fight for Showtime.
If correct, absolutely shambolic WWE type staging by White and all the participants.
I don't think it will in the end up either, but I wouldn't put my house on mayweather whereas I would absolutely have put it in him against Andre berto. If Mcgregor can push the rules to the limit, he can gain some favour because the fecker knows how to fight.
I'd love to see mcgregor just start pulling off backflips in the ring and a bit of breakdancing just to throw Floyd off. I know he can't physically land a kick but is he allowed to shape up for one, fake low kick to the leg and finish the move with a punch? Mcgregors only chance of winning this boxing fight is to stay as far away from the boxing rules as he's legally allowed to.
He'll be disqualified if he starts any of that. If you strike an opponent with your feet or legs, it's DQ. Attempting to do it is the same thing, points deducted, then DQ I'd imagine.
Or to put it another way, Mayweather just has to walk into one of those fake kicks to win the fight should McGregor start fecking around.
One thing about the videos just released, conor commits so many fouls. He punches behind the head, holds, rabbit punches all in the space of a few seconds.
That video means nothing... Mayweather will be tagging Conor at will. DW is an moron.
Malignaggi looks really out of shape. You would expect a fighter who's in prime condition to get the better of him in that state.
If Dana White has released that footage trying to convince people McGregor can box then he's failed massively cos he looks like sh*t - so technically flawed it's untrue.
When do you see a boxer jumping from side to side throwing continuous uppercuts in a boxing match? When you are warming up and shadow boxing you should be practising combinations and defensive moves etc.
For example
McGregor looks absolutely ridiculous there which is why I can only assume he is trying to make himself look clueless in order to make Floyd slack off in the fight.
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