Boxing Mayweather vs McGregor - August 26 MGM Grand

[DazalenkoUBewty]

Lol. I loved it.

Fk Conor's mic. It was Floyd's turn to speak anyway. Conor had already spoken.

There's plenty more to come. That was just the warm up.

 

[Mercurial89]

And now people (not you Merc) may realize that the whole "OMG LULZ CONNORS SMACK TALK IS GONNA GET IN HIS FACE AND HIS HEAD" is crap.

That was a boxing press conference. This is a boxing event. Connor's UFC smack talk crap isn't going to translate over here.

Yeah I was hoping we might get a bit of entertainment in the lead up, but jesus way to suck any hype I had out of the spectacle of this.

The reason Conor is as big as he is because he sucks people in with entertainment leading up to the fight, and then performs. There is a reason that presser had 20k people in it and it wasn't to listen to speeches by Yes man and behind the scenes string pullers.

I didn't think he would get in his head but I did want some sound bites to laugh about. This just feels stale and takes away the only thing this had going for it and that is a bit of spectacle.

 

[Quivorir]

Mayweather calls McGregor a bitch for stepping into the boxing ring...


What a shit conference. Hopefully they do more UFC style ones the next 3.

 

[Barry Roundhouse]

That was horrible. Conor's conference after the main one was piss funny. Floyd senior was sprouting off and made a fool of himself.



I'm sure it will pick up. Still three more to go, but if I went to that conference I'd be pretty pissed.

 

[Barry Roundhouse]

Also, not sure why Floyd would pull out an "un-cashed" check for a 100 mil when the IRS are asking for un paid taxes. Doesn't seem smart.

I reckon they will transfer into a more traditional style press conference with media asking questions. Surely they can't just make a seperate speech at each stop. Surely.

 

[My name geoff]

Floyd snr shows that McGregor has definitely got under Mayweather's skin

 

[Guy Threepwood]

What did Mayweather pull pvp numbers wise in his first 4 years of boxing? Who is the more prominent athlete today of the two?

A-side.

What did McGregor pull PPV numbers wise in his first 4 years of MMA? Honest question as I'm not sure what kind of PPV numbers Cage Warriors does.

B-side.

 

[phantom13]

I'll give my two cents on this


A few of Schaub's hilarious thoughts:
- McGregor's the A-side. What a joke, no way, Mayweather is the man here.
- McGregor's more athletic. Debatable, I don't think its a silly suggestion
- McGregor wins rounds. No... I thought Schaubs thoughts about starting fast were accurate. I think Connor should if he has any shot, he will fade late anyway
- McGregor not being a boxer actually helps him in this boxing match. (Karate's the secret weapon to beat boxers in boxing apparently) Not Karate specifically but ive said from the get go, only chance Connor has is to do shit Floyd hasn't seen. Its probably gonna make no difference but he is better served not to be a pedestrian boxer but to be something Floyd hasn't dealt with before
- McGregor's faster. Age for Mayweather maybe? Hand speed no but movement and reaction time probably
- Lomachenko sparring Dillashaw is important to talk about but McGregor sparring van Heerden isn't real. Yeh silly
- McGregor won't be there to be hit. Yeh silly comment
- Talks up McGregor's footwork. (Having to run to evade exchanges shows your footwork has huge holes in it) Yeh silly comment
- Guarantees that this does more PPV buys than Mayweather/Pacquiao. (It might, but guaranteeing it is weird) Hype talk, so play on
- Seems to think it's impossible for Mayweather to knock McGregor out For some reason I do as well, might be a "not gonna land one clean shot KO" which I tend to agree with

The guy on the far right in the panel discussion with Schaub sounds like an idiot, might be knowledgable but he is a horrible presenter.

 

[Barry Roundhouse]

I have no idea why people are being caught up in who is the A side. It doesn't really matter.

The level of hype, spectacle and mainstream interest doesn't happen without BOTH fighters being who they are and bringing their very unique qualities.

If you have to make a distinction, Floyd is the A+ side and Conor is the A-.

Neither fighters would be able to generate the numbers they will, without each other.

 

[Mercurial89]

Im kind of seeing two sides at the moment

UFC presenters, commentators, Journos they all seem to be able to speak well, they ask the questions or say things fans want to hear, they are performing, but half of what they are saying is exaggerated, or just wrong, case in point Schaub.

Where as some of these boxing guys are super knowledgeable, they know their shit, but they cant speak, sell or present their cases very well, or they don't want to because they think the whole thing is a gigantic joke.

This is not a hard sell, just do two walkouts to their music, hand them both mics, and have the press ask questions.
At the moment we are getting this mix of old world and new world (I do not mean old world disrespectfully) and its not gelling.

The Conor Q&A will sell tickets by itself. More of that.

 

[Barry Roundhouse]

Let's be real about ol' Brandon's comments. He is their to give a bias take and try to make people believe Conor has a shot.

What's the point of showtime putting two people up there that say Floyd will embarrass him.

