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The knee-jerk reaction seems to be yes, but let's think about it.

Mayweather isn't in his prime anymore. He's 40 years old, and he's been inactive for two years. He's never been a Mike Tyson in terms of power or style.

McGregor is in his prime, and he's 29 years old. He's not a professional boxer, but he's still a professional athlete with fighting experience. No doubt he will be determined and in top shape come fight night.

Do these factors change your opinion? Do you still believe Mayweather will KO McGregor?

I think it will be a TKO Angel Manfredy style. Floyd is older. But, he didn't really take any punishment in his career. He stays fit as well. His body never went through the ups and downs of cutting and rehydrating which most fighters do today....... including Conor. He'll be sharp. And even though he doesn't carry ko power necessarily, he produces enough pop to keep most honest. And at the frequency he will be hitting Conor at, if Conor doesn't drop, the ref will be forced to intervene.

It's not going to be like Canelo marching forward and Floyd dodging and weaving and countering. Canelo is a highly skilled, well versed boxer. Conor will not know what to do with the angles, timing, speed, and footwork he will be faced with against Floyd. I expect him to be completely befuddled come the 2nd round.

He could if he really presses for it. Not sure if he will or not. I think he might though.

If he wants to.

Ya, I think he could if he wanted to, but he's the type who is often content just winning round after round for a decision.

I'd love to see him stop Conor with a bodyshot

Somewhat unlikely. Mayweather rarely stops opponents. I think the thing that matters is that once Mayweather soundly outboxes McGregor, and McGregor fatigues and gets mildly roughed-up, he will have the option of coasting to a decision defeat, and he will not take it. But as McGregor engages and presses for the upset KO, Mayweather will have counterpunch opportunities, and some of those counters could be critical. But no matter what happens, McGregor won't run away, and Mayweather won't stalk McGregor.

McGregor has also shown good durability in the UFC, against some 155 and 170-pounders, with 4-ounce gloves. So yeah, Mayweather is going to land a lot more leather on him than Mayweather normally does. But McGregor doesn't have a weak chin. Mayweather is probably going to hurt his own hands a lot worse than he normally does.

Counter-puncher wrote:I'd love to see him stop Conor with a bodyshot

I'm pretty sure that that isn't going to happen. Mayweather doesn't really throw a lot of punches to the body. He mostly covers-up and counters high.

Gimp Mask wrote:The knee-jerk reaction seems to be yes, but let's think about it.

Mayweather isn't in his prime anymore. He's 40 years old, and he's been inactive for two years. He's never been a Mike Tyson in terms of power or style.

McGregor is in his prime, and he's 29 years old. He's not a professional boxer, but he's still a professional athlete with fighting experience. No doubt he will be determined and in top shape come fight night.

Do these factors change your opinion? Do you still believe Mayweather will KO McGregor?

I thought this was going the distance until I saw footage of Conor sparring with Chris van Heerden.. He's an abomination.. He's got no stance or jab and his balance is all wrong for Boxing.. Kick boxers and MMA fighters tend to fight off their rear foot because they throw so many kicks and can be kicked right in the face or side of the head if they lean in.. It takes a top notch Boxing coach who was a former top professional boxer to give them a great balanced stance..

It's a big change. It takes a while to correct the stance and it's not going to be done quickly.. John David Jackson could do it.. Roach I don't think is much good because he doesn't like MMA and he never had a great stance himself.. Eddie Mustafa could do it but he's with Mayweather.

I dont see a clean KO but I see him gradually breaking down McG for a mid- to late-round stoppage, kind of like he did to Ricky Hatton.

Who really knows. Mayweather is old and lacks volume these days. He really doesn't care about what we want, he's an individual and will feel no pressure to get a KO if its not easily there for him. Saying that, if/when Conor starts visibly fatiguing, and this may be in 3 or so rounds, then hopefully Mayweather steps on the gas and takes him out. It's better for boxing that way, short and sweet. If its long and drawn out...well that just sucks.

..I see it more like a circus act than a boxing match..they might as well replace McGregor with Charlie Zelenoff to increase its "entertainment" value...my "answer" to the initial queston is: do or rather should boxing fans really care?

Floyd has had a needle in his ass for the last 15 years so don't let the age fool you. And don't tell me that it's just because he keeps himself in great shape...BS. Do you remember what 40 year old boxers looked like when we were younger? Yeah, there is a fountain of youth all right and it's available at your local workout club or gym. I can't wait for the day when one of Floyd's rump swabs turns on him and tells all.

Floyd wants us all to believe he's the second coming of JC but he's just another athlete that made his living with artificial muscle.

Mcgregors hooks and uppercuts are so bad he never lifts his shoulder to his chin to protect himself when he throws them his boxing skills are barely amateur.

I thought first that he wouldn't; that he would take it easy and coast the full distance.

