*** Official Money Fight - 8/26/17 - Mayweather VS. McGregor Thread ***

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The Money Fight
Mayweather vs. McGregor

Saturday, August 26th 2017
T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas NV
PPV Card Begins 8pm CT (Free fights start 6pm CT on FOX)

Main Event: Super Welterweight Bout (154 pounds)





Floyd "Money" Mayweather

Nationality:
Record: 49-0 (26 KO)
Official Weight: 149.5 lb
History: 5-division world boxing champion. Won or defended championship belts 48 times in 26 sanctioned championship bouts.

VS.

"The Notorious" Conor McGregor



Nationality:
Record: Professional Debut
Official Weight: 153 lb
History: lol, nothing in boxing. He's got the touch of death in his left hand within MMA, but who knows if that translates to boxing.

The Money Belt



Stats: Italian Alligator Leather, 3,360 diamonds, 600 sapphires, 300 emeralds, 1.5 kg of 24 karat gold.

Undercard

Who cares, this is boxing. In this sport, only the main event matters. There are apparently two title fights if you are interested.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by thegame214

90 days away needing to learn to box appropriately and get his cardio adjusted to the rounds really showed. He didn't plan for 12 and Mayweather let him use all his energy. I know mcgregor trained for 12 but he saw "blood" early and went for the kill, thus falling into Mayweathers agenda.

He thought he saw blood, which was part of Floyd's strategy. In reality, there wasn't even a scratch. Floyd played defense (differently, mind you, almost no shoulder roll in this fight at all), let McGregor exhaust himself with weak punches, then carved him up.

Like Lennox Lewis said, it's what any good fighter would do--take him into the deep waters and drown him.

It takes years to train for a 12-round fight, and I'm not sure that McGregor would ever be able to do it. Some guys just don't have the cardio for it. It also takes years to learn how to box appropriately.

McGregor had a 20 lb weight advantage, but otherwise fought and paced himself like what he is, an amateur with some talent, but an amateur nonetheless.

If McGregor boxed full time he'd still struggle, because the guy does not have punching power for the divisions he'd fight in. However, he does have excellent reflexes and quickness.

[stevieray]

No punching power? Aldo, Mendes and Diaz know different.

Name another person that is going to take on what some consider the best pound for pound fighter in their very first fight.

[Easy 6]

Its just a shame that so many want to run McGregor down, if you looked around at what the boxing world had to say about it today, they were genuinely impressed

Mayweathers own people said he showed a big heart, toughness, real skill, and that if he wanted to pursue a boxing career, he could do it

Too many people are too invested in one side or the others supremacy, to just have enjoyed the fight for what it was

[stevieray]

Originally Posted by Easy 6

Its just a shame that so many want to run McGregor down, if you looked around at what the boxing world had to say about it today, they were genuinely impressed

Mayweathers own people said he showed a big heart, toughness, real skill, and that if he wanted to pursue a boxing career, he could do it

Too many people are too invested in one side or the others supremacy, to just have enjoyed the fight for what it was

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by stevieray

No punching power? Aldo, Mendes and Diaz know different.

Name another person that is going to take on what some consider the best pound for pound fighter in their very first fight.

It's pretty damned obvious that punching power from MMA does not carry over to boxing. None of McGregor's punches did any damage in that fight. None. He probably doesn't hit as hard as Chris Algieri. That doesn't mean he doesn't have punching power in MMA, but it does mean he lacks power in boxing.

And anyone in UFC would have taken that fight for that purse.

[stevieray]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

It's pretty damned obvious that punching power from MMA does not carry over to boxing. None of McGregor's punches did any damage in that fight. None. He probably doesn't hit as hard as Chris Algieri. That doesn't mean he doesn't have punching power in MMA, but it does mean he lacks power in boxing.

And anyone in UFC would have taken that fight for that purse.

Disagree. He put Diaz on his ass. If he had no punching power, Mayweather would've ate every one thrown.

...nobody in UFC commands/receives that kind of fight/coin BUT McGregor.

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by stevieray

Disagree. He put Diaz on his ass. If he had no punching power, Mayweather would've ate every one thrown.

...nobody in UFC commands/receives that kind of coin BUT McGregor.

After conor landed the left uppercut mayweather shied away from any left for a little while. He felt it.

[SAUTO]

[WhiteWhale]

Originally Posted by Easy 6

Its just a shame that so many want to run McGregor down, if you looked around at what the boxing world had to say about it today, they were genuinely impressed

Mayweathers own people said he showed a big heart, toughness, real skill, and that if he wanted to pursue a boxing career, he could do it

Too many people are too invested in one side or the others supremacy, to just have enjoyed the fight for what it was

Seriously. You can tell who is who. Boxing snobs are way too harsh on Conor, and MMA fanboys are delusional about how well he did in there.