He is likely doing it in the interest of self promotion and attaching his name to a fight that will be watched by probably 50+ mil people worldwide. Good on him.

 

[Mercurial89]

Let's be real about ol' Brandon's comments. He is their to give a bias take and try to make people believe Conor has a shot.

What's the point of showtime putting two people up there that say Floyd will embarrass him.

He is likely doing it in the interest of self promotion and attaching his name to a fight that will be watched by probably 50+ mil people worldwide. Good on him.

The angle is though Conor has a chance, you talk that up, not say "Mcgregor wont get touched"

Then when the most likely scenario happens and Conor loses he looks like a complete moron.

The smart play is to play the conor has punchers chance, Mayweather is 40, play up those small factors but talk more about Conors UFC history, he is there to give background on the guy. Then if Conor wins he looks like "the UFC guy" that gave Conor a chance, and if Conor loses he doesn't come across as a complete idiot.

I guess the issue is, he is an idiot so expecting him not to act like one is in itself, idiotic.

 

[Gigantic]

I lost it when Conor started calling him Floyd Jnr hahaha

Conor was hilarious in this

 

[Barry Roundhouse]

The angle is though Conor has a chance, you talk that up, not say "Mcgregor wont get touched"

I highly doubt he meant that literally. Of course he will get touched, the point he was making was he thinks Conor won't just be a punching bag who is hit at will.

I guess the issue is, he is an idiot so expecting him not to act like one is in itself, idiotic

This is very true lol.

 

[PoppedCorn]

Lol old man Mayweather has less of an idea than his son ffs.

Floyd had nothing on the mic imo, just yelling the same shit for the crowd to yell back at him.
Pulling out cheques and saying he would Don 4 ounce gloves and step inside an octagon
Lol
Why would he even say that shit, what a dumbass

 

[Gigantic]

The part where Mayweather made the kid bring him the back pack so he could show everyone a cheque was just cringey

 

[PoppedCorn]

https://www.mmafighting.com/2017/7/...rence-says-floyd-mayweather-told-him-mma-next

Right near the end he was asked if he would still do a ufc fight on Dec 30
He said he originally said yes because he thought the Forbes list was done at the end of the calendar year and fighting again in dec in ufc after floyd would give him a massive jump, already jumped form 84 to 24, but the list is done July to July, said he would still fight, said he would fight and what else is he gonna do?
When pushed on an opponent he wouldn't say...im thinking as soon as he drops names the world will run with it and the media will make it sound definite when we all know it changes very quickly

 

[Hate]

https://www.mmafighting.com/2017/7/...rence-says-floyd-mayweather-told-him-mma-next

Right near the end he was asked if he would still do a ufc fight on Dec 30
He said he originally said yes because he thought the Forbes list was done at the end of the calendar year and fighting again in dec in ufc after floyd would give him a massive jump, already jumped form 84 to 24, but the list is done July to July, said he would still fight, said he would fight and what else is he gonna do?
When pushed on an opponent he wouldn't say...im thinking as soon as he drops names the world will run with it and the media will make it sound definite when we all know it changes very quickly

I think he made mention that 'rematches could be in there' or something similar.

 

[raven echo]

That suit

 

[phantom13]

I have no idea why people are being caught up in who is the A side. It doesn't really matter.

The level of hype, spectacle and mainstream interest doesn't happen without BOTH fighters being who they are and bringing their very unique qualities.

If you have to make a distinction, Floyd is the A+ side and Conor is the A-.

Neither fighters would be able to generate the numbers they will, without each other.

Half of both sides verbal is "I'm the man, I'm the draw" so its a pretty big deal who is the A side.

FWIW I don't really love boxing and I have Connor as my avatar here so everyone knows where my loyalty lies but in this world Mayweather is the man, Mayweather has been doing absurd numbers for years so he has the track record to back his claims. Having said all that McGregor will keep saying he is and god I love him for it.

 

[Dan]

What did McGregor pull PPV numbers wise in his first 4 years of MMA? Honest question as I'm not sure what kind of PPV numbers Cage Warriors does.

B-side.

Mainevent UFC ppv's......don't be petty.

 

[Guy Threepwood]

Mainevent UFC ppv's......don't be petty.

Floyd didn't get on PPV until the Gatti fight I believe. Why would you look at the first four years of his career but move the goalposts for Conor?

 

[Ry009]

It's comparing apples and oranges.

The real money is made where the casual one off people who have a fleeting interest in combat sports have no intention of following either afterwards.

Would be interesting to get a vox pop on joe average off the street, to see who is more well known to the average person.

 

[phantom13]

It's comparing apples and oranges.

The real money is made where the casual one off people who have a fleeting interest in combat sports have no intention of following either afterwards.

Would be interesting to get a vox pop on joe average off the street, to see who is more well known to the average person.

Excellent point. I think Mayweather would but its probably a lot closer than I imagine. I still always think UFC is too marginal a sport for average punters to know fighters but Connor has definitely transcended the sport ala Ronda.

 

[Barry Roundhouse]

Mayweather has double the Facebook likes... Gotta admit. I was surprised.