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Old 28-08-2017, 20:18   #22
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Re: Floyd Mayweather vs Conor McGregor 26th August

Was no circus to be found though overall. We witnessed a game of tactics unfold. McGregor came in just above light heavyweight with the idea of putting Floyd away in under 4 rounds. So we knew he'd gas. Any media outlet that claims to be shocked either doesn't know McGregor or is just lying. Mayweather's response was a thing of beauty though. I actually believe he respected Conor and the power a lot and those first four rounds wasn't Mayweather starting slow, it was him luring Conor into a boxing match and egged him into burning himself out. He gave Conor a belief that he was actually outboxing Floyd and no longer needed to put Floyd away. So when round 5 hits Conor really starts to drop off and the power is gone, the fight is won.

In the end it's a TKO by definition but its just exhaustion.

Things to take away. McGregor landed more clean shots than Manny did on Mayweather. Despite Floyd's plan, he got absolutely rattled by an uppercut that he didn't intend on taking, at this point Mayweather stops relaxing and knuckles down.

Controversially, Mayweather is no longer unbeatable. Both Bradley and Khan can and would beat this Mayweather over 12 rounds. The guys 40 and hardly prime though so it's a biased statement. But we can counter that with his blatant avoidance of Manny until he'd really gotten past his peak and Mosley for that matter too.

McGregor vs Paulie next. Conors can only improve against a boxer that's been in rapid decline for 7 years. He's beaten this guy to a pulp in sparring. Is there really much point to it? As long as Showtime back McGregor like hes the new face of boxing and brings in PPV money then sadly yes.

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Forgot to add. Golovkin vs Canelo next. More excited for that than I was for this.
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