Boxing

[Doc_Piptorious]

I've never seen so many people display such a level of delusion purely on the basis of disliking someone. The funny thing is most people in the general public barely knew who Mayweather was prior to the Pacquiao fight, they then bought into the hype expecting a combination of Hagler, Tyson and Chavez Sr in one fighter, then inexplicably proclaimed Manny the winner with 'inexplicable judging' despite many of them never watching a fight in their lives.

Now McGregor's going to beat him... It's pure lunacy. Unless something insane happens, like a disqualification etc there's only one way that's going down. Freddie Roach was talking about it a few weeks, saying that if McGregor came into his gym he'd force him to train with the amateurs and there's no way any reasonable boxer would come close to losing to him, let alone Mayweather. Some guy the other day was telling me that McGregor definitely hits harder than Cotto, Canelo and Maidana haha and this will be the first time Floyd will be in there with a real puncher. Can't wait to see their reaction when they realise that Mayweather hits harder than McGregor...

Oh and on Manny, there were competitive rounds in the fight which could have gone either way but in reality its hard to give Horn more than 4 (maybe 5 if you stretch it). Even then Pacquiao wins, I'd have scored the 9th 10-8, even though there wasn't a knockdown it was completely one sided. Even though the scorecard represented robbery, Manny should consider his future. An opponent of that calibre shouldn't be pushing him like that and he's definitely declined greatly. He had him badly hurt and couldn't close the show. May be best to hang them up. 5 years ago that would have been done and dusted within 8-10 rounds. Horn did well, but I suspect he'll meet his match when he takes on another decent welterweight. Even if he has a rematch. His attempted goading of Floyd is pityful. I saw the state of his face when he was speaking on the news today and even though that's no means to judge a boxing match on, it tells a story on its own.

To be fair to whoever said that to you, that bit was said in an interview last week by Mayweather's camp. Was no doubt said as part of the hype so your guy is probably just repeating what was said on tv.

[Irishnev]

Nev is the worst of us, tar him all you like

you had me figured from the start

[Doc_Piptorious]

you had me figured from the start

[Gibbo]

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npJdeoYxYGs"]Mayweather vs. McGregor: Los Angeles Press Conference | Sat., Aug. 26 on SHOWTIME PPV - YouTube[/ame]

Nearly 200,000 people watching this. Madness.

[Shaggy]

This is nuts

[Gibbo]

Absolute shambles this so far compared to what the UFC put together.

[Gibbo]

****ing mess that, cutting Mcgregors mic ruined what it could have been.

They need to sort it out for tomorrow.

[Tee]

After watching that I would ****ing love to see a Conor win inside 4, would be so satisfying!

Tempted to try and see them on Friday at Wembley

[Paddy]

Thought McGregors suit was a pinstripe. On a close up it just says "**** you" all over it

[Bender]

[ame]https://twitter.com/Sporf/status/885060538497159168[/ame]

[Vermilion]

I see Connor is pushing this line of...'FM didn't really want this fight, but he's in dire financial circumstances, he should have paid his taxes'.

[paulg]

Anyone wonder if McGregor could get seriously hurt in this fight?
I read an article in the Guardian recently, that showed 0 deaths in UFC and rarely any serious injuries from punches, whereas we all see boxers dying or being seriously injured much more. It's possible McGregor just won't be used to the amount of direct head punches he's bound to take.

[Fosterbloke]

So is this a boxing match or UFC?

[Pablo]

Anyone wonder if McGregor could get seriously hurt in this fight?
I read an article in the Guardian recently, that showed 0 deaths in UFC and rarely any serious injuries from punches, whereas we all see boxers dying or being seriously injured much more. It's possible McGregor just won't be used to the amount of direct head punches he's bound to take.

Most of the serious injuries/deaths in boxing have come from making a weight limit I believe. I'm not sure if that is a factor for this fight or not?

I don't think Mayweather is the heavy-handed type anyway. He'll just allude McGregor's unwieldy haymakers and pick him off for fun with counter-punches. I doubt he'll take a single risk.

I could see it being stopped as a mismatch before any real damage is done to either of them to be honest.

[Bender]

So is this a boxing match or UFC?

Yes