Official Conor McGregor thread (part 4) *Updated Warning in 1st Post Re:Boxing match

Gamebred

MMayweather wrote: »

Gunni Nelson got put away with a light jab. Are they sparring like maniacs at SBG or what?

Good bait, you will catch a few no doubt.

MMayweather

Gamebred wrote: »

Good bait, you will catch a few no doubt.

Santiago said it himself in the post fight interview get it was a light jab

Eyes Down Field

walshb wrote:

JMM... blown up FW

walshb wrote:

Mosley? WW clearly past his best days.

walshb wrote:

Manny? Blown up FW..

walshb wrote:

Berto and Guerrero? Who are these two? Throw in Ortiz too..

walshb wrote:

Oscar..like Mosley he had seen better days, and Mayweather squeaked past him

walshb wrote:

Hatton? FFS....

walshb wrote:

You threw out a lot of names there...doesn't get me thinking the GOAT!

Wow!

Eyes Down Field

Too Tough To Die wrote:

Seriously, Sugar Ray Leonard's resume ****s all over that.

But do you honnestly think he could beat Mayweather in a 12 round fight?

J0E_90

spix wrote: »

yep you are

ps interesting insight from someone whos been reffing every mcgregor sparring session https://www.thesun.ie/sport/mma/1272632/irelands-only-pro-referee-who-spent-time-in-conor-mcgregors-training-camp-claims-he-will-last-12-rounds-against-floyd-mayweather/

Mistake in that article there claiming Tiedt is the only Irish pro ref.

With the Boxing Union of Ireland there is also David Irvine, while Vinnie Feeney is currently a trainee.

Then up North there's John Lowey, Paul McCullagh, Hugh Russell Jr, and Eamonn Magill as a trainee.

Eyes Down Field

thewheel2.0 wrote:

I've seen it all now... two boxing fans (who tend to lower the quality of discussion on this thread) arguing about the greatest boxer of all time in the MMA forum. *cough*

Don't group me in with this idiot. That's out of order.

Mean Laqueefa

Eyes Down Field wrote: »

Don't group me in with this idiot. That's out of order.

Good for you

Zero-Cool

Ol' Tony on the MMA hour tomorrow :pac:

https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/886715958718496769

snowflaker

Boxer? Leonard

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Ol' Tony on the MMA hour tomorrow :pac:

https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/886715958718496769

That's hilarious. Is that the first non MMA guy he has ever had on?

Have to say this, I would love if McGregor catches Mayweather with a lucky shot and wins. It wont happen, but fuK it would be so dam good to see.

HattrickNZ

JJayoo wrote: »

In regards to Conor's sparing partners there's a danger that the Rousey effect might happen, in which good boxers will be brought in to spar but do they really want to ' beat up' the star? The guy whose favor could seriously boost your profile.

Rousey was on Rogan's podcast with Edmund discussing the fight with Bethe Correia, and Ronda was praising Edmund and how he predicted the early KO. Edmund simply replied that he knew it would happen because in sparing Ronda was beating good boxers and had KOed a few.

Unknown female boxers were getting in the ring with the superstar and were they feck gonna spar hard with her or beat her up. So they were going in and letting Ronda 'Win' then collecting their cash and the profile bump off rubbing shoulders with the sports biggest superstar.

Paulie has said in sparring he expects conor to come at him hard but likewise he would go at conor hard cos that is what conor would want o get the best out of him.  Sparing partners, i would have thought, you want to be as close to the real thing, but not sure how you manage that as you don't want to knock out the actual fighter.

link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQCZCynuFgw

Just listening to it again, be interested to see if they bring him in as it may have been more of a media play.
I find it interesting that Paul is saying they want to bring him in before anything is confirmed. Announcng it before it is confirmed I would be tempted not to bring him in.Will see I guess.

iLikeWaffles

Log cabin, beers, no TV or BT subscription, Have WiFi laptop and a large LED, Options?

Is there a legitimate streaming service that you pay for to stream to the laptop ?

