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

Outlaw Pete

Lukker- wrote: »

https://www.instagram.com/p/BXSipWvgOFS/?taken-by=thenotoriousmma

Looks like he had another session with Paullie, 12 rounds this time.

More levitating I see :P

With the added comment:

Pick whatever size gloves you want as well little man. I fight with 4oz. I don't give a **** about the size of the glove.
I am coming sprinting at you with bricks. Know that.
Brittle hands.

Gamebred

The state of Paulie hes a whale.

wonderfullife

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

More levitating I see :P

With the added comment:

You missed the most important comment in his post lol.

"Another handy 12 rounds today."

Owen Roddy claiming Paulie didn't touch him, now Conor saying he's "handy work"... even if it's all 100% true, it doesn't seem like a claim to fame to be beating up an out-of-shape boxer.

everlast75

wonderfullife wrote: »

You missed the most important comment in his post lol.

"Another handy 12 rounds today."

Owen Roddy claiming Paulie didn't touch him, now Conor saying he's "handy work"... even if it's all 100% true, it doesn't seem like a claim to fame to be beating up an out-of-shape boxer.

making a point more about cardio I think...

Frank Bullitt

Does it count as bad footwork if your feet aren't on the ground?

Hilarious.

wonderfullife

everlast75 wrote: »

making a point more about cardio I think...

He looks in phenomenal shape, a lot leaner than he was 6 months ago.

Gamebred

Paulie looks like a lost child with a big bad monster running at him WAR MCGREGOR.

Gamebred

https://www.instagram.com/p/BXSTTklA8Hw/?taken-by=tommymc1976


Thats some spare tyre hes carrying.

Mellor

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

Mayweather has been fighting with 8oz gloves in all but 3 of his fights. The De La Hoya fight where Oscar picked the weight, brand and model, Cotto where Miguel wouldn't agree to use 8's and canelo fight where floyd was allowed to pick the make and model but Canelo's team wouldn't budge on the weight.

But those fights were super-welterweight. So 8oz weren't an option, even if both fighters wanted it they were had to be in 10oz.



The offer Floyd is just an ad for Grant.

Lukker-

Conor back in Reebok boxing boots.

Outlaw Pete

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

I don't think Conor does want lighter gloves and if he does I think it's yet more proof of how out of his depth he is. Don't even bring up 4oz gloves, it's a boxing match, in a boxing ring, sanctioned as such.....

The reason I mentioned 4oz was not to suggest that it could be possible they wear them on fight night, it was to illustrate how ludicrous what you're saying is. You're claiming that (and i appreciate it's highly unlikely / not going to happen etc etc) IF they both wore 8-ounce gloves Aug 27th...... that would favour Floyd more than it would Conor.... but by that logic, wearing 4-ounce gloves would also favour Floyd more than it would Conor... which is an absurd thing to say given that Conor's only chance (as even you yourself admit) is to KO/TKO the guy.

Smaller gloves mean less defense, faster, more powerful punches... all things which increase the probability of Conor possibly managing to pull of a huge upset. Bigger gloves to the opposite. They increase defense options, slow down punches and make them less powerful...... hence why 16 ounce gloves are used in sparring..... but yet you're adamant that lighter gloves would just hinder Conor's chances. Come on, man.... they're going wear 10-ounces, so most likely not worth discussing, but what you're saying is nonsense.

walshb

It's gas as regards the health and safety aspect. 1 lb over 147 (into the next weight class) and you are "protected."

Fook you 147 and lower guys.....

10 oz or any ounce favor Floyd. It's still a boxing match. The amount that they favor him is up to debate...

Mellor

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

Smaller gloves mean less defense, faster, more powerful punches... all things which increase the probability of Conor possibly managing to pull of a huge upset.

They also increase the probability that Conor gets knocked out early. It's not all positive change.

Outlaw Pete

An interesting piece from Tiernan Bradley.

