And now for something completely different. Anyone following this McGregor-Mayweather thing?

[litespeedhuskerfan]

"Call me C.J Watson!"


Not much into either sport, but if this did happen, does McGregor have a shot? Could he literally just push Mayweather into a corner and take his chances trading blows, or is Mayweather way to skilled and Conner has literally no shot? I want to this this happen, and it would be the first pay per view I bought since Tyson-Spinks. Edit, now that I think about it, Tyson-Spinks was an HBO thing, not a pay-per-view. I think I have that mixed up with his fight when he got out of prison with the British dude who's name escape me. Little help???

 

[rrthusker]

"Call me C.J Watson!"


Not much into either sport, but if this did happen, does McGregor have a shot? Could he literally just push Mayweather into a corner and take his chances trading blows, or is Mayweather way to skilled and Conner has literally no shot? I want to this this happen, and it would be the first pay per view I bought since Tyson-Spinks.

If it is a boxing match he won't ever hit Mayweather. Mayweather has gone 12 rounds many many times so his conditioning is top notch. I can't see Mac being able to keep up with him at all.
If Diaz can hit Mac repeatedly what do you think Floyd will do to him?

 

[litespeedhuskerfan]

If Diaz can hit Mac repeatedly what do you think Floyd will do to him?

I don't know, I don't follow either sport, I'm just curious. Lemme ask this, would you buy the fight or make sure you went somewhere to see it? I think it would generate to much cash for this not to at least be a possibility, I don't know jack about either sport, but I know Floyd likes his money.

 

[rrthusker]

I don't know, I don't follow either sport, I'm just curious. Lemme ask this, would you buy the fight or make sure you went somewhere to see it? I think it would generate to much cash for this not to at least be a possibility, I don't know jack about either sport, but I know Floyd likes his money.

Yes I would buy it and have a watch party.

 

[redwine65]

I don't think it will happen, cause neither has a chance to win at each others sport.
if it's boxing gayweather will out run him and pick him apart, if it's fighting McGregor would just take him down and it would be over. Mayweather should be fighting Crawford.

 

[Suhrreal]

McGregor would look like a buffoon out there against Mayweather. May not land a single punch, would gas out within 5 rounds, and then get knocked out brutally.

 

[DudznSudz]

Yeah I have always found this to be extremely weird; the two sports just don't go well together. To elaborate:

Floyd Mayweather Jr. is not known as a knock-out artist, but he has both excellent conditioning and pretty much the best defensive technique of any fighter probably ever. Unless you catch him unaware or get very lucky, you can't hit him. Lately, I've seen two guys do "ok" against him, Miguel Cotto, who just charged and tried to brawl him the whole fight, and Manny Pacquiao, who only had a shot because he's fast and his attack comes from a variety of angles. In the first case, Cotto lost because he took way too much punishment for keeping the fight so close-quarters, and Manny just straight up failed to catch Floyd.

McGregor is a hell of a cage fighter, one of the best right now, but in that scenario you have a lot more at your disposal that boxing does not allow. That, and boxers are trained to control distance and pace, because they know their matches last a lot longer and they don't want to get floored by some unexpected haymaker or gas out too early unless they're going for a quick KO. In a boxing match, for McGregor to win, he'd have to get Mayweather down VERY quickly, and Floyd would never let that happen. If they fought an MMA fight, expect Floyd to do better than you think, because he'd probably control the pace and keep McGregor off of him (if you watched Rhonda Rousey get beat by Holly Holm, Holm used a boxing-like strategy to keep Rousey at a pretty significant distance and just beat her hard every time she tried to get in).

Lastly, Mayweather isn't fighting Terrence Crawford or Canelo Alvarez or Genaddy Golvkin or anyone like that because he has more money than he knows what to do with (dude has a Cadillac golf cart and his own plane(s)), and he doesn't want to have a loss on his record. He has no incentive to risk a violent brawl or be remembered for a dumb publicity stunt like this. I don't personally like Mayweather, I think he's a punk, but he's a very canny businessman and he's obsessed with his image.

 

[litespeedhuskerfan]

Looks like not quite the long shot many of us thought...http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mor...-in-‘exploratory-phase’/ar-AAlQH3F?li=BBnb7Kz

 

[bloodredd]

No way I'll be duped into spending money to watch Mayweather. Most boring fighter ever..........

 

[Chuck003]

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"Call me C.J Watson!"


Not much into either sport, but if this did happen, does McGregor have a shot? Could he literally just push Mayweather into a corner and take his chances trading blows, or is Mayweather way to skilled and Conner has literally no shot? I want to this this happen, and it would be the first pay per view I bought since Tyson-Spinks. Edit, now that I think about it, Tyson-Spinks was an HBO thing, not a pay-per-view. I think I have that mixed up with his fight when he got out of prison with the British dude who's name escape me. Little help???

"Call me C.J Watson!"


Not much into either sport, but if this did happen, does McGregor have a shot? Could he literally just push Mayweather into a corner and take his chances trading blows, or is Mayweather way to skilled and Conner has literally no shot? I want to this this happen, and it would be the first pay per view I bought since Tyson-Spinks. Edit, now that I think about it, Tyson-Spinks was an HBO thing, not a pay-per-view. I think I have that mixed up with his fight when he got out of prison with the British dude who's name escape me. Little help???

Frank Bruno.

 

[timnsun]

Frank Bruno.

No. Tyson destroyed Bruno. It was Lennox Lewis.

 

[Chuck003]

No. Tyson destroyed Bruno. It was Lennox Lewis.

Yes. He destroyed Bruno. He was the first Brit he fought when he got out of prison. Lewis came 8 years after he got out. I know he killed Bruno. I watched it live on PPV in 1995. But whatever..

 

[timnsun]

Yes. He destroyed Bruno. He was the first Brit he fought when he got out of prison. Lewis came 8 years after he got out. I know he killed Bruno. I watched it live on PPV in 1995. But whatever..

You may be right. For some reason I thought the Bruno fight was on HBO or something like that. I remember watching the fight against Lewis on pay-per-view.

I did watch the Bruno fight as well, but don't remember it being pay-per-view. But I'm probably wrong.

 

[Chuck003]

You may be right. For some reason I thought the Bruno fight was on HBO or something like that. I remember watching the fight against Lewis on pay-per-view.

I did watch the Bruno fight as well, but don't remember it being pay-per-view. But I'm probably wrong.

Hell, it was so long ago...But at least boxing was fun to watch back then. We are getting old. Now I'm depressed. Oh, he also fought Bruno twice I think. One prior to prison and one after. Like I said I'm old and confused.

 

[timnsun]

Hell, it was so long ago...But at least boxing was fun to watch back then. We are getting old. Now I'm depressed. Oh, he also fought Bruno twice I think. One prior to prison and one after. Like I said I'm old and confused.

You said it... haven't watched boxing in years... not the same now. And yes, I think you are right. He did box Bruno twice. And I had forgotten about the timeline that he fought Bruno... I'm probably thinking of the first fight... that one may have been hbo or something.