O.T. Mayweather-McGregor fight finalized for Aug. 26
https://sports.yahoo.com/floyd-mayweather-conor-mcgregor-fight-finalize…
Unbeaten boxer Floyd Mayweather will fight UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor in a much-discussed boxing match on Aug. 26 in Las Vegas, a well-placed source told Yahoo Sports on Wednesday. Mayweather is expected to make the announcement on social media as early as Wednesday. Terms of the deal were not available, but it will either be at the MGM Grand Garden or T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The Nevada Athletic Commission on Wednesday approved the request from Mayweather Promotions to put on a boxing card on Aug. 26 at the MGM Grand. The venue could change, however, to T-Mobile.
12-0 at 154lbs? Prepare to be surprised.
Stop it..McGregor has average footwork at best..He will never get himself into position to land more than a punch at a time..He only has a prayers chance that he lands a big one but he isnt winning rounds.
He would be if it was actually a fight instead of a boxing match.
This thread is going to be fun to bump.
He is right. Superior skill. Canelo just easily destroyed a guy that walks around 30 pounds heavier than him. Skillz pay the billz, as Mayweather would say.
Worst case scenario - May wins 11-1. McGregor gets a shot in and staggers Mayweather one round.
The only possible excitement coming out of this fight would be to see if Floyd can actually knock someone out instead of running around with a million little jabs the whole fight like every other fight of his career. Unfortunately, I don't think McGregor will go down via knockout either -- he'll just swing and miss a ton and take Floyd's million little jabs -- kind of like every other Mayweather fight we have ever seen.
I strongly agree with most here. IF the fight happens, it will be awful.
Floyd's style makes the chance of a lucky shot by McGregor extremely unlikely, and his ability to pile up points will make it a rout.
Mayweather's never lost to a boxer; who would possibly think he'd get beat by an MMA guy in a boxing match?
Any decent boxer would easily beat McGregor in boxing, just as any decent MMA fighter would beat Mayweather in MMA.
Definitely think Floyd will win this in his usual boring-ass style, but in the very small chance McGregor wins, UFC will truly have killed boxing.
Yep, I give him a 5% chance.
I'd say his puncher's chance better than that. Conor is a very high-level striker, he doesn't use takedowns to beat anyone. But his cardio is suspect, he got gassed early against Diaz.
Besides, Floyd is 40 & nobody stays on top forever. He might retire before he loses, but it's just a matter of time that he gets caught if he continues to fight.
Mayweather -1000, McGregor +650, so ya 20 to 1 would be very generous.
Wait... UFC killed boxing, yet UFC's biggest star fighter is switching to boxing to make his largest pay day ever?
If UFC truly killed boxing, then why do UFC fighters make peanuts compared to boxers? Why is UFC's largest star switching sports?
UFC hasn't done shit to boxing. The problem with boxing is that its most prominent division, heavyweight, hasn't been relevant in years since the Klitschko bros took it by storm. That's the issue with boxing.
Didn't MMA learn ANYTHING from Holm/Rousey?
Has finally gone too far. Or has it? He's going to make some serious $$$$. But he will get destroyed unless he goes for a takedown and submission.
Interesting for boxing and MMA fans though!
Go with MMA gloves and a smaller ring, then it could be entertaining.
As far as I can see he's had a couple of amateur fights but nothing at the pro level? All common sense points to Mayweather making it a boring fight that ends up in a decision. Get ready for Mayweather - Pacquio II. Hyped up fight that ends up with everybody booing or falling asleep. I would love to see this followed up with an MMA match.
This would be a better UFC match.
This fight is a freak show. Mayweather wins, whenever and however he wants. He can call his shot and McGregor can't do anything about it.
I really don't know how this fight will play out. Mayweather is the best defensive boxer of all time but he's coming off a 2 year lay off post retirement. We don't know what kind of shape Flloyd will be in, what his cardio will be like, what weight the fight will be at and not to mention he is 41 years old. You don't get quicker with age.
For the sake of boxing I hope Floyd wins. I expect a strange fight and I don't think it will be as easy for Mayweather as some folks believe. Conor is bigger, stronger and most likely in better shape but, I wonder how 3-5 rounds of MMA equals out to 12 rounds of boxing and if Conors power will translate to boxing.
Since so many folks are thinking this will be Mayweather with ease, I'd put my money on McGregor ( wonder if Floyd is doing the same)
Reports are Junior Middleweight (154 lbs).
In 24 of Mayweather's 49 victories, he has fought 10 or 12 round decisions, for 30 to 36 minutes of action.
In 2 of McGregor's 21 victories, he fought to 5- and 3-round decisions, for 25 and 15 minutes of action, respectively. In none of his other fights did he fight for even 2 full rounds, or 10 minutes.
While there's no question that McGregor is in great condition, it's still a fact that he isn't accustomed to fighting for even 10 minutes total. By contrast, in 12 of Mayweather's last 14 fights, he's fought for 36 minutes.
In addition, Mayweather has fought all these 36-minute fights wearing 10-oz gloves. McGregor has fought his much shorter fights wearing 4-oz gloves.
Sure, it's possible that McGregor can land a lucky shot, but Mayweather has been in the ring with a number of hard-hitting fighters who are far more trained in the specifics of boxing than McGregor will be, and has never been cleanly knocked down with a punch.
I wouldn't be at all surprised to see the fight go the distance, but once the fight gets to the 6th round, McGregor is going to be reaching the limit of his normal fighting time, and Mayweather will be deadly against a tiring fighter.
This. No doubt McGregor is very well conditioned for 5x5 minute rounds, but this will be 12 at 3. While you may not think a difference of 11 minutes would make that much of a difference, you have to consider that the whole flow of the fight is completely different. Guys that have boxed since they were children get exposed as having stamina issues as they move through the normal progression of amateur and professional boxing bout length - amateur at 3 rounds, 6, 8, 10, 12 in the pros. Don't be surprised to see him slow at the midway point of the fight.
Beyond that, you are talking about one of the most skilled defensive fighters of this generation. Mayweather opponents in his career land something like 16% of their punches against him. Pacquiao, shoulder injury or not, is one of the most gifted offensive fighters of recent years and perhaps ever. He landed at 13%. Frankly the over under should be on how many punches McGregor lands, most guys don’t go double digits on Mayweather in any round and these are fighters who have trained specifically to box almost their entire life. It wouldnt surprise my to see the Notorious land an average of 5.
I was trying to think of an apt sports analogy as I think the rationale for most people giving McGregor a chance is the striking element of his MMA fighting - which is known to be good comparatively to other MMA fighters. The best I could come up with is a top level cricketer trying to hit a fastball off Clayton Kershaw or something. No doubt the cricketer possesses amazing hand eye coordination in a similar sport, but he is lucky to even sniff contact against the best in a discipline that he has not dedicated his entire life to mastering. Part of me thinks the most likely outcome is McGregor getting so frustrated that he goes rogue and gets DQ’ed.