It's actually funny because listening to boxing snobs you'd think Conor was the first person Floyd ever made look lost in the ring. The reality is that Floyd does that to everyone.

[Easy 6]

Originally Posted by stevieray

Just glad I didnt give up on finding a decent stream

Bounced around a bunch before finally finding a steady one early in the 5th that went the distance

Everyone saying McGregor didnt do jack, are delusional... he landed more in less rounds than any recent fighter has, and he had Floyd stumbling at least twice early on

But Mayweather proved too canny, and deservedly won, it was a good stoppage... dude is slicker than teflon, he outboxed and outfoxed

I was highly entertained, great show from both... and I loved the sportsmanship between the two afterward, both guys were nothing but class

[WhiteWhale]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

He thought he saw blood, which was part of Floyd's strategy. In reality, there wasn't even a scratch. Floyd played defense (differently, mind you, almost no shoulder roll in this fight at all), let McGregor exhaust himself with weak punches, then carved him up.

Like Lennox Lewis said, it's what any good fighter would do--take him into the deep waters and drown him.

It takes years to train for a 12-round fight, and I'm not sure that McGregor would ever be able to do it. Some guys just don't have the cardio for it. It also takes years to learn how to box appropriately.

McGregor had a 20 lb weight advantage, but otherwise fought and paced himself like what he is, an amateur with some talent, but an amateur nonetheless.

If McGregor boxed full time he'd still struggle, because the guy does not have punching power for the divisions he'd fight in. However, he does have excellent reflexes and quickness.

Of course he didn't use the shoulder roll and he didn't use much philly shell.

He's fighting a southpaw. You should have expected that much. Pretty basic level boxing strategy there.

It's a bit hard to dissect power when nothing lands though. Conor's power is over-rated in MMA too. It's his precision and timing that causes KO's. If you clip a guy on the chin while he's leaning in, that's how knockouts happen. They don't always require OMG power.

[stevieray]

Originally Posted by WhiteWhale

Of course he didn't use the shoulder roll and he didn't use much philly shell.

He's fighting a southpaw. You should have expected that much. Pretty basic level boxing strategy there.

It's a bit hard to dissect power when nothing lands though. Conor's power is over-rated in MMA too. It's his precision and timing that causes KO's. If you clip a guy on the chin while he's leaning in, that's how knockouts happen. They don't always require OMG power.

Both fighters are good counter punchers

[BigCatDaddy]

Originally Posted by WhiteWhale

Of course he didn't use the shoulder roll and he didn't use much philly shell.

He's fighting a southpaw. You should have expected that much. Pretty basic level boxing strategy there.

It's a bit hard to dissect power when nothing lands though. Conor's power is over-rated in MMA too. It's his precision and timing that causes KO's. If you clip a guy on the chin while he's leaning in, that's how knockouts happen. They don't always require OMG power.

And little dudes don't pack much pop anyways. It's usually KO by quantity. Morales/MAB were great fights for that reason.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by WhiteWhale

Of course he didn't use the shoulder roll and he didn't use much philly shell.

He's fighting a southpaw. You should have expected that much. Pretty basic level boxing strategy there.

It's a bit hard to dissect power when nothing lands though. Conor's power is over-rated in MMA too. It's his precision and timing that causes KO's. If you clip a guy on the chin while he's leaning in, that's how knockouts happen. They don't always require OMG power.

And Conor did clip him on the chin when he was leaning in in the first and it did nothing to Floyd.

Also, while there is a belief among a lot of boxers that southpaws will beat shoulder roll/shell fighters, it certainly has never happened to Mayweather, who fared just fine against elite southpaws like Zab Judah and Pacquiao, and Floyd used it plenty against Pacquiao.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by stevieray

Disagree. He put Diaz on his ass. If he had no punching power, Mayweather would've ate every one thrown.

...nobody in UFC commands/receives that kind of fight/coin BUT McGregor.

That's not the claim I made. I don't doubt McGregor is the biggest draw, but he took a fight that anyone else in UFC would have, too.

And Mayweather didn't eat every one because he didn't have to. He slipped them because why not? When Conor said he made him a Mexican, he meant that Floyd fought him like a pressure fighter, which is completely unlike how Floyd fights. That's how little respect he had for his power. He walked him down because he knew he couldn't hurt him. He's not JCC who needed to do that to fight in the pocket and win exchanges with his superior chin.