In McGregor's Corner: The trials and tribulations of making the transition from MMA to boxing

YOU might have seen the pictures on Conor McGregor’s Instagram of him getting ready to jump on one of his sparring partners – thankfully not me – while they were on the ground.

Four weeks out from the biggest fight of his career, a boxing match against the best fighter of his generation, people were probably surprised to see him reverting to his old MMA ways.

On the series of pictures, he wrote: ‘Sparring today – it’s another day for me’. And that sums up the journey that Conor McGregor has been on since the mega-fight with Floyd Mayweather was first announced.

Conor has no desire to curb the warrior instinct that got him to where he is today, that led him to the top of the UFC world.

But there’s so much to boxing, the rules and regulations as much as what you actually do against your opponent, that you don’t just learn it overnight.

Those pictures were taken during a spar with a new arrival to the training camp, Frans Mlambo. Frans is a professional MMA fighter, part of the Straight Blast Gym team in Dublin, but he has boxed most of his life.

After he has sparred the likes of myself, Conor would go in with Frans because he’s a different kind of fighter to the rest of us – tall, a great counter-puncher, very long arms, very elusive and slick.

In that particular spar, Frans fell to the ground and Conor’s natural instincts just kicked in. There were no apologies or anything like that - what happens, happens once you’re between those ropes.

But as you can see, the referee – the legendary Joe Cortez - was straight over to warn him and then it was business as usual.

Joe has been as important a part of this camp as anybody because, although it may not look it from the pictures, the spars are strictly boxing.

He was in the middle when Floyd Mayweather beat Ricky Hatton, and for fights involving greats like Mike Tyson, Roberto Duran, Oscar De La Hoya… the list goes on.

Joe knows boxing inside out so when Conor does something he’s not supposed to, he will pull him about it straight away. Basic rules like when there’s a knockdown, you go to the corner. Conor’s used to jumping on a guy if that happens.

When the referee shouts break, you break but you don’t stop altogether, you get straight back into boxing. That’s what Joe is there for - so Conor knows exactly what he can and can’t do.

Because even though he does have some boxing experience as an amateur, it can’t be easy getting your head around a new discipline. It’s like me going into Taekwondo and only being allowed to kick.

Mixed martial arts is very free-flowing whereas boxing can be stop-start, especially against somebody like Mayweather. In MMA, you always have to be aware that there could be a kick coming your way, whereas that’s not a consideration in boxing.

It all sounds quite simple but when you’re used to fighting one way, as Conor is, it takes time to adapt. He’s used to having a 360 sensory awareness at all times because, in MMA, an attack can come from anywhere.

Conor obviously loves his martial arts and he’s the type of guy who would be scanning a room to see how he could take out everybody there like a scene from a Bruce Lee film - I’ll punch this guy, sweep this guy to the ground, take out another couple… there’s a real mad streak in him.

But when it comes to preparation, everything is totally serious, and I can see a massive difference since I started working with him.

Conor’s really thinking about what he’s doing, sitting down on his punches much better and his power has increased because of that.

He’s doing everything the right way and he’s slowly getting into the boxing way of life.

YOU never quite know when you might get the call to spar Conor. Whether it’s myself, Dashon Johnston or Frans, you get a bit of notice and then head over to the UFC performance institute, which is about 15 minutes away from the house we’re all staying in.

Even if you’re not sparring you go over and train. I’ve been out here two weeks now and we’re training twice a day, early in the morning and then late, often after 10pm, when Conor wants us there with him.

We’re sparring partners, we’re there to help Conor, so we have to be ready and prepared whenever we’re called upon.

And when you consider that the Mayweather fight isn’t likely to start until around 11pm US-time, it makes sense to get your body adjusted to working then. On Sunday night we weren’t getting home until around 1.30am, and even then you can hardly sleep because the adrenaline’s still pumping.

Paulie Malignaggi arrived back at the house on Monday night after a week away working on the TV coverage of Mikey Garcia versus Adrian Broner.

