is it possible Floyd had to throw the fight to get McGregor to sign?

[montrealsuper]

Obviously McGregor and Dana White did their due diligence and learned that Floyd is broke and can't pay the IRS. This may explain the long negotiations and decision to finally announce the fight. Floyd is up the creek without an oar and supposedly owes over $25 million. Now the only fight that can possibly save Floyd's ass is McGregor. The Pacquiao rematch could bomb badly. But McGregor could be super huge.

So Conor has all the leverage. "IF you want to fight me and get out of debt you gotta dive or take the beating."

Floyd: "No."

Conor: 'Okay bye."

Months later Floyd finally accepts his lot and agrees. Where else can Floyd go to make over a hundred million and erase the debt to the IRS? Nowhere. Who else could he fight? nobody.

Now Conor keeps saying the world is in for a shock etc etc. The experts are crazy if they think Floyd can beat me. He sure does sound overconfident or a guy with zero boxing matches. It sure sounds like Conor knows something.

Even Floyd is saying things that are odd. Like how anything can happen. How Conor presents problems with his style.

Also there is a general somberness to Floyd's demeanor all week. While McGregor is dancing all over the place like he KNOWS he's got this.

I think it's reasonable to suspect something is in the works. Floyd is desperate I repeat desperate for that big payday to dig out of the deep deep hole of debt.

We all know Floyd will do ANYTHING for $$$. And now he needs it desperately.

[SaadOffTheDeck]

Fuckoff

[Grant]

Normally I love a good conspiracy theory, but not even I would touch this.
Sorry mate but you are in a fantasy world

[Covfefe]

[BitPlayer]

Opie is like the Alex Jones of boxing.

[Rob3_142]

Cloud cuckoo land.

How can Floyd be broke after picking up $300m in 2015?

[p4p1]

Yeah Floyd would throw 35+ years of work away for money he doesn't need. Isn't it all but confirmed he is still yet to cash that $100m check?

[SaadOffTheDeck]

Yeah Floyd would throw 35+ years of work away for money he doesn't need. Isn't it all but confirmed he is still yet to cash that $100m check?

That's complete bullshit. That check would have expired and even Floyd isn't dumb enough to trust someone with 100 million. Still your point is correct, he's far from hurting.

[Best Coast]

Most of your posts are utter lunacy, but this one takes it to a new, lower level.

[gilgamesh]

Ridiculous theory. The fight is not fixed.

[BitPlayer]

Opie is like the Alex Jones of boxing.

He has proof

Alex Jones does?

[caldo2025]

I think that Floyd loves his undefeated record even more than he does money so highly doubtful that Floyd would ever do anything to mess that up.

But imagine if Floyd does end up taking a dive or the loss and at the same time, has someone place a large bet on Conor for him, then he could really clean up on the money. One big last money grab.

[montrealsuper]

why are the odds 5-1 when they should be 500-1???

[tiny_acres]

why are the odds 5-1 when they should be 500-1???

I agree the odds should be closer to 500-1 than the 5-1 that are.
But mma fans are convinced McGregor will win. They are betting on him. I think they're nuts

[montrealsuper]

The public might be surprised by what Haymons % of Floyd's purses was. Floyd's success was totally dependent on Haymons fixing manipulating and corruption.

[Kalan]

Obviously McGregor and Dana White did their due diligence and learned that Floyd is broke and can't pay the IRS

You don't know anything about the IRS and rich folks... Floyd has plenty of money to pay taxes -- he just doesn't want to.

Rich folks pay their taxes slowly, if at all... They claim they can't pay because of financial hardship... They'd have to pull millions out of their real estate holdings and they claim it's just not an opportune time to do that because real estate market will double in the next 5 years.

Or they say they can't sell millions of their stock holdings right now because the market is down -- so wait for the market to go back up because you''re killing me if you make me pay my taxes only 2 years too late... Gimme another 3 years and maybe we can work something out..

Or they put a lot of their holdings in other people's names like their wife or their kids, or their nephews to avoid certain tax liabilities... or the make use of special tax loopholes Republicans in congress flim-flam through by supporting favored legislation that Democrats wanted.. "You vote for my bill, I'll vote for your bill. We'll both get rich." Have we seen Donald Trumps tax returns yet??? After the longest "audit" in IRS history??? And if there's any evidence that Donald Trump paid and Federal taxes in the last 15 years nobody's seen it.

[Tarkus]

And how Conor is going to enforce the agreement when the purse split is contractually agreed? Floyd says OK I lay down but knocks Conor the fornicate out. What then?

