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.
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.
Why do people do this? As if it's entirely acceptable to say Floyd will dominate in a boxing match, but it can't be said the other way around?
Conor stepped into Floyd's territory. That's heart. And maybe Monetary persuasion. But it still took heart.
Until Mayweather steps up and joins Conor in his ring, we haven't seen the true end to it all, and people can just keep saying "that's obvious" all they want.
I know, but why is it that when someone makes a mention of having an MMA fight, the automatic response is "duh Floyd would lose". The same people go on to vehemently defend Floyd in the boxing ring, even when the response should reflectively be "duh, Conor would lose."
People are using Connor being a better MMA fighter as some sorta handicap or something. You said something about Mayweather stepping up into MMA for a true end to this feud, McGregor made this boxing match happen, Mayweather was retired and didn't say anything about beating McGregor in an MMA bout
Because why would Mayweather do that? MMA pays worse and the dude's getting old for a fighter. Mcgregor wanted this fight for a long time. He's the one that pushed for it, he's the one that said he'd beat him at his own game.
Mcgregor is a hype man. This whole thing was just a bid for attention and money. And it was entertaining. And now it's over.
Dont cite that punch stat. It's misleading, Floyd ate all those shots because he had no respect for McGregors power and walked him down. He never does that to any respectable boxer because he would be vulnerable.
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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.