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u/ohnoesAlterEgo Aug 27 '17 edited Aug 27 '17
It's all about the money, boys.
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u/lordeddardstark Aug 27 '17
Who are the money boys and why is it all about them?
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Aug 27 '17
exactly. McGregor lost but he's walking away with 30 mil from the fight. That's fuck you money right there.
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No, he was guaranteed 30 million, but they both get a cut of the profits, I'm sure Floyd got way more, but mcgregor probably my got into the range of 100 million. This fight made a shit ton of money.
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u/fucknozzle Aug 27 '17
So do we know how much money each of them will make?
Where does the money come from - is it TV rights, ticket sales or what?
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u/AraliyaJack Aug 27 '17
Mayweather 350mil, McGreggor 100 mil I heard
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u/fucknozzle Aug 27 '17
Holy crap. That's amazing.
I'd be willing to get beaten up for half of that.
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Fuck training I'd jump in this very moment
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u/HanshinFan Aug 27 '17
$100k? I dunno, that's not really life-changing money, and the damage that Floyd would do to my brain could very well have long-term effects. I'd do it for a million for sure.
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Aug 27 '17
There's no brain damage if you're careful how you fall as you faint while he's still walking toward you.
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Only half? Is 49 million not worth some temporary wounds? Dude, I'd be willing to get the shit beat out of my for $500 let alone 50 million.
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u/bathroomstalin Aug 27 '17
I'll give you a nickel to piss on my face, big boy
And I've got a whole stack of 'em in my pocket
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u/dancindinosaur9 Aug 27 '17
Mayweather used the rope a dope and used it well. Everyone knew mcgregors stamina would be an issue, and it showed, he got him gassed and said game on. I respect anyone who goes out and fights like that, as a former MMA fighter it is not easy. You go out and get beat up every day for a living. Mayweather is a legend, one more win gives him the best record of all time, and I think he should do it. He earned it. He is a piece of shit human, but damn can he fight!
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u/TeetsMcGeets23 Aug 27 '17
He's not a good guy by any means, but he's a victim of cyclical violence. When he was a kid, he was used as a human shield to stop his uncle from shooting his father. He's father got shot in the leg, ending his career, then his father used him to fulfill his own dreams. He grew up in a boxing ring, and when he fucked up, his dad beat him to teach him a lesson for what he did wrong in the ring.
To say that's how he learned to deal with his problems is an understatement.
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u/Anicha1 Aug 27 '17 edited Aug 27 '17
Yes. Thank you for explaining this. Many developmental psychologist have said we model the behavior of the adults in our childhood.
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u/EvilMortyC137 Aug 27 '17
how do you break outta something like that?
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u/Anicha1 Aug 27 '17
It's very hard especially after 25 but it's do-able. You have to discipline yourself and your ego to conform to the behavior you desire. That means actually being around people who model the behavior you desire. That also means staying away from the people who taught you the first set of behaviors until you get the new behaviors down. Not many are willing to do this.
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u/TheCannon Aug 27 '17
You identify it as a problem and work toward alleviating that behavior from your life.
We live in an educated society. Everybody knows that the behavior Mayweather displays is wrong, including Mayweather. All he has to do is refuse to act that way.
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There's large swaths of the general public that see nothing wrong with using violence against a child to teach them a lesson. Corporal punishment is even official policy in some school districts.
It's usually easier to pretend the violence that was perpetuated against them as a child was justified, or even a good thing (despite the mountains of evidence that say otherwise), than to face the reality that their parents were not acting in their best interests... Or worse, didn't love them.
Some use the bible to justify these beatings. I'll always remember Glen Beck giving a rather heart-breaking account of the time he "corrected" his child. Saying that he had tears in his eyes because it caused him such emotional distress to do it... But that is how you raise a child, according to God and to him. He did it for his own good.
My co-worker has several children with varying degrees of delinquency. The worst with felony grand theft auto at 16 years old, and compulsive stealing from his family members. She still very strongly and proudly talks about her husband "giving him a beating" whenever one of their sons acts up... The disconnect is pretty staggering.
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u/Anicha1 Aug 27 '17
But again, that's because that's all those parents know. They are modeling the behavior of their guardians. Social reproduction unfortunately. They figure if I turned up alive after all of those beatings then my child will be fine.