[Kalan]

How long has it been since Floyd knocked anybody out??? About 6 years... In other words when he was 34...

[Ossyrules]

The OP was quality.

I'd like to hear his theories on the moon landing, 9/11 and JFK

[Kalan]

why are the odds 5-1 when they should be 500-1???

I agree the odds should be closer to 500-1 than the 5-1 that are.
But mma fans are convinced McGregor will win. They are betting on him. I think they're nuts

If you guys are cock sure Floyd will win and the odds are completely batz... How much money do you have on Floyd???? ... Right.

[Covfefe]

why are the odds 5-1 when they should be 500-1???

I agree the odds should be closer to 500-1 than the 5-1 that are.
But mma fans are convinced McGregor will win. They are betting on him. I think they're nuts

If you guys are cock sure Floyd will win and the odds are completely batz... How much money do you have on Floyd???? ... Right.

Right what? He's 1/6 a the bookies here, to make any worthwhile money you'd have to lump thousands on.

[Lackeos]

There is no way in the world that Mayweather would need to agree to throw the fight to get McGregor to sign. McGregor makes like $500k or $1 million or something per fight in the UFC. Against Mayweather, he would be making like $75 or $100 million or something. Mayweather doesn't have to give up a single damned concession, which is precisely why this fight is pure boxing rules. It's not even like boxing rules with 8-ounce gloves or boxing rules in the Octagon. It's just... boxing rules, boxing gloves (probably pillows), boxing ring (probably the largest of the large), literally every single thing Mayweather could ask for, because the money is already generous as f*ck compared to what McGregor is used to.

I don't expect Mayweather to throw this fight. But if he did, it'd be a lot more sensible that his reason for doing it would be if he laid a $500 million bet on McGregor to win, and then took the dive. That would also help explain why he doesn't want to pay his taxes until after the fight, if he was betting near his entire net worth on McGregor. That would also help explain who the hell is laying down so much money on McGregor to keep the begging odds as close as they are. I think that legally, Mayweather would have to use an intermediary to place the bet, so that he isn't directly betting against himself. Now, does Mayweather value his legacy more than he values winning a $3 billion bet? I dunno. I think he would do literally anything to get his hands on $3 billion.

[montrealsuper]

If floyd could write that check to irs why wont he? He cant thats why. He does not have the cash at hand. therefore conor zuffa white irs have his balls. they have the leverage to call the shots.

[Rob3_142]

If floyd could write that check to irs why wont he? He cant thats why. He does not have the cash at hand. therefore conor zuffa white irs have his balls. they have the leverage to call the shots.

What do you think he did with the $300m he earned from 2015? Let's say for arguments sake that half of that went to the tax man, you really think he pi$$ed the rest up the wall? That's not including everything he earned in 2016 and 2017.

Your position is just not logical.

[Tarkus]

There is no way in the world that Mayweather would need to agree to throw the fight to get McGregor to sign. McGregor makes like $500k or $1 million or something per fight in the UFC. Against Mayweather, he would be making like $75 or $100 million or something. Mayweather doesn't have to give up a single damned concession, which is precisely why this fight is pure boxing rules. It's not even like boxing rules with 8-ounce gloves or boxing rules in the Octagon. It's just... boxing rules, boxing gloves (probably pillows), boxing ring (probably the largest of the large), literally every single thing Mayweather could ask for, because the money is already generous as f*ck compared to what McGregor is used to.

I don't expect Mayweather to throw this fight. But if he did, it'd be a lot more sensible that his reason for doing it would be if he laid a $500 million bet on McGregor to win, and then took the dive. That would also help explain why he doesn't want to pay his taxes until after the fight, if he was betting near his entire net worth on McGregor. That would also help explain who the hell is laying down so much money on McGregor to keep the begging odds as close as they are. I think that legally, Mayweather would have to use an intermediary to place the bet, so that he isn't directly betting against himself. Now, does Mayweather value his legacy more than he values winning a $3 billion bet? I dunno. I think he would do literally anything to get his hands on $3 billion.

You cant bet against yourself, intermediary or not it is illegal. He would need to hide those winnings. If IRS got a sniff of that he would spend rest of his life in jail.

I think you are underrating Conors worth. He was the highest payed combat athlete last year surpassing Canelo. And Floyd needs him to make that huge PPV profit. Which means Conor has a leverage. Of course I dont believe Floyd would throw a fight but he might have well entered into agreement to not KO Conor, to spare him the embarrassment. The problem with that is, as I said in the previous post, there is no way to enforce the agreement and I would not bet my shirt on Floyds word.