I seen the UFC fights have a PPV streaming service on their site I'm not sure how Showtime's streaming works multiple platforms what's the best option? There is a free trial but obviously that would not include PPV events can you even pay to view PPV online.

wonderfullife

Good to see Conor training in the UFC Performance Institute. It's like a space station with all the state-of-the-art stuff they have in there so I can definitely see them taking full advantage of the facilities.

billybonkers

wonderfullife wrote: »

Good to see Conor training in the UFC Performance Institute. It's like a space station with all the state-of-the-art stuff they have in there so I can definitely see them taking full advantage of the facilities.

Yup Dana mentioned this a while ago that he was going there after the press tour.
Can only help his cardio!

JoeyJJ

billybonkers wrote: »

Yup Dana mentioned this a while ago that he was going there after the press tour.
Can only help his cardio!

McGregor FAST system surely has that sorted

everlast75

So, with the apparent consensus being that FM will win, what type of win would constitute a loss... if you get me.

Does the boxing fraternity expect 12 rounds of embarrassing the young pup from Dublin, or would they expect a T/KO? Would they expect FM to walk out unscathed?

Sweet Science

everlast75 wrote: »

So, with the apparent consensus being that FM will win, what type of win would constitute a loss... if you get me.

Does the boxing fraternity expect 12 rounds of embarrassing the young pup from Dublin, or would they expect a T/KO? Would they expect FM to walk out unscathed?

It's up to Floyd what he wants to do . He can jab for 12 rounds if he wanted to . Barring an self inflicted injury he will come out of it unscathed no matter what way he goes about it

walshb

everlast75 wrote: »

So, with the apparent consensus being that FM will win, what type of win would constitute a loss... if you get me.

Does the boxing fraternity expect 12 rounds of embarrassing the young pup from Dublin, or would they expect a T/KO? Would they expect FM to walk out unscathed?

Conor can "win" this several ways....

If Floyd fights Conor like Conor is some seasoned pro then Conor wins. As in ducking and diving and kind of stinking the joint out whilst just staying a step ahead....

If Floyd actually fights offensively hard and is barely a step ahead then Conor "wins."

In other words if this is in any way competitive, relatively speaking, Conor wins in my book.

Conor loses if he gets badly beaten early. Badly beaten mid rds, badly beaten/embarrassed for 12 rds (but only if Mayweather deliberately decides to carry him and punish him)

If Floyd is badly beating him and cannot take him out then Conor "wins." Though I'd expect a corner/referee stoppage if the beating is bad.

A dance for 12 rds with Floyd just staying a step ahead and Conor "wins."

No matter what Floyd doesn't win this fight. Because for me it is not a fight. He is still 49-0. I will not add this "win" to his ledger.

Edit: Before anyone jumps in. I have Conor "wins" in inverted commas.....

I guess I have set the bar very high for Floyd. Floyd is the spoofer here. Not Conor.

walshb

Prediction if Floyd fights to stamp his authority?

3-4 rds max and completely unscathed. Conor beaten up clearly.

cloudatlas

JoeyJJ wrote: »

McGregor FAST system surely has that sorted

Shinobi vlog was doing a mcgregor FAST series where they chose some folks to do it for free, the videos kind of petered out after a while...

billybonkers

cloudatlas wrote: »

Shinobi vlog was doing a mcgregor FAST series where they chose some folks to do it for free, the videos kind of petered out after a while...

4 weeks of it there

cloudatlas

billybonkers wrote: »

4 weeks of it there

Exactly and it's a 12-week high performance training program.

billybonkers

cloudatlas wrote: »

Exactly and it's a 12-week high performance training program.

Oh yeah, sorry I meant there is only 4 eps. Not that the whole program was there

Frank Bullitt

walshb wrote: »

Conor can "win" this several ways....

If Floyd fights Conor like Conor is some seasoned pro then Conor wins. As in ducking and diving and kind of stinking the joint out whilst just staying a step ahead....

