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Floyd Mayweather vs Conor McGregor fight finalized for Aug. 26 - It's on!

i dont think the gap between floyd and conor will be that big, floyd is more likely to win because it is his speciality, not because conor isn't good enough or inexperienced

he might not ko floyd due to 10oz gloves but the guy is known for his striking skills, movement and speed, all which translate well to boxing

i want conor to ko him but it'll be fun to watch either way

Conor has never been in a single professional boxing match so of course hes not good enough and is completely inexperienced. Mayweather can barely read, not because he is stupid but because since he was a child his life has been dedicated to one thing, boxing. He was born into it, at 2 yrs old his father was already touting his as the future world champion. So yes, the gap will be huge. McGregor said it best after the Aldo fight "precision beats power and timing beats speed" unfortunately for him his opponent has him beat it both, and he's also faster.

Just look at this beautiful display of timing, precision and speed.

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Yeah, you're thinking of Floyd 10 years ago.

Power is usually the last thing to go. Floyd has decent power but he's been safety first against high level opposition as he got older. Brittle hands didn't help matters.

Conor's defense in a boxing match wouldn't hold up against B level boxers.

I doubt Floyd goes for the knockout early because it's not in his nature but if he seriously wanted it, he could probably get it.
 
If Conor makes it through 12 rounds i will lose all my respect for boxing and Flyod in particular.

So a 40+ technically superior boxer and an all time great toys with an amateur, wins by decision -> lose respect? Mayweather doesn't knock out people but he dominates his opponents.
 
If Conor makes it through 12 rounds i will lose all my respect for boxing and Flyod in particular.

Has Conor fought 12 rounds before? Conor could last 12 rounds if Floyd is forced to go on the defensive. The question for everyone is does Conor have the ability to throw the 100s of punches necessary to last 12 rounds against Floyd.

If Conor repeatedly whims at Floyd does Conor become frustrated, lose his cool, and make a mistake he shouldn't make?

Floyd stays in shape so it's not too hard of a task for him to get ready. Conor on the other hand has an entirely different regimen to learn very quickly. The 24/7 documentary is going to be a great must watch show if it airs.
 
I have the fear that this match will end like Inoki vs Ali were both fighters were stalling time for 15 rounds.

I have a morbid curiosity for this fight, but I doubt that it will be a serious fight by any means, specially since a decisive lose could hurt any of those sports, so I can't see them risking that with a true fight
 
I have the fear that this match will end like Inoki vs Ali were both fighters were stalling time for 15 rounds.

I have a morbid curiosity for this fight, but I doubt that it will be a serious fight by any means, specially since a decisive lose could hurt any of those sports, so I can't see them risking that with a true fight

I don't see how a Conor loss would hurt MMA to be honest. It's like, tennis wouldn't​ suffer if Federer lost a golf match to Tiger Woods.
 
I don't see how a Conor loss would hurt MMA to be honest. It's like, tennis wouldn't​ suffer if Federer lost a golf match to Tiger Woods.

Is true, but the difference is that both fanbase will shout about "the superior and real combat sport"

A friend of mine who is a boxing fan always mock MMA for being a sport without science, and all the crap that people love to spur
 
Are both of them even treating this fight seriously, like a real match? I could see Mayweather or both pulling punches to draw it out.

There is zero reason for Floyd to pull punches. A quick finish is what everyone (except McGregor fans) want and to prove his dominance and move onto 50-0. I'm surprised this fight even got sanctioned tbh.

I love Conor as much as the next guy but no way he wins this fight, let alone make it 12 rounds. I'll be rooting for a Conor KO but its extremely unlikely.
 
Unless Floyd does nothing but sit on the couch eating the worst kinda junk food from now until Aug there is noway Conor has any chance. Well actually fat Floyd might could still take him..
 
What's sad is that Ward just had a career defining victory that cements him atop the P4P list for the time being. But we are talking about this fucking circus.
 
What's sad is that Ward just had a career defining victory that cements him atop the P4P list for the time being. But we are talking about this fucking circus.

For perspective there was more money bet on Floyd vs Conor in Vegas in the last 2 days than Ward vs Kovalev generated in the last month
 
That gif was just a rebuttal to people saying Floyd doesn't have KO power. Go watch the McGregor sparring video and tell me Floyd won't land flush hits. He will.

