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Re: May-Mac RBR

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If McGregor had better conditioning, he could have won.
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Re: May-Mac RBR

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gilgamesh wrote:Floyd looked like sh*t early, but the way he turned it up I think it was the plan. He was banking on Conor getting tired. Risky strategy, but it worked.
Risky? Conor doesn't even have good stamina in MMA.
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Re: May-Mac RBR

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Blodhemn wrote:
gilgamesh wrote:Floyd looked like sh*t early, but the way he turned it up I think it was the plan. He was banking on Conor getting tired. Risky strategy, but it worked.
Risky? Conor doesn't even have good stamina in MMA.
For a guy that hasn't scored a knockout in 6 years it's risky to be banking on a KO victory. I don't care who you're fighting.
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DrunkenBoxer wrote:If McGregor had better conditioning, he could have won.
He'd shown stamina problems before...if he hadnt, Im not sure Floyd wouldve taken it easy early on.
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Re: May-Mac RBR

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I wanna see the official scorecards.
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Re: May-Mac RBR

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gilgamesh wrote:
Blodhemn wrote:
gilgamesh wrote:Floyd looked like sh*t early, but the way he turned it up I think it was the plan. He was banking on Conor getting tired. Risky strategy, but it worked.
Risky? Conor doesn't even have good stamina in MMA.
For a guy that hasn't scored a knockout in 6 years it's risky to be banking on a KO victory. I don't care who you're fighting.
Floyd only gave away 2 rounds, it's not like he left it all to the 12th. Even if he had, he probably still would have got the stoppage.
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No easy feat trying to keep the pace with Foyd.
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gilgamesh wrote:Conor did exceptionally well in the fight. I thought he won the first 4 rounds. Floyd started to really turn it up in the 7th, and really started working him over in the 9th and 10th.

Floyd stopped him in the 10th.

Conor looked completely out of gas after the 6th or so.
I agree that Conor fought really well, relatively. Had him up 30-27 after 3 but I thought FMJ won every round clearly (including 4) after that.

Conor should have been penalized at minimum twice.

Have to admit, it was a better fight than I expected. Not a farce.
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Mayweather was exceptionally humble and polite in the ring post fight. :o
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gilgamesh wrote:
Blodhemn wrote:
gilgamesh wrote:Floyd looked like sh*t early, but the way he turned it up I think it was the plan. He was banking on Conor getting tired. Risky strategy, but it worked.
Risky? Conor doesn't even have good stamina in MMA.
For a guy that hasn't scored a knockout in 6 years it's risky to be banking on a KO victory. I don't care who you're fighting.
Not even a 0-0 opponent with mediocre MMA stamina? He didn't have to bank on it. Floyd usually starts slow anyway. That's his m.o.
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alarmakool wrote:Mayweather was exceptionally humble and polite in the ring post fight. :o
How so? Towards McGregor or what
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Cards were a wipeout but Floyd looked old. Not a surprise since he is. Thats why he chose to fight a non-boxer. Floyd looked like he barely trained for this.
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DrunkenBoxer wrote:If McGregor had better conditioning, he could have won.
No. Just no.

Floyd never got out of first gear.
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diddy wrote:Cards were a wipeout but Floyd looked old. Not a surprise since he is. Thats why he chose to fight a non-boxer. Floyd looked like he barely trained for this.
Cards were lopsided for May?
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Re: May-Mac RBR

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SFW wrote:
diddy wrote:Cards were a wipeout but Floyd looked old. Not a surprise since he is. Thats why he chose to fight a non-boxer. Floyd looked like he barely trained for this.
Cards were lopsided for May?
89-81, 89-82 and 87-83 respectively.
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gilgamesh wrote:
SFW wrote:
diddy wrote:Cards were a wipeout but Floyd looked old. Not a surprise since he is. Thats why he chose to fight a non-boxer. Floyd looked like he barely trained for this.
Cards were lopsided for May?
89-81, 89-82 and 87-83 respectively.
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Floyd toyed with an overmatched ineffective featherfisted opponent.

It was a glorified sparring session, with Floyd smiling and talking to people sat ringside, whilst he was stalking his novice gassed-out clueless opponent "Mexican Style."

Floyd took the easy route and patiently allowed his opponent to gas out... and then casually took his time to close the show.

Mayweather could have stopped McGregor sooner, but he was simply enjoying the final few rounds of his career.

It's interesting to finally know that MMA fighters really aren't "fitter" than boxers, and their striking power is nowhere near comparable to a boxers.

I think that Floyd knew this and took it easy on an opponent that helped add at least $350m to his bank balance.

I guess Mayweather didn't want to obliterate McGregor, so he disposed of Conor in a manner that allowed the UFC fighter to save face.

Conor did really well tonight, but his boxing skills are pretty poor and he was toyed with. I'm not being disrespectful when I say that either.

Floyd could have done far better, but I don't think he really needed to make any effort tonight to win this fight.

It was simply an exhibition and I sincerely believe that every single one of Floyd's sparring partners were far better than Conor McGregor.
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Re: May-Mac RBR

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Yordenis Ugas and Thomas Dulorme from the undercard would both mop the floor with McGregor.
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Re: May-Mac RBR

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SFW wrote:
alarmakool wrote:Mayweather was exceptionally humble and polite in the ring post fight. :o
How so? Towards McGregor or what
Everyone. McGregor, people of Ireland, boxing fans, Jim Gray, Rocky Marciano....
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McGreggor could have won it, in fact won it easily, except he lacked one crucial thing - power in his punches, but that's something that cannot be taught.
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Re: May-Mac RBR

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x2x wrote:McGreggor could have won it, in fact won it easily, except he lacked one crucial thing - power in his punches, but that's something that cannot be taught.
He has punching power. His technique in Boxing is sh*t.
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Re: May-Mac RBR

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SFW wrote:
diddy wrote:Cards were a wipeout but Floyd looked old. Not a surprise since he is. Thats why he chose to fight a non-boxer. Floyd looked like he barely trained for this.
Cards were lopsided for May?

That is to be expected in Las Vegas, boxing's - and the world's - most crooked city, or as they even bill themselves..."sin city".
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Re: May-Mac RBR

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x2x wrote:
SFW wrote:
diddy wrote:Cards were a wipeout but Floyd looked old. Not a surprise since he is. Thats why he chose to fight a non-boxer. Floyd looked like he barely trained for this.
Cards were lopsided for May?

That is to be expected in Las Vegas, boxing's - and the world's - most crooked city, or as they even bill themselves..."sin city".
Cry me a river. If you think Mcquit coulda won that your sight is as crooked as Vegas
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Re: May-Mac RBR

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x2x wrote:McGreggor could have won it, in fact won it easily, except he lacked one crucial thing - power in his punches, but that's something that cannot be taught.
I can't believe you wrote that.

I assume you're primarily an MMA fan?
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Re: May-Mac RBR

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gilgamesh wrote:
x2x wrote:McGreggor could have won it, in fact won it easily, except he lacked one crucial thing - power in his punches, but that's something that cannot be taught.
He has punching power. His technique in Boxing is sh*t.


I think the exact opposite. His boxing ability looked great until he got exhausted but the punches he landed didn't really hurt Mayweather. He needed hurt him with hard punches but he just landed a lot of ineffective punches, especially the ones to the head. He was far ahead in punches thrown and landed in the early part of the fight.
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