In another era could Conor McGregor have been a great boxer?

Could he have beaten Irish Mickey Ward? Or Carl "peter" Frampton?

Conor has very good balance and counterpunching ability. If he got into boxing at an earlier age he could have been elite skill wise.

Is this a serious question? There is no era. He doesn't have a single great attribute featherfisted, no stamina, no defense, he's not particularly fast. He was good in a cage but you know you can't crack an egg when Floyd who is defensive and hadn't knocked out anyone in like a decade after feeling him out said the phuk I need to worry about defense and walked him and and KO'd him. Him losing to Floyd isn't shocking the total disrespect Floyd had for his punching power was. Floyd would never fight like that against any of the fighters he faced. If you can't punch in a boxing ring you better do other things at elite levels to overcome it and Conor doesn't.

Hell no, he would have to retire early like Freddie Roach cuz he would be taking too much punishment! In the 1990’s on up, his weight class’ was lethal and I don’t see what would make him the cream of the crop unless you tell me a McGregor with boxing technique would mean he can maximize his punching power potential but we’ll never know!

In NO ERA does McGregor ever becomes even a Decent Boxer

He has some potential, he has great reach but that's like asking what would happen if he was training soccer or baseball his whole life, could McGregor have been a great soccer player, well who the hell knows we'll never find out On the other hand, Petr Yan who is a Russian UFC prospect could have been a great boxer, he's coming from boxing background and his stand up game is probably the best in his division, way more technique to it than with fighters like Cody Garbrandt and others, makes them look really limited, it's pretty good for MMA standarts

McGregor's main problem is not his boxing skills (which is not very good), it's his stamina. Even in his MMA bouts he starts to gas around the 2nd or 3rd rounds. My guess it's his lack of discipline. If you don't have discipline you can't be great at anything you do. I agree with that. I can't think of any great fighters who had terrible stamina, and I"m not just talking getting a little tired. McNugget looks like Zombie in his fights against Diaz and Floyd. He would always be toast if he can't take you out early.

No, he's just not a great boxer. People get so stupid over hype. They can't imagine that they were lied to and they believed it. So, they try to figure out how to make sense of it all.

Yeah, maybe back in the early 1900s.No. They could fight very well even back then and they sometimes had 30 round fights. Some all time greats like Jack Johnson and Sam Langford fought then.

No. He practiced boxing since he was a kid. The UFC is different from boxing. He had skilled fists for that Sport but not even close to the skill of a good pro boxer. If he had gone into boxing full time from the beginning I think he would have become an average boxer but never a great one.

McGregor's main problem is not his boxing skills (which is not very good), it's his stamina. Even in his MMA bouts he starts to gas around the 2nd or 3rd rounds. My guess it's his lack of discipline. If you don't have discipline you can't be great at anything you do. He doesn't run or at lest run much on the road. As a boxer full time he would.

McGregor's main problem is not his boxing skills (which is not very good), it's his stamina. Even in his MMA bouts he starts to gas around the 2nd or 3rd rounds. My guess it's his lack of discipline. If you don't have discipline you can't be great at anything you do.

No. He can't punch a lick.

If he had been a boxer his whole life, he'd have a lot of potential. He has very good reflexes, athleticism and hand speed. He just clearly doesn't have any boxing technique whatsoever.

He already tried and failed to make it in boxing so no

Yeah, maybe back in the early 1900s.

If he trained early, with the right people, and took it seriously, the answer would be NO!

If he started early he would have been good.every boxer can't be a deontay type fighter and start super late and become a champion.thats a god given gift.some have to start young and work they way up.which is okay.

if pauli could mcgregor could. I'm sorry

his waist is too small. that body cannot absorb punishment. Lol good point. If he had trained early, who knows.