Also, showboating at stupid times is a fucking disease in MMA. I wouldn't put past Conor to do it after getting a lucky hit in on Floyd and getting cocky.

Suggesting there's no way McGregor doesn't get knocked out early is as stupid as suggesting McGregor survives 12 rounds. Of course the safest bet is a middle rounds victory for Mayweather but an early KO is not that unlikely either.
That GIF is of a guy who doesn't have his guard up, and isn't expecting a punch to come his way because the ref hadn't explicitly told them to start fighting again. It was a pair of sucker punches that Ortiz wasn't ready for. That is no indicator of KO power against a fighter who is actually prepared to get punched.
This is going to be 74.99 aint it?
I think they're going to make it $100.
 
Unless Floyd does nothing but sit on the couch eating the worst kinda junk food from now until Aug there is noway Conor has any chance. Well actually fat Floyd might could still take him..

Facts. If Floyd comes to the weigh in with a James The Grim Reaper Roper stomach I'm still taking Floyd.
 
kind of crazy that the public brought mayweathers odds to -600

they're expecting it to get even better around the time of the event.
 
After Conner gets boxed up over how many ever rounds it is, he'll challenge Floyd to a rematch under touch butt at the park rules. Maybe stick Judy Bagwell on a pole for good measure too
 
I still can't believe this silly fight is happening, Floyd is gonna beat the shit outta Conor.
Does not matter.

Even if Conor is squashed like a bug by Floyd in a minute flat, Conor by far will probably see far/away the biggest payday of his lifetime. No contest. That's why this "fight" is happening.
 
I'm still putting money on McGregor, because I'm an Irish fool. He's got no chance of winning but if lightning strikes, I'm going streaking through the streets.
 
Floyd is most definitely an extremely extremely stupid person. This is well documented. He has a long long history of angry and racist outbursts, where he says incredible stupid things, and doesn't understand there might be a backlash. If someone doesn't think Floyd is stupid they haven't been paying attention at all. He also after a fight in the ring admitted to injecting both his fists with xylocaine, a steroid painkiller, on live TV on HBO, but then at the press conference afterwards, not 20 mins later, claimed he never said that. Stupid. Just a few small examples.

Lets not forget that Floyd also got conned out of 15 million dollars by some scam artist named 3 Coma Joe, who promised him a get rich scheme in which he would turn 15 million into 5 billion. And why did he come back when he did, after his first retirement, when he ran off to avoid difficult opponents? Because he had an unpaid IRS tax bill of $6million and was facing prison. Floyd isn't exactly the sharpest tool around.

Also, think it's ridiculous to say Floyd is the most technically sound boxer. That's patently not true. Floyd can't fight on the inside. He clinches and uses his elbows when people come on the inside. Both are illegal, even clinching, hugging, or wrestling as per the rules. Once boxers started influencing and choosing the refs, at some point excessive clinching became a much more accepted part of boxing, that is often afforded to the hometown fighter.

Yeah, Floyd doesn't really have knock out power, because his hands have been completely gone for almost 15 years. That's why he only fights in Las Vegas its the only place where the steroid painkiller xylocaine is legal in sport, and because the Nevada Boxing Commission allows Floyd to do whatever he wants including cheating and using performance enhancing drugs.

The whole sequence of events that led to Floyd sucker punching Ortiz, who wanted out of the fight and probably could've gotten up - is a famous quiter - was because Ortiz was angry and frustrated Floyd was using his elbows to beat him up whenever he came in close, he complains about this to the ref during the fight and pleads for Floyd to be docked points. This is one of Floyds greatest tricks, his use of elbows to keep people from the inside is well known, and is completely illegal obviously.

Someone who doesn't have the skills to fight on the inside and only uses illegal techniques to survive on in the inside is not the most technically sound boxer ever, lol. And Victor Ortiz is not that good. Not a has been, a never was. Floyd's career is far too selective, which is why so many boxing fans don't think much at all of his undefeated career. If Floyd wasn't such a pussy that he had to retire twice to avoid opponents he would've had multiple losses.

Floyd is a woman beater, who rarely fights any interesting opponents. A useless and uninteresting man. His craft is boring and depends on cheating techniques and soft opponents. And no, hardcore boxing fans don't really tune in to watch Floyd. That is an utter myth. Floyd's big numbers all come from fighting big name opponents, usually faded old big name opponents. His numbers come from the opponent, and from a decent African America base, as proved by his last fight when he got very very low numbers, relative to his normal numbers. Floyd never really broke out of that, never carried a PPV through just his name.

