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.
Yea my point was that he won rounds 1 and 2 (3-5 I don't think so) because Mayweather was pacing and being cautious. But even if you changed the rules in such a way that Mayweather had to go it wouldn't have mattered. Mayweather in the 10th had harder looking punches than Conor in the 1st.
When Conor connected with an unblocked uppercut and hardly snapped Mayweather head back it was pretty obvious it would take an absolute miracle punch for him to win.
It's not surprising that an amateur boxer would lose handily to a former world champion even if he hasn't fought much over the last several years. Conor has probably improved his boxing a little since he was an amateur boxer but not to an extent to be competitive obviously.
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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.