Video breakdown saying Conor will be a "sniper" against Floyd

9:58. That left hand against Mendes he is reaching and leaving the right side of.his face wide open. check hook city. This guy does a good job breaking the range down up until that point. Also you just cant compare Aldo and Alvarez to Floyd. They are running straight in. Floyd will not do that at all. He's going to feint and jab to the body. He would never ever throw a 3 punch combo like that unless he knew Conor was inside his distance.

Floyd can pivot to his left and make him use his jab, he can walk towards his left and stuff it like he did with Judah, he can fight him in the pocket. It'll be tough for Conor.

Good video, McGregor has good distance control.

McG isn't going to use a wide MMA stance he doesn't have to watch for kicks or take downs from Floyd. If he does not a problem for Floyd getting inside as he doesn't have to watch for kicks or take downs either. Besides where is McG going to get all of this room from inside a square. I can't see nothing that McG can do to stop Floyd from doing what he has always done and wants to do in the ring.

Reach means nothing if you're in with a guy with far better distance control, jab, and footwork to change the distance. At what point in a fight are you just dangling your arm out like you would if it was being measured? Reach is overrated if you don't know how to use it, or if your opponent knows how to negate it. Also the technique of the punch counts for a lot. Wladimir Klitschko has an 81″ reach but with his jab technique, you might as well add another few inches onto it.

Why anyone would buy into this hype at all is beyond me. McGregor had limited boxing experience before MMA, never went pro, has trained for maybe a year or so in just boxing (which is what took the fight a while to make imo), he did well vs Diaz, but Diaz is the closest guy to a boxer he's fought considering he has sparred with Ward a fair amount, but Diaz is slow, isn't anywhere on the map of Floyd. I'd be willing to bet even Floyd sr would beat McGregors ass in the ring, let alone Floyd himself. 2 wats McGregor wins. 1. A completely lucky punch. 2. Floyd takes a dive.

Exactly , if he tries to play the range game with the wide stance to be as far away as possible it will only hinder him. Floyd will just do the same and frustrate him into mistakes, lets say conor is able to establish some sort of range, floyd isnt stupid enough like these chit tier boxers to just leap in head first and get countered. And not to mention, even with Floyd being 40, his hand speed is still light years ahead of McGregor's. If anybody's going to be "sniping" shots it's going to be Floyd...as is usually the case.

Always going to be 1 idiot predicting the impossible in hope of a miracle occurring so they can be the 1 to say they called it.

I think it's insane, honestly. I don't care what his reach is. From distance, reach disadvantage or not, Floyd paint jobs him. Floyd is a boxing master, and one of the great counter punching artists of his generation. The idea that McGregor could "out counter" Floyd is...it's insanity. Exactly , if he tries to play the range game with the wide stance to be as far away as possible it will only hinder him. Floyd will just do the same and frustrate him into mistakes, lets say conor is able to establish some sort of range, floyd isnt stupid enough like these chit tier boxers to just leap in head first and get countered.

I think it's insane, honestly. I don't care what his reach is. From distance, reach disadvantage or not, Floyd paint jobs him. Floyd is a boxing master, and one of the great counter punching artists of his generation. The idea that McGregor could "out counter" Floyd is...it's insanity.

That would make sense, if Connor was an elite boxer. I know he's a world class fighter, but he's not a world class boxer, and that's the bottom line.

Its possible....but only because Floyd is older and slower now. The undersized, piss drinking Marquez that Floyd fought and avoided most counters would ice McGregor easy. Conor does have solid counters, Floyd does need to watch for them. I think floyd is just going to walk him down, slip his left, and go to the body alot. Conor will probably gas from the pace up of boxing match very early then floyd might even TKO him. If you watch the guys conor is stopping in these vids they have slow feet, limited headmovement and slow hand speed and looping wide punches in general. Just not good boxers, but its what you kind of expect from a UFC fighter. The **** conor does against them wont work.

Its possible....but only because Floyd is older and slower now. The undersized, piss drinking Marquez that Floyd fought and avoided most counters would ice McGregor easy. Conor does have solid counters, Floyd does need to watch for them.