Lameweather Vs Conor

[kage69]

So that turned out better for Connor than I was expecting, this guy with no amateur record was hardly the boxing joke a lot said he would be. I saw him land hits and perform footwork that other boxers wish they could pull off against someone like Mayweather.

Connor did 1,000 times better in the boxing ring than Floyd would in the Octagon. I doubt Floyd would leave an Octagon on his own feet.

Respect for both guys; to Floyd for having the balls to risk his legacy like that, and to Connor for hanging up the majority of his tools and taking on the best for a challenge.

 

[SKORPI0]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1518948604836735

 

[KMFJD]

Mayweather deserved that payday for carrying Connor for that long

 

[Zanovar]

Jesus,thet lasted longer than i expected.I didnt watch.I think my sis paid £20 quid to watch it,i bet she fell asleep befor it started lol.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Floyd Mayweather is on steroids

No, you're just stupid.

 

[BUTCH1]

Mayweather deserved that payday for carrying Connor for that long

Actually, I see it, Mayweather, (with the experience clearly in his favor), made Conner expend a great amount of energy in the 1st 6-7 rounds. He was throwing less punches and turned his back to Conner multiple times, this plan worked to perfection, you could tell by rounds 8-9 that Conner's tank was running dry quickly. Mayweather hadn't hurt him with any really big shots until the end of the 9th and starting back again in the 10th. With Conner unable to move much, or punch very hard, he became a sitting duck. I thought he did OK considering this was his 1st pro boxing fight, many bet he wouldn't even last 5-6 rounds so Vegas probably made a killing.

 

[Darwin333]

Connor kept tapping him on the back of the head, it looked like Floyd went at him head down on purpose to entice him into it. Same as backing his ass up into him. Floyd is smart, always has been. He even admitted he ran away in the last fight. Still not a fan of him, but props for a good post fight interview, and trying to giver fans what they wanted. Seems like a win for both fighters.

Considering Connor is guaranteed to make $30M and estimated to make $75M after all is said and done, yeah I'd say they both definitely won...

For a bit of perspective, $75M would make a stack of $100 bills 267 feet high.

 

[MetalMat]

I could have given 2 craps about the fight but since all my friends wanted to see it I caved in. It actually turned out to be much more entertaining than I thought it would, McGregor certainly held his own.

 

[Miramonti]

Mayweather had a great strategy, business-wise as well as boxing, to let McGregor spend much of his energy before attacking. He took more shots than he expected in that time, and said McGregor "hung around" longer than he thought he would, and much credit goes to McGregor. But dragging it out before attacking McGregor, he not only sealed the victory but overall provided a great show for those who watched the fight.

 

[purbeast0]

404, entertaining not found, at least the amount I watched.

As someone who is not a boxing or UFC fan I found it very entertaining. I also really liked how Mayweather handled it on the mic after the fight.

 

[BUTCH1]

Mayweather had a great strategy, business-wise as well as boxing, to let McGregor spend much of his energy before attacking. He took more shots than he expected in that time, and said McGregor "hung around" longer than he thought he would, and much credit goes to McGregor. But dragging it out before attacking McGregor, he not only sealed the victory but overall provided a great show for those who watched the fight.

Yea, that's about exactly as I saw it, during the early rounds he conserved his energy by keeping his hands protecting his head and let Conner wear himself out trying to get to him. I've never seen a pro boxer turn his back to an opponent so many times but the strategy did work for him past round 6. Slowly but surely the tide started to turn, and when he sensed Conner no longer had any KO power left in his punches the attack was on.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Mayweather had a great strategy, business-wise as well as boxing, to let McGregor spend much of his energy before attacking. He took more shots than he expected in that time, and said McGregor "hung around" longer than he thought he would, and much credit goes to McGregor. But dragging it out before attacking McGregor, he not only sealed the victory but overall provided a great show for those who watched the fight.

I watched it all today, to me, not even close to a great fight, just another meh boxing match. But, Lameweather did provide a finish for once in a long ass time, which is fine by me.

 

[deustroop]

Yea, that's about exactly as I saw it, during the early rounds he conserved his energy by keeping his hands protecting his head and let Conner wear himself out trying to get to him. I've never seen a pro boxer turn his back to an opponent so many times but the strategy did work for him past round 6. Slowly but surely the tide started to turn, and when he sensed Conner no longer had any KO power left in his punches the attack was on.

That's his variation of an old strategy, well played. Nobody remembers Ali and Foreman ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rope-a-dope

The rope-a-dope is a boxing fighting style commonly associated with Muhammad Ali in his 1974 Rumble in the Jungle match against George Foreman.

In many competitive situations, rope-a-dope is used to describe strategies in which one contender lets opponent fatigue themself by drawing non-injuring offensive actions. This then gives the contender an advantage towards the end of the competition or before, as the opponent becomes tired, allowing the contender to execute devastating offensive maneuvers and thereby winning.

 

[JEDIYoda]

Conor did better than expected, but Floyd allowed it so...

Never going to give Conor any credit, huh......

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Never going to give Conor any credit, huh......

Floyd did allow it and as most know, I cant stand Lameweather. When it was time to start fighting, Conor didn't do well at all, IMHO.

 

[jman19]

Let's be honest here. While McGregor turned in a better performance than most expected, at no point was this fight in doubt. Mayweather was never really threatened. And yea I think Mayweather is a boring watch and a scumbag, but need to give credit where it is due.

Bring on the real fight of the year - GGG vs. Canelo.