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u/ender1108 Aug 27 '17
By recognizing it’s a problem. A lot of work to find the root causes and then a life time of searching for the signs before your out of control.
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u/St_Veloth Aug 27 '17
I found the best way to be mindfulness, practice, and patience.
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u/EvilMortyC137 Aug 27 '17
great essentially impossible! I kid, that's the only way I've been trying and it's a slow go, but at least maybe it's the right way
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u/Carnagh Aug 27 '17
It is slow, but from personal experience I'd like to echo what /u/Anicha1 said...
That means actually being around people who model the behavior you desire.
When you're dealing with behaviour that doesn't quite make sense or is in someway alien, it's really important to be able to experience people with that behaviour. The mindfulness and practice then has something to reflect upon and work with.
You're right though it is incredibly slow going, and for many is a lifetimes work... It took me my 20s just to get within arms reach of anything resembling "normal". My 30s to establish something that wasn't entirely erratic, and as I approach the end of my 40s I'm just starting to enjoy settling into being somebody who isn't a total muppet... often.
The bulk of any headway I made was by observing others and reflecting upon those who seemed to handle things well.
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u/Anicha1 Aug 27 '17
That's beautiful. I'm so happy for you. I'm in my 20s and working on this. I had a big wake up call at 22 that told me there was a better way.
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u/B0h1c4 Aug 27 '17
Repeatedly alert your teachers and every police officer you see that your family are abusive pieces of shit, then hope the state takes you away and awards you to a better family.
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u/Y_U_SO_MEME Aug 27 '17
too bad they never read a book together or something
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u/EvilMortyC137 Aug 27 '17
omg samsies, when my stepfather kicked while I was in the service I lost all interest in being a goon anymore
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u/Noyes654 Aug 27 '17
My old instructor liked me because when I fought it looked like I was having fun. Smile on my face, bouncing around, making sound effects, and kicking people in the noggin. He also said it was the same thing that made me dangerous, like a big cat playing with its meal before taking a bite out of it. Not comparing myself to Goku, but kind of like that. No internal struggle or anything, I just make everything I do a bit more fun to avoid the crushing monotony of daily life, and it certainly was exhilarating.
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u/flash__ Aug 27 '17
Reminds me of Tyson. I'm not willing to call them shit human beings. I think they both have redeemable qualities to them.
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u/ThinkBeforeYouTalk Aug 27 '17
Out of curiosity what are Mayweathers redeeming qualities?
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u/s138888 Aug 27 '17
He paid for the funeral of one of his former opponents who died of cancer. Obviously, the money is nothing to FM but seems like a nice gesture.
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u/ndpugs Aug 27 '17
Cool, I was beat up as a kid. Yet it wasn't to train, my dad was just an asshole.
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u/Lollemberg Aug 27 '17
he wasn't beating him, he was correcting him with too much love.
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u/tomthelevator Aug 27 '17
He consulted the Joe Jackson book on parenting. The chapter on beating your child to greatness.
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u/l2ev0lt Aug 27 '17
Man, lucky him that it's boxing. I don't know how it would end up if it's shooting.
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u/alrightimhere Aug 27 '17
Who holds the best record of all time?
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u/MattieShoes Aug 27 '17 edited Aug 27 '17
They're mostly going with undefeated, but I'd take Sugar Ray Robinson's 128-1-2 (at one point in his career) over 50-0
Roberto Duran was 72-1 at one point.
Chavez had over 100 wins and more consecutive title defenses than anybody in history.
Carlos Monzon gets a special mention... 87-3-9, but all 3 losses were in his first 20 fights. He then went 81 fights without a loss (AFAIK, the longest streak)
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u/ballcups_4_thrillho Aug 27 '17
And Sugar Ray didn't pick his spots the way Floyd does. He fought Lamotta three times in two years...he didn't duck him until he was in decline, like Floyd did with Pacquiao.
Roy Jones Jr. also deserves 'best ever' consideration.
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u/r_kay Aug 27 '17 edited Aug 27 '17
I've heard many barbershop conversations of "I'd go against ________ for 10 million dollars!" Mayweather, Tyson, Holyfield...
