Funny, there is more hugging in boxing than there is in MMA!!A proper fight is boxing, not rolling around on the floor hugging each other.
Conor McGregor vs Floyd Mayweather | Again?
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You're probably right, the level of footwork and guard training to be a professional boxer is pretty high. Although I would guess most MMA fighters from Europe will have had boxing training in their youth.
True, there is a very low 'punchers chance' of winning an MMA fight for a boxer. They don't have the sprawl with resist a takedown and then limited BJJ training so they would get destroyed
Good luck with that if you ever get into a proper fight.A proper fight is boxing, not rolling around on the floor hugging each other.
Shame they couldnt make some kind of compromise between the two, I.e make it a kickboxing or muay thai fight. Or my favourite suggestion was to have it a boxing match but with the lighter mma gloves. In just a straight boxing match then the chance of it being in anyway a competitive affair are slim to say the least.
Real men stand up. Or you talking about a drunken brawl outside a pub?
Wherever fights happen people end up grappling in no time. I mean, even in boxing that's true and they have a third party there to split it up every two seconds.
Stand up and Conor just leg kicks him to death. Even in mma Conor doesn't go to the ground.
Mayweather can only beat Conor under a strict set of rules.
Wouldn't Conor just kick the shit out of Mayweather from a safe distance?
He could do whatever he wants. Literally the only strategy which could fail would be to only box and utilise no other aspects of mixed martial arts. Outside of that Mayweather would have one or two chances to get a hail Mary knockout.
Not a knock on boxing, as a single martial art it is obviously one of the most important and definitely the most well loved there is. By design though it's an incomplete combat system.
Nope it wont happen. Floyd isnt stupid. He will never step foot inside an octagon. Also the Conor killing him in a proper fight could be true but is still hypothetical and we will never know. So why even worry about that?
I was responding to the point of it hurting Conor's reputation though.
It shouldn't. The entire sport of mma has evolved to the point that a fighter with one disclipline gets doninated and picked apart by well rounded fighters.
Floyd's boxing stance would get exposed by a modest mma fighter, never mind Conor. A fight pointer like floyd would get eaten alive but that's a different conversation.
Conor losing to Floyd doesn't weaken Conor's image, he's the one limiting his skill range to make this competitive or even possible.
I honestly think this whole thing is setting up a mma promotion between Conor and Floyd. A more of a boxing setup than everything under one roof, WWE style that the UFC are.
Tv companies and venues will bid for fights rather than everybody being treated like slaves and employess as they are now.
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I will absolutely watch that fight despite knowing how big of a farce it is. The trash talking in the build up will be legendary
Is this boxing or MMA?
Kill him Floyd.
Boxing
Even if Floyd is the major favourite, would still like to see this happen. The build up itself would be worth it. It'll be interesting to see how Floyd responds to Conor's antics.
Another money grab.
Trash talk will be fun though.
Trash talk will be fun though.
I would say there is a very real chance this could happen.
He's gonna lose, pick up millions and ride off into the sunset in his sports car laughing with his stacks of cash isn't he. Well in Conor 
McGregor is fecked then
I think Mayweather will play around with him and win easily. Won't take it seriously.
What a farce.
It's Rocky vs Thunderlips all over again.
I think they'd generate a lot more money if they agreed to 11 rounds of boxing and 12th round MMA
" Can Conor survive long enough to bring Floyd into his house " - Joe Rogan
Seriously though, it's gonna be the two of them and a referee in a ring. Say Floyd, as expected, dominates him... how tempting will it be for Conor just to through in a leg kick or a takedown?
" Can Conor survive long enough to bring Floyd into his house " - Joe Rogan
Seriously though, it's gonna be the two of them and a referee in a ring. Say Floyd, as expected, dominates him... how tempting will it be for Conor just to through in a leg kick or a takedown?
Should just do it in a boxing ring with MMA gloves on, so that Floyd can actually add another one punch KO to his record.
Just wish they would get it over with
Anyway, it's still far away from being made. Dana has only just about gotten McGregors side to sign up
Negotiations with Mayweather haven't even started yet.
Anyway, it's still far away from being made. Dana has only just about gotten McGregors side to sign up
Negotiations with Mayweather haven't even started yet.
What a joke. But I'll watch regardless.
its simply the reverse of james tony vs randy cotuture
I think Mayweather will play around with him and win easily. Won't take it seriously.
What a farce.
It's Rocky vs Thunderlips all over again.
put simply world class boxers are better at boxing than mma fighters and conversely world class mma fighters are better at mma than boxers... cant blame connor though... shocking amount of money to get outboxed for a few rounds
Mma undercards shit all over boxing undercards.
They need to find a way to have UFC undercard fights on this
They need to find a way to have UFC undercard fights on this
This.
Meh. Will watch but it's a joke contest.
If Conor does land a left hand, he'll get a shock when mayweather doesn't flinch.
Most of McGregor pre fight trash talk is about his numbers and how the opponent's are bums... Wonder which direction he'll go this time around considering mayweather is bigger than him in every way.
If Conor lands a left hand then Mayweather will do more than flinch...it's more the case that Mayweather is so good defensively it will be so hard for Conor to catch him.
I'd imagine he'll just talk about how he's limiting himself for this fight, how he'd beat Floyd in a "real" fight, etc. I guess he'll also pick out some of Floyd's worst PPV numbers and say they're the best he can do these days.
I hope Mcgregor get's a proper good hiding, however, I won't be throwing my money at this shite.
needs to be 3 rounds boxing and 3 MMA
Liar
Ridiculous. United vs St Helens at snooker up next
Probably because ultimately his future probably lies in MMA so yeah start trash talking the next MMA fight up sayin he is the only MMA fighter with the balls to step into the boxing arena (I mean FFS pretty much any MMA fighter would let mayweather school them in boxing for the money on offer)
But yeah talk up his mma credentials pretty much throughout and try (and fail) to get mayweather to agree to an mma rematch before sliding into a UFC title defence as a headliner
I really hope no one pays for this shite.
These two pricks are an embarrassment to sport.
These two pricks are an embarrassment to sport.
I would never pay. But for free... What's to lose