 

[smackababy]

McGregor gassed (I'm not surprised mother fucker), but apart from a few decent counter punches and a nice jab, he didn't do a thing worthwhile in that match. He panic clinched late (similar to how to panic shot against Diaz), his gameplay was awful, he had a terrible pace, and Floyd baited him into everything he did. Floyd did look like shit though IMO. He wasn't as crisp and sharp and he did a terrible job cutting the ring off when Conor was backpedaling.

Can't wait for GGG vs Canelo though.

 

[LikeLinus]

McGregor never really turned in a "good" performance. He was awkward in his punching and bouncing up and down. He never looked comfortable and his performance wasn't that great. Plus he kept punching in the back of the head. Mayweather let him play around for 5 rounds before he really took over the fight. Basically it was a 4 round fight once Mayweather let McGregor gas himself and show McGregor really isn't a boxer. Mayweather delivered on his promise of ending the fight before 12 rounds.

 

[slayer202]

I can't see any scenario where Canelo GGG isn't a great fight

For last night, I'll echo everyone else. Mayweather didn't look great he was more aggressive than he's been in a long time and he was in control the entire fight. Time to hang em up

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

This thing should have been a complete freak show circus. The fact that Connor went in and had a decent showing was impressive to me. Mayweather wasn't in peak form but he was still only 40. He's a top 3 welterweight right now. Maybe the second best after Errol Spence. When they were both fresh Connor was making Floyd miss completely and landing a few shots.

Another observation, boxers punch super hard. Way harder than mma. Connor is known as a hard hitter in mma and his power did not translate to the ring. It's arguable that Floyd was the harder puncher that night and in boxing Floyd is considered a light puncher.

 

[vi edit]

I'm not really into boxing or MMA but got drug over to a friends to watch it. McGregor looked like he was giving little boops on the nose with his gloves. There was just no power to his punches. At all. I'm not sure if it's because he isn't used to striking or if his hands are normally used to setup some other attack. But he just did not look comfortable. There were several times you could tell he want to get in a slight jab and get Mayweather off balance and follow through with an elbow. Then he had to hesitate and re-position. I think there was just too much natural instinct to use his full body as a weapon and he just was never comfortable.

Floyd was still faster, punched harder, and had control of the fight the entire time. It did go longer than I thought. I was thinking 4 rounds, tops. But I think Floyd was just toying with him and giving us more of a show than anything. If tables were flipped and Mayweather was dropped in an octagon McGregor would have murdered him. But this was Floyd's home turf and he proved it.

 

[LikeLinus]

I'm not really into boxing or MMA but got drug over to a friends to watch it. McGregor looked like he was giving little boops on the nose with his gloves. There was just no power to his punches. At all. I'm not sure if it's because he isn't used to striking or if his hands are normally used to setup some other attack. But he just did not look comfortable. There were several times you could tell he want to get in a slight jab and get Mayweather off balance and follow through with an elbow. Then he had to hesitate and re-position. I think there was just too much natural instinct to use his full body as a weapon and he just was never comfortable.

Floyd was still faster, punched harder, and had control of the fight the entire time. It did go longer than I thought. I was thinking 4 rounds, tops. But I think Floyd was just toying with him and giving us more of a show than anything. If tables were flipped and Mayweather was dropped in an octagon McGregor would have murdered him. But this was Floyd's home turf and he proved it.

This exactly. The whole "give credit to McGregor" and "he did much better than expect" are apparently people who didn't watch the fight or know boxing. Does he deserve a participation award?

He was hesitant, awkward and didn't really have a good fighting stance/movement the entire time. Floyd allowed him to continue on as long as he did because he was either 1. trying to get a read on him and make sure he wasn't faking it. 2. just giving the crowd something to get fired up about before punishing the poor guy when he gassed out. Giving the crowd a good show.

Floyd let him get gassed, then when it was half way over, he started to dominate and took the fight easily after that.

McGregor may have thought he was a king, but he was proven to be the jester. Good to see all these people eating Crow after claiming a he was going to beat Floyd in 1-2 rounds by KO, lol.

 

[Miramonti]

I'm not really into boxing or MMA but got drug over to a friends to watch it. McGregor looked like he was giving little boops on the nose with his gloves. There was just no power to his punches. At all. I'm not sure if it's because he isn't used to striking or if his hands are normally used to setup some other attack. But he just did not look comfortable. There were several times you could tell he want to get in a slight jab and get Mayweather off balance and follow through with an elbow. Then he had to hesitate and re-position. I think there was just too much natural instinct to use his full body as a weapon and he just was never comfortable.

Floyd was still faster, punched harder, and had control of the fight the entire time. It did go longer than I thought. I was thinking 4 rounds, tops. But I think Floyd was just toying with him and giving us more of a show than anything. If tables were flipped and Mayweather was dropped in an octagon McGregor would have murdered him. But this was Floyd's home turf and he proved it.

Paulie Maliggnagi talked about this after the fight, among other things. (@1:42)

 

[Miramonti]

Floyd let him get gassed, then when it was half way over, he started to dominate and took the fight easily after that.

Something I loved about watching Sugar Ray Leonard fights, was that even tho he might go through stretches where he'd get smoked and become absolutely exhausted, he'd come back later in the round or next, and find a gear to start destroying his opponent with a brutal flurry of combinations, and turn the fight around again. One of the gutsiest fighters ever. Conor?...not so much.

 

[smackababy]

Conor was trying that, he just had some bad energy management. Conor would, at the start of rounds, have flurries of offense and punches. He wouldn't pace himself and just blow what little load he could recover immediately. Floyd saw this and allowed it before bopping him around.