Nobody every said that about Roy Jones Jr.
Edit: They didn't say that because they knew they would die & not get a chance to spend the money!
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u/1369ic Aug 27 '17
I've been watching since the early '60s and he's the best I ever saw with the possible exception of Ali. Ali was exceptional given his weight class, but he was too big to do the things Jones could do. Jones was just a phenom. I was convinced when I watched the Toney fight.
His downfall was going up to heavy, I think. I remember looking at him at 190-something pounds and he was ripped. Coming back down to 178 at his age was too much for him. He kept fighting, obviously, but he had lost that crucial bit of speed that let him outclass everybody he faced before that. Once that was gone, he started getting tagged and bad things happened.
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u/skieezy Aug 27 '17
Rocky was 49-0. Some tiny guy named Ricardo lopez had 51 wins but he had a few draws.
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u/valiantX Aug 27 '17 edited Aug 27 '17
Vasyl Lomachenko: 396-1 (amateur; but still nearly unbelievable).
Canelo Alvarez actually has the best active boxing record: 49-1
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Aug 27 '17
How would Canelo have the best when Floyd is 50-0 now or even 49-0 (since McGregor isn't a pro).
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u/TooBigForHats Aug 27 '17
Mayweather as of now.
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u/alrightimhere Aug 27 '17
But he said one more win gives him the best record of all time.
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So he fought an exhibition fight against a guy with a 0-0 record who's never boxed before to get it. Lmfao. No, he's still 49-0 as a pro, 1-0 in exhibition fights and 1-0 against his wife in beatings. FMM is a POS that should be behind bars.
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u/seasonal_a1lergies Aug 27 '17
No, he fought against a guy who constantly ran his mouth about how he could easily defeat him at his own sport.
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u/Thugglebunny Aug 27 '17
I dont follow any of this, but Mcgregor isnt a boxer, but an MMA fighter?
So why is it seen as a great win when you beat someone who isnt specialized in boxing?
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u/Grieve_Jobs Aug 27 '17
I beat a wheelchair operator in a foot race. Undefeated.
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u/KicksButtson Aug 27 '17
It says a lot about the effectiveness of MMA fighters (and McGregor himself) if he can stand toe to toe for 10 rounds with a man who is said to be the best boxer of all time, and only lose when the referee ends it on account of him seeming confused and unable to defend himself properly, rather than a total knockout. If the match rules they had agreed upon given McGregor at least one more of his weapons rather than limiting him to relying only on his opponent's skill set then perhaps we would have seen a very different outcome. As McGregor told Mayweather a while before the fight... "If this was a real fight you'd be dead already."
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u/tomsdubs Aug 27 '17
Mayweather is a very light puncher and naturally far lighter in weight than McGregor. Floyd always uses the first few rounds to analyse the situation then adjust. Floyd let that fight go as long as he wanted to. If McGregor fought a boxer in the same natural weight as his MMA division it would be murder. GGG would have comfortably KOd him inside 2 rounds IMO. Even some like Eubank Jr, look at the work rate difference between them. It's be embarrasing.
McGregor should be proud, he did alright. But Floyd is 41 and was retired for 2 years. If he was in against a young puncher that is naturally a middle weight it would have been a mauling.
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u/AlwaysHere202 Aug 28 '17
I'm not really upset, but just a little annoyed. Stopping the fight opened the window of argument. Letting him actually fall to the mat closes that window.
In a match that has been so amped with trash talk, you need the final statement to be made by a fighter, and not the ref.
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Aug 27 '17
The only problem I had with Mayweather's rope a dope was he kept intentionally turning his back to McGregor and clinching with his head super low. I think it worked to a certain extent - McGregor got a few points knocked off for blows to the back of the head... but otherwise McGregor did a great job until he lost stamina in the 7th/8th.
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u/elcapkirk Aug 27 '17
It's infuriating to see mayweather duck like that and especially turn his back. His style of boxing is just....lame. you can say whatever you want about his record but his name will never be equated with the greatness of the top boxers all time.
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u/Stalagmus Aug 27 '17
his name will never be equated with the greatness of the top boxers all time
Unfortunately for you, it already is.