If Floyd actually fights offensively hard and is barely a step ahead then Conor "wins."

In other words if this is in any way competitive, relatively speaking, Conor wins in my book.

Conor loses if he gets badly beaten early. Badly beaten mid rds, badly beaten/embarrassed for 12 rds (but only if Mayweather deliberately decides to carry him and punish him)

If Floyd is badly beating him and cannot take him out then Conor "wins." Though I'd expect a corner/referee stoppage if the beating is bad.

A dance for 12 rds with Floyd just staying a step ahead and Conor "wins."

No matter what Floyd doesn't win this fight. Because for me it is not a fight. He is still 49-0. I will not add this "win" to his ledger.

Edit: Before anyone jumps in. I have Conor "wins" in inverted commas.....

I guess I have set the bar very high for Floyd. Floyd is the spoofer here. Not Conor.

So if Floyd wins the fight by whatever means, Conor still has a multitude of ways to "win" (in your book) just by taking a potential beating or evading Floyd.

How can you say that Floyd is a spoofer when Conor barked about this fight and is the one with no boxing background to speak of? Incredible.

walshb

Gintonious wrote: »

So if Floyd wins the fight by whatever means, Conor still has a multitude of ways to "win" (in your book) just by taking a potential beating or evading Floyd.

How can you say that Floyd is a spoofer when Conor barked about this fight and is the one with no boxing background to speak of? Incredible.

Floyd is a spoofer....

Pro boxer career great entertaining this and trying to legitimize it as some sort of real fight....He damn well is a spoofer....

Simple: If Floyd in any way struggles, relatively speaking then he's a loser....

Conor has 0 to lose here....

I never said Conor "wins" for taking a beating. Read the detail in what I said.

Frank Bullitt

walshb wrote: »

Floyd is a spoofer....

Pro boxer career great entertaining this and trying to legitimize it as some sort of real fight....He damn well is a spoofer....

Simple: If Floyd in any way struggles, relatively speaking then he's a loser....

Conor has 0 to lose here....

I never said Conor "wins" for taking a beating. Read the detail in what I said.

If its sanctioned then it is a fight, simple as.

If Floyd fights Conor like Conor is some seasoned pro then Conor wins

I don't understand this at all. You wouldn't accept Floyd taking a professional approach to this because thats somehow a "win" for Conor, baffling.

Sweet Science

Mayweather would need a pysch evaluation if he said no to the fight

walshb

Gintonious wrote: »

I don't understand this at all. You wouldn't accept Floyd taking a professional approach to this because thats somehow a "win" for Conor, baffling.

Again, you aren't reading the mores specifics of my points....

I said: "If Floyd fights Conor like Conor is some seasoned pro then Conor wins. As in ducking and diving and kind of stinking the joint out whilst just staying a step ahead...."

In other words him being overly cautious and negative and spoiling, and at times, fouling and holding like he does a fair bit....

Floyd should be able to stand right in front of Conor and beat him up should Conor want a tear up...

There should be clear distance between them in terms of class and scoring. If not, Floyd loses....

Frank Bullitt

Sweet Science wrote: »

Mayweather would need a pysch evaluation if he said no to the fight

What does he stand to make from this? $200-$250 Mill? He wouldn't be living up to the "Money" Mayweather persona well if he turned this down.

Frank Bullitt

walshb wrote: »

Again, you aren't reading the mores specifics of my points....

I said: "If Floyd fights Conor like Conor is some seasoned pro then Conor wins. As in ducking and diving and kind of stinking the joint out whilst just staying a step ahead...."

In other words him being overly cautious and negative and spoiling, and at times, fouling and holding like he does a fair bit....

Floyd should be able to stand right in front of Conor and beat him up should Conor want a tear up...

To be honest you want Floyd to fight a fight that he doesn't fight.

Being overly cautious is how he has the record he has, and the scalps that came with that.

He probably could well stand in front of him and dice him up, but if he chooses not to or sees reason not to, I fail to see that as a bad thing.