Hey guys, BoxingSpecialist2 here.
I made this new account "BoxingSpecialist3" because I wanted to post in this specific thread!
I will only post here this one time. I decided to stop posting at this site for personal reasons (mainly I wanted to spend less time on the net and more on real life, and I had a difference of opinion on some issues). Overall I think it was the best decision for me to stop posting here, but I still agree with the main objective of this site and from time to time I read it. This thread however was too tempting for me not to post in!
I'm sorry to say but I disagree with many of the comments I read here from you guys which imply that Conor has some sort of a chance or "puncher's chance" in this fight. The truth is Conor has no chance in a legitimate boxing match VS Floyd Mayweather Jr. The only "chances" Conor has if by some act of God Mayweather injures himself with a "freak injury" in the fight, and/or if the fight is fixed. If it is in fact a legitimate boxing match, I expect Mayweather to KO Conor, possibly within 1 or 2 rounds. I think it would be a poor showing from a veteran professional like Mayweather if Conor can last past the midway of the fight. Also, Mayweather is a big puncher, it's just that with his style he is overly cautious, but he definitely hits hard enough to knock someone out if he's willing to take a risk. I think he will take this risk in this fight because he knows Conor won't be able to match him in punch exchanges.
Ultimately, MMA and Boxing are two different sports, and I don't expect Conor to have any sort of significant chance in a boxing match, nor would I expect Mayweather to have any significant chance in a MMA match. Conor lost this fight at the negotiation stage, he should have never agreed to fight Mayweather under boxing rules. I understand he is due to be paid some obscene amount (I heard 75$ Million USD) but agreeing to these terms in my opinion is already conceding the entire result of the event. There's no substitute for experience, and Conor's boxing ability is literally years behind Mayweather's. They are two completely different sports, and boxing can take 10, 15, even 20 years to properly master. Conor has maybe 1 or 2 years of non-professional, in-and-out of gym boxing experience and I don't think that will cut it much less against one of the world's top boxers Mayweather Jr. Vasyl Lomachenko is quoted on youtube as expressing an interest to spar with Conor, and Conor should have taken him up on that offer (but even doing that would be insufficient).
Conor may be applauded for his bravery in crossing over between the sports, in doing so he's shown a lot more "courage" than Mayweather has. But Conor's also shown his lack of a promotional support network behind him in agreeing to Mayweather's demands. Mayweather has Al Haymon money behind him, so Mayweather was always going to come out on top of this negotiation. It's the same sort of situation that Tyson Fury's father alluded to when he suggested that despite his son's achievements (at the time the lineal "true" champion), an unproven black fighter was offered more money from the British terrestrial media (referring to Anthony Joshua, who at the time was unproven). Of course at this site we should all be aware of the "Caste System" as described by Tyson Fury's father and I think this fight is an example of that, in that the black athlete has received every possible advantage, from the negotiation, to the actual fight, to even the presentation of the event. Conor has no chance here, and his support network and team let him down, that is the truth.
From Conor's perspective yes, Conor's getting paid a lot but he is already filthy rich to begin with. At this point he's basically trading in his reputation for money. Not sure I would make the same choice if in his shoes. You have to ask yourself if your reputation is worth a certain amount of money? Or is Conor seriously delusional enough to believe he can win this fight? Or is he planning MMA tactics if he's getting beat up in boxing? I don't know. The only thing I can say positively is that he has no chance in a real boxing contest.
From a fan's perspective what would have made this fight interesting is if it was a "Boxing VS MMA" encounter, where each athlete could use their respective skill. In that situation, Conor would have had a great chance to win.
Don't even think I'll bother to watch this fight (In all honesty, I don't watch boxing much anymore, I mainly only watch football or soccer of late (usually follow Ronaldo's matches with Real Madrid). Not surprising that hordes of unintelligent "casual fans" are interested in this freakshow masquerading as a "boxing fight". Doesn't say too much about the overall intelligence of people does it?