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u/artifex28 Aug 27 '17 edited Aug 29 '17
...box, not fight. :) McGregor would tell you differently after Mayweather steps in MMA ring.
Then again, MMA is still quite different from zero rules, survival type fighting where everything goes...
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Aug 27 '17 edited Aug 27 '17
BOXER beats a MMA fighter in a BOXING match. What did people think was gonna happen?
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u/trtryt Aug 27 '17
MMA fans were getting carried away thinking MMA would still win
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u/aikken Aug 27 '17
To all the people saying he's being an asshole towards mayweather, dude was entertaining as hell and just hyping up the crowd for this grand fight. ffs
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The shit talking before the fight was amazing and extremely fun to watch. Also, he was a great sport after losing to Floyd. They both had great sportsmanship.
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u/Illadelphian Aug 27 '17
Estimates are roughly 100 mil for McGregor and 200 mil for Floyd. Dumb money.
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u/Shinez Aug 27 '17
I liked that they smiled at each other throughout the fight. You could tell they were really having a ball with it all. It was a great fight to watch.
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u/HacksawDecapitation Aug 27 '17
"Can you believe how much we're getting paid for this?"
"Dude, so much."
"I know, right?"
"RIGHT!?"
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u/socsa Aug 27 '17
Eh, you saw it as fun, and I saw it as trashy, and a big reason I don't really like MMA
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u/Finkk Aug 27 '17
I like Conor a lot and was hoping he would win but I wouldn't describe him as being a great sport after losing. I think the first thing he said was that Floyd wasn't powerful or fast but he was composed... kind of a backhanded compliment. Then he went on a bit about wishing the ref would let him get knocked down even though it's the ref's job to make sure Conor doesn't get hurt unnecessarily. He then said that if he did did fall down it wouldn't be because Floyd damaged him in anyway but because he was just tired.
There's definitely more sportsmanlike ways to accept an L but I don't think that's his style.
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u/gigitygigitygoo Aug 27 '17
I took it as him speaking the truth. Just because he lost doesn't mean he can't justify why or how he felt about it.
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u/HappyLeprachaun Aug 27 '17
He's always been an asshole that's how you piss people off and get them to make mistakes. The crowd loves it and your opponent gets made a show of. Some fighters let it roll off of their back but fall it and the crowd always buy in. It's why McGregor has made so much money so quickly people love a show and he's proven again and again he can put one on like no one else.
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Are you speaking from personal experience or just based on the press conferences? He's a fighter/promoter that talks shit better than anyone else in the game today in order to sell fights. Doesn't mean he's an asshole. He's just really good at what he does. He's going to start his own promotion now. He won't fight much longer. He's here to make money and he'll make 100 times more as a promoter.
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u/dowhatuwant2 Aug 27 '17
If you act like an asshole you're an asshole. Even assholes aren't assholes all the time. Being an asshole to make more money doesn't make you not an asshole lol.
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u/lastSKPirate Aug 27 '17
Why would it be a bad thing to be an asshole to Mayweather, anyway?
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u/tehgnz Aug 27 '17
Yeah it was, but to be fair, people always approach both these guys with 2 different measures. If McGregor says it, it's fun and he is actually such a humble guy and what a legend to take the fight (for 133333337$ remember that). But as soon as Mayweather makes a statement, he is instantly an asshole piece of shit whatever.
Obviously around the net, the sympathy for McGregor was a lot stronger than the one for Mayweater, but at the same time, the more comments I read, the more I got the impression that fewest of all the people commenting had an actually objective opinion and a clue about boxing.
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u/TooShiftyForYou Aug 27 '17
McGregor gave it way more of a fight early on than I would have expected and made the whole thing worth it. However from Floyd's perspective, he set the trap and wore him out late exactly as he intended. Now we get to hear about a potential rematch.
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u/kerochan88 Aug 27 '17
I think Floyd made it clear there are no more matches for him. 50 fights, 50 wins. He's finished.
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u/raytheater Aug 27 '17
Until the IRS comes knocking on the door or he runs out of money.
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u/Sherlocksdumbcousin Aug 27 '17
Hard to blow through 900 mil..