But seeing McGregor in sparring, I don't think he can take it that easy. I think if he doesn't knock McGregor out, it will be so obvious that he isn't trying that it will look like it was fixed.

So I think really that he has to knock him out. Unless of course it is fixed.

I seen odds of 10-1 for Floyd to win every round on all 3 cards.

Odds of Floyd stopping him is 1.83.

I'm going to bet both.

I think Floyd stops him, McGregor will have nothing left mentally after 3 rounds of landing nothing and being teed off on.

Gimp Mask wrote:The knee-jerk reaction seems to be yes, but let's think about it.

Mayweather isn't in his prime anymore. He's 40 years old, and he's been inactive for two years. He's never been a Mike Tyson in terms of power or style.

McGregor is in his prime, and he's 29 years old. He's not a professional boxer, but he's still a professional athlete with fighting experience. No doubt he will be determined and in top shape come fight night.

Do these factors change your opinion? Do you still believe Mayweather will KO McGregor?

Even dripping water wears away stone, so if Mayweather allows McGregor to wear himself out (since the UFC fighter cannot possibly attempt to outbox him), then we could see a late Hatton-esque stoppage victory for Money May (due to a combination of the cumulative punches landed, coupled with extreme exhaustion).

Floyd isn't like other retired fighters, he still lives the life of an athlete, has always trained and regularly spars, so his decline since his 2015's bout against Berto will not be significant.

Despite the huge gulf in boxing ability and class, unless mcgregor has had enough, or his team throw in the towel, or the ref thinks he's getting beaten too badly, I don't see a knockout victory.

Floyd could have stopped more people in his career if he had the mentality to do so, like ray Leonard or something, but he's so overwhelming happy with 12 round decisions and complete safety first approach where he feels he doesn't need to

I can see it going the distance. Completely I floyds terms

Ricky_ wrote:I seen odds of 10-1 for Floyd to win every round on all 3 cards.

Odds of Floyd stopping him is 1.83.

I'm going to bet both.

I think Floyd stops him, McGregor will have nothing left mentally after 3 rounds of landing nothing and being teed off on.

Agreed and the odds your getting are pretty good.

Lackeos wrote:

Counter-puncher wrote:I'd love to see him stop Conor with a bodyshot

I'm pretty sure that that isn't going to happen. Mayweather doesn't really throw a lot of punches to the body. He mostly covers-up and counters high.

I know. I was saying I would love it.

NB though Floyd walked Judah down and worked his body. Easy option against a lefty to go with the right hand to the body.

This is a great thread! There should be more topics like this being discussed by this forum.

If by KO you mean stops him? Then yes, easily.

Floyd beats the shit out of world class opponents who don't have supreme defensive skills. Floyd hits this type of opponent at will. I doubt McGregor knows anything about defense beyond holding his hands good and high,

Granted, Floyd hasn't fought in years and he may not believe that this opponent poses much of a threat at all. Still, he'll hit McGregor at will for as long as it lasts.

If Floyd wanted a first round knockout he would get it. Since he's not that type of guy I'd say this goes 3 or 4 rounds tops.

This fight is stupid. Nothing more than a money grab for both of them. It isn't a competitive sporting event at all.

I hope McGregor will KO Mayweather.

I'm not sure if there's been an easier fight to predict since Charles Martin fought AJ.

They will play fight for two rounds, with McGregor landing a couple weird strikes that cause Floyd to twist up his face and complain to the referee. Conor gasses in the third, and Floyd back pedals the rest of the night not taking any chances. The crowd boos and hisses in disbelief that a fight between one of the most boring point fighters of our generation and a zero fight novice isn't living up to the hype. The referee stops the fight in the ninth round when Conor can hardly breath and Floyd lands two or three glances blows that wouldn't have dropped Josie Harris. Then the boards explode with threads on Floyd TBE, GGG would murder Floyd, Conor vs Amir Khan (or Amir Kahn depending on who starts the thread), which guy was on more PED's, Manny could beat this version of Floyd, Wilt Chamberlain could beat Floyd and Conor at the same time, repeat repeat ad finem.

punchoutsb wrote:I'm not sure if there's been an easier fight to predict since Charles Martin fought AJ.

They will play fight for two rounds, with McGregor landing a couple weird strikes that cause Floyd to twist up his face and complain to the referee. Conor gasses in the third, and Floyd back pedals the rest of the night not taking any chances. The crowd boos and hisses in disbelief that a fight between one of the most boring point fighters of our generation and a zero fight novice isn't living up to the hype. The referee stops the fight in the ninth round when Conor can hardly breath and Floyd lands two or three glances blows that wouldn't have dropped Josie Harris. Then the boards explode with threads on Floyd TBE, GGG would murder Floyd, Conor vs Amir Khan (or Amir Kahn depending on who starts the thread), which guy was on more PED's, Manny could beat this version of Floyd, Wilt Chamberlain could beat Floyd and Conor at the same time, repeat repeat ad finem.

LOL