He’s in the next bedroom to me, and is a great guy to talk to. A two-weight world champion, he’s been there and done it all. When you’re talking to him, it’s like being on Showtime.

He talks that fast he says as much in a minute as most people probably do in half an hour, but he’s full of great insights and advice.

Paulie has only sparred Conor once, and that’s the one everybody’s dying to know about. I was in Paulie’s corner and although he hasn’t fought since March and is retired, he’s getting sharper by the day.

You can see he’s still a class operator, and it was an interesting spar to watch – more a full on fight actually. Conor told us all when Paulie came into camp ‘this is not a spar, I want to fight him. I’m ready for a war’.

Paulie was talking to him in between rounds, trying to give him advice, but then he was getting slapped in the face.

I saw what he said about Conor’s power and he’s playing a bit of a dangerous game because he still has more spars to go with Conor, and Conor will be out there to knock him out. He’ll want to show him he has ‘oh my God’ power.

wonderfullife

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

An interesting piece from Tiernan Bradley.

Starting to think the NDA's these boys signed were "Don't reveal the extent of Conor's GAA skills but discuss whatever else you want"...

I mean... clarifying that Frans slipped is obviously the truth but I'm sure Conor would have preferred it open-ended for people to wonder did he drop him with a punch.

everlast75

wonderfullife wrote: »

Starting to think the NDA's these boys signed were "Don't reveal the extent of Conor's GAA skills but discuss whatever else you want"...

I mean... clarifying that Frans slipped is obviously the truth but I'm sure Conor would have preferred it open-ended for people to wonder did he drop him with a punch.

The Nal

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Anyone else cringing at the stuff that's on SSN at the moment about the fight? Jim Whyte is awful

Im cringing at the entire thing. And Ill be cringing more on August 26th (as we all will) when McGregor is utterly humiliated.

MMayweather

Sounds like Malignaggi destroyed Conor from the sounds of that article

The Nal

Malignaggi laughed when asked if McGregor hits hard.

Gamebred

Hit hard enough to give him a shiner, its probably his ego he doesnt wanna come across like a punchbag sparring partner.

Ultimate Seduction

Gamebred wrote:

Hit hard enough to give him a shiner, its probably his ego he doesnt wanna come across like a punchbag sparring partner.

He'd be ridiculed by the boxing community if he said anything to big up Conors chances. Nate Diaz was just about to say how he thought Conor had a chance, then Andre Ward started to take the piss out of him straight away, so Nate reverted to "punchers chance"

The Nal

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

Nate reverted to "punchers chance"

Thats all he has. But thats enough I suppose.

Frank Bullitt

Some more words from Paulie.

Gamebred

He must do a new interview everyday the state of him milking this for every last drop of publicity stfu.

Boom_Bap

He let's slip at the end of that that McGregor has punching power

Call Me Jimmy

paulie basically saying conor works hard, that's about it. I had vague hope when it was first announced that some mysterious energy conor would harness to possibly knock out floyd (however unlikely). Now I'm just getting the impression that there will be no magic. I wanted to get a vibe coming from people who seen him sparring and I've got it. Others can disagree but it would be in paulie's interest to play it up and even call it if he saw something spectacular. He could say 'I said conor would beat floyd'. I think he's being truthful and even possibly overly nice about it. Don't think it's an ego thing.

cloudatlas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3sBgW4p18s

Not much depth on the squat.

Frank Bullitt

cloudatlas wrote: »

Not much depth on the squat.

Doesn't work for me

Whelo79

wonderfullife wrote: »

Starting to think the NDA's these boys signed were "Don't reveal the extent of Conor's GAA skills but discuss whatever else you want"...

I mean... clarifying that Frans slipped is obviously the truth but I'm sure Conor would have preferred it open-ended for people to wonder did he drop him with a punch.

He didn't say Frans slipped, he said Frans fell to the ground. Open to interpretation.

Zero-Cool

https://twitter.com/bokamotoESPN/status/892865406767046656