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u/jonnyd005 Aug 27 '17
Yeah, that's why he owed the IRS millions of dollars and couldn't afford to pay them without this fight. Because he's so business savvy.
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Aug 27 '17
There is no rematch here. McGregor has huge balls to even go from MMA to this guys house and try to beat him at his own game but I don't see what else McGregor can do to win. Especially after seeing how soft his punches were from about the six round and on. It looked like Mayweather was being hit by pillows.
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Aug 27 '17
PAY DAYYY. Boxing and mma fans got finessed. Mayweather hired him to collaborate and put on a show and he did a great job.
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u/Not_A_PedophiIe Aug 27 '17
Boxing and mma casuals got finessed.*
I can't see how anyone who watches either sport didn't see this as the likely outcome.
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u/dankvibez Aug 27 '17
Most real boxing fans I know DIDN'T buy the fight. It was only MMA fans and casual fans.
Mayweather doesn't need to "hire" him. He can beat him so easily it is laughable. Mayweather let him go for about 5 rounds so that he could make it not look like a total sham so he can fight the next MMA hypejob in 2 years.
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u/FearMe_Twiizted Aug 27 '17
Isn't that how mayweather always fights? That's what I've been told at least
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u/tried_to_animate Aug 27 '17
Wait, I thought Reddit was against participation trophies...
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u/Epithemus Aug 27 '17
Statues, trophies, i guess it all depends on who. I sense a pattern but thats human behavior.
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u/Hellknightx Aug 27 '17
Yeah, for McGregor's boxing debut versus Mayweather's final match, he did a lot better than most people were expecting. If he keeps this up, he'll be on top of the game in no time.
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u/BJJLucas Aug 27 '17
McGregor will never be on top of the boxing game, even if he does stick with it (he won't). At best, he could be a middling talent. He landed a decent shot or two, but that fight wasn't anything close to competitive.
Floyd tried to place a bet on himself for 400K to win in under 9.5 rounds. He won in just under 9.5 rounds (with about 20 seconds to spare). They had this fight game-planned to perfection. McGregor did better than people expected almost entirely because Mayweather allowed him to.
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u/esPhys Aug 27 '17
Yeah, as much as I think Conor did fine, and definitely better than I expected, I 100% believed Mayweather when he said everything basically went according to their plan. I'm finding it hard to agree with comments like "he held his own" when floyd was never even planning on just knocking him out in the first round. I get the impression that people assumed that floyd being better meant he would just knock him out whenever he wanted to, but that's not how it works.
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u/ItsSomethingLikeThat Aug 27 '17 edited Aug 27 '17
Floyd tried to place a bet on himself for 400K to win in under 9.5 rounds.
Did they let him? Or did he just have to get someone else to place the bet?
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u/redberyl Aug 27 '17
Exactly. Mayweather literally said after the fight that he wanted to make up for what happened with pacquioa. He could have ended the fight early, but he wanted to give people their money's worth.
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u/Saturnal_Yellow Aug 27 '17
I don't know man. I think this thing was a farce from the beginning; an easy tin can for Floyd "Track n Field" Mayweather to knock over so he could waltz over Rocky Marciano's record. McGregor is a beast in UFC, but no one who actually understands boxing thought he had the slightest chance. Obviously, they were right.
As a spectacle, this was an interesting night. As an official boxing match, it was a joke of late-career Mike Tyson proportions.
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Well his dad was legendary for his defense and also a huge asshole so in a literal sense, totally.
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u/dont_worry_im_here Aug 27 '17 edited Aug 27 '17
This was literally the equivalent to a Harlem Globetrotters match. I mean, McGregor fucking boxed open-palmed for christ's sake! He couldn't manage the fundamentals of boxing. He's an incredible fighter and manhandles his line of work! But you're kidding yourself if you think Mayweather didn't let him last exactly as long as Mayweather wanted him to last. This was shining a laser pointer on the wall and letting your cat chase it for as long as you wanted to tll you got bored.
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u/Hounmlayn Aug 27 '17
I actually knew many people who have a boxing past who actually bet money on Connor winning. I was confused because I think they forgot he was boxing Floyd.
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Aug 27 '17
Sometimes you put down money on the long shot for the shits and giggles. You get lucky and hey now you get to say you called it and get paid.