The best fight of the year is only a few weeks after this garbage fight, Canelo - GGG. Floyd not only doesn't care about boxing, he seems intent on destroying it, that stupid, selfish piece of shit. One of the biggest and most important fights for boxing in years, Canelo - GGG, a fight that would bring in more casuals into boxing, he is cockblocking with a fight that is sure to turn hundreds of thousands of potential fans off. Floyd is such a cancer on the sport.
 
You know what would make this fight even more hilarious?

Just imagine if Floyd's most powerful friend is there to watch this. The President of the United States.

We all know Floyd is a friend of Donald Trump. If Trump was to go it would be hilarious (and also a nightmare for secret service.)
He also went to the inauguration in January.
The last fight Trump went to was the GGG vs Lemiuex in 2015.
 
who gives a fuck what a fighter does outside the ring? I am there to watch them fight not look at them as some beacon of hope or role model.

Don't like the fighter? Don't order the PPV.
 
who gives a fuck what a fighter does outside the ring? I am there to watch them fight not look at them as some beacon of hope or role model.

Don't like the fighter? Don't order the PPV.
I think the fact that Floyd is friends with trump only adds to his playboy moniker
 
who gives a fuck what a fighter does outside the ring? I am there to watch them fight not look at them as some beacon of hope or role model.

Don't like the fighter? Don't order the PPV.

I didn't say anything about hating floyd. I'm saying it would be hilarious if Trump came. To have the President of the US present at a boxing match.
I'm a big Floyd fan and I think as Max Kellerman put it this fight will go Floyd's way.
 
who gives a fuck what a fighter does outside the ring? I am there to watch them fight not look at them as some beacon of hope or role model.

Don't like the fighter? Don't order the PPV.

I only order PPV's of people I want to see get punched in the face.

Mayweather vs McGregor is a twofer.
 
Conor brain dead 24 hours after fight ends is my prediction
I don't think Floyd is going to go for the kill, I can easily see this being a defensive spar fight for a few rounds and Floyd giving the people their money's worth. This is a total money-making match, I doubt either party is caring much about who could win, easy money.
 
I don't think Floyd is going to go for the kill, I can easily see this being a defensive spar fight for a few rounds and Floyd giving the people their money's worth. This is a total money-making match, I doubt either party is caring much about who could win, easy money.

I doubt that, Floyd knows Conor is no match going into this. Conor getting bodied the second the 1st bell rings, and at that point they already have your money so why wait and be careful
 
If Floyd lost to a guy without any relevant boxing experience it would absolutely tarnish his legacy a tiny bit. You're foolish if you believe that he doesn't care. McGregor on the other hand has nothing to lose.
 
If Floyd lost to a guy without any relevant boxing experience it would absolutely tarnish his legacy a tiny bit. You're foolish if you believe that he doesn't care. McGregor on the other hand has nothing to lose.
As if he needs his legacy when he quits boxing then takes his $500 mil and goes into real estate.
 
Conor has never been in a single professional boxing match so of course hes not good enough and is completely inexperienced. Mayweather can barely read, not because he is stupid but because since he was a child his life has been dedicated to one thing, boxing. He was born into it, at 2 yrs old his father was already touting his as the future world champion. So yes, the gap will be huge. McGregor said it best after the Aldo fight "precision beats power and timing beats speed" unfortunately for him his opponent has him beat it both, and he's also faster.

Just look at this beautiful display of timing, precision and speed.

LGg1hHk.gif

This was 8 years ago and after a 2 year retirement, unless Floyd discovered the fountain of youth, i doubt his body can react this fast anymore even if he thinks it can in his mind.
 
This was 8 years ago and after a 2 year retirement, unless Floyd discovered the fountain of youth, i doubt his body can react this fast anymore even if he thinks it can in his mind.

Even 75% of where his reflexes were is still better than nearly anyone else. He was almost superhuman from that regard.
 
That GIF is of a guy who doesn't have his guard up, and isn't expecting a punch to come his way because the ref hadn't explicitly told them to start fighting again. It was a pair of sucker punches that Ortiz wasn't ready for. That is no indicator of KO power against a fighter who is actually prepared to get punched.
and when Conor is sucking in air by round 4 he won't be able to keep his heavy hands up.
 
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