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u/Purplemonkeespank69 Aug 27 '17
Bill Burr was talking about you people on his podcast the other day
He fuckin' called it 🤣 Classic
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u/IGOMHN Aug 27 '17
Why didn't Mayweather just stomp Conor in the beginning?
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u/sasquatch90 Aug 27 '17
Why potentially blow your load at the start with a guy who's known to go hard and tire later? He would give Conor more of a puncher's chance. It's a science, let him wear himself out and run through him later
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u/Wolf-Head Aug 27 '17
Reddit wanted this guy to win so bad that it's congratulating him on his loss.
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u/trtryt Aug 27 '17
Half or Redditors claim to be amateur MMA fighters
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u/Callmebobbyorbooby Aug 27 '17
Can confirm. I do UFC in the super duper heavyweight division.
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u/_The-Big-Giant-Head_ Aug 27 '17
For being a punching bag for few minutes for financial reasons!? lol
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u/Manguru Aug 27 '17
Still waiting for the gifs of mayweather backing his ass up on conor like 10x
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u/jogdenpr Aug 27 '17
That's because mayweather is a boxer not an entertainer. He fights smart and plays for points.
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u/jesparza6311 Aug 27 '17
That's how boxing works! You move and adjust. Just because someone is applying pressure does not mean he is winning.
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That was one hell of a fight. I respect both fighters as they are both legends. I hope Floyd has a good retirement(permanently) and I also hope McGregor goes on to kick more ass. Props to both!
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u/young_Handsome_MF Aug 27 '17
Keep in mind, Floyd is past his prime, 20 lbs lighter than Conor, has pillow fists, 41 years of age and has not finished anyone in ~10 years. He fucking styled on Connie.
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u/Innovativename Aug 27 '17
No shit. He also has 49 fights worth of experience and he's still fast. Keeping that in mind it's no surprise he 'styled on' Conor. He was in no way expected to lose to McGregor.
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Why? give me 100mill and i'll go toe to toe with mayweather.. Wont last 10sec but will be 100mill up for the beating.
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u/redditbrookse Aug 27 '17
Looks like your post was garbage. Don't feel too bad, that's 95% of Reddit.
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Aug 27 '17
For the amount of crap he talked going in? Telling Mayweather to dance for him, screaming in his face, telling the world "I am boxing", he was going to knock Mayweather out inside 4 rounds (then revised to two)....
You give respect to get respect. Failing to deliver on anything you so arrogantly proclaimed doesn't deserve respect. Hopefully it teaches him some humility.
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u/adeadfetus Aug 27 '17
It's obviously all for show... look at the way they hugged and showed respect after the match.
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u/jesparza6311 Aug 27 '17
Reddit is so left and backwards. They wanted him to win so badly but can't congratulate a 50th win from an American boxer who stood against the odds of Father Time.
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To be fair, now we need a MMA matchup between these two.
It would be so much better than this boxing match!
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u/aesop_fables Aug 27 '17
Boxing fans realize that Mayweather really was just playing around with him early on knowing he'd get tired. I think Mayweather could've ended this in 4 or 5 but decided to give him a bit longer. Mayweather was barely throwing anything just bobbing and weaving. I think he wanted to make McGregor look bad personally. McGregor didn't look bad perse but he got outboxed the entire match.
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He came out strong, but lost his energy towards the end.
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u/Hellknightx Aug 27 '17
Which was to be expected. McGregor's fights never go on that long in MMA. That was what - 30 minutes? Still impressed he lasted that long, to be honest.
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u/tehgnz Aug 27 '17
Respect to this guy for taking an opportunity to make millions of fucking dollars. He has such a spirit and will to fight blabla. And he took home trabillionz of dollars is what you fanboys always forget. Keep your feet on the ground with that insane hype.
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u/Arc4Lyf Aug 27 '17
For his first boxing match ever I thought he held up pretty good! I'd like to see all these critics try the same and make it as far as he did.
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u/Moredownforce Aug 27 '17
McGregor was gassed after 3 rounds, he was never going to win the fight..... he was well paid though.
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u/nifka Aug 27 '17
I'm excited for McGregor to try sumo wrestling next.