If The Mayweather Vs McGregor fight goes ahead...

[Johnny Rubber]

What does it add to Floyds Legacy?

I'm not trolling, but over the years there have been other "Circus Fights" discussed and remembered as such.

As an example, Canelo/Khan, Golovkin/Brook and Garcia/Salka are a few pointless fights that caused some debate on the forums, but they were all from the same sport.

Both are egotists, which makes for natural friction as Floyd probably misses the spotlight and McGregor wants to keep it on himself, especially at press conferences which Floyd also handles with confidence.

But that is the issue for me.

Beyond the entertaining banter there is nothing in their respective histories and training to suggest that this will be anything more than a lucrative mismatch, which is fair enough and given the chance anyone of us would probably sign anything to access that kind of payday.

But neither of them are under any financial pressure (I assume) so the risk is to the detriment of the two sports involved, which both have alluded to being ambassadors for respectively.

What do you Guys think? Boxing has already started to lose its identity IMO, but this fight has the potential to dilute the iden****** of two great sports and open the door for even worse crossovers. That wouldn't be good for any fighters legacy.

Fingers crossed it doesn't happen

[Johnny2x2x]

Adds little to his resume other than getting him to 50-0. It does enhance his legacy though for what he's done for boxing. This will absolutely be great for boxing. Millions of potential new fans will watch this fight across the world and see a 40 year old boxer destroy a 27 year old MMA guy in a boxing ring.

It's a circus yes, but this is a great fight for boxing.

[Hatesrats]

It's an event... nothing more nothing less.
It won't be competitive as a boxing match & McNugget will have absolutely NO chance including a "Punchers chance". It will be a glorified sparing session in which both men will make more money than the careers of 10 star boxers & 100 superstar MMA fighters combined.

Floyd's win won't add as much to his... as it will effect Connor's legacy getting blanked out by a retired 147lbs fighter.

[Eff Pandas]

What does it add to Floyds Legacy?

Sometimes you just fight for money, Plus legacy is madly overrated in particular by boxing fans.

Randomly I feel like Floyd vs Manny was more about money over legacy when they actually fought. If that fight happened 2 or 3 years earlier its a legacy fight. In 2015 it was more about money.

Beyond the entertaining banter there is nothing in their respective histories and training to suggest that this will be anything more than a lucrative mismatch, which is fair enough and given the chance anyone of us would probably sign anything to access that kind of payday.

Solid take on this situation.

Of note in 1995 Mike Tyson vs Peter McNeeley broke the record for the biggest boxing PPV. Sometimes the novelty is all people wanna throw their money at.

Boxing has already started to lose its identity IMO,

I think boxing needs to lose its identity. Boxing is a HUGE cluserf#ck & a joke sport to most sports fans. And even as a guy who loves boxing I know they have a point.

That said I don't think this fight will have much of an impact on boxing unless something crazy happens or Floyd somehow loses.

That wouldn't be good for any fighters legacy.

The Anoki fight had little impact on Ali's legacy & supposedly he almost lost a leg over that "fight". This fight is unlikely to have much impact on either guys legacy & will be seen more & more as simply a money grab fight as we move forward.

[Johnny2x2x]

This helps MMA too. Although McGregor is going to get schooled and probably stopped, it's not his sport and it will still have MMA in the spotlight for weeks.

[j.razor]

Floyd has nothing to prove, Floyd's is TBE so no debate of a legacy. It will not hurt either sport in fact it will bring more attention. It is only for entertainment and I don't mind seeing lucky charms get beat to a pulp then walking off his gold...lol

[boliodogs]

I saw nothing wrong with Brook-GGG or Canelo Khan. Boxing history is full of legit important fights in which a top welterweight fought the middleweight champ and often the welterweight won the fight. Khan only went up 8 pounds not 2 full weight classes. Brook is a huge welterweight who entered the ring weighing more than GGG. If Mayweather treats this fight like his wrestling match with Big Show it won't hurt his image.If Mayweather claims the fight as a win over a pro boxer and says he just broke Marciano's record it will make him look bad.

[Scipio2009]

it adds nothing to Floyd's career, but...

What does it add to Floyds Legacy?

I'm not trolling, but over the years there have been other "Circus Fights" discussed and remembered as such.

As an example, Canelo/Khan, Golovkin/Brook and Garcia/Salka are a few pointless fights that caused some debate on the forums, but they were all from the same sport.

Both are egotists, which makes for natural friction as Floyd probably misses the spotlight and McGregor wants to keep it on himself, especially at press conferences which Floyd also handles with confidence.

But that is the issue for me.

Beyond the entertaining banter there is nothing in their respective histories and training to suggest that this will be anything more than a lucrative mismatch, which is fair enough and given the chance anyone of us would probably sign anything to access that kind of payday.

But neither of them are under any financial pressure (I assume) so the risk is to the detriment of the two sports involved, which both have alluded to being ambassadors for respectively.

What do you Guys think? Boxing has already started to lose its identity IMO, but this fight has the potential to dilute the iden****** of two great sports and open the door for even worse crossovers. That wouldn't be good for any fighters legacy.

Fingers crossed it doesn't happen

if Floyd shows up, after nearly two years out of the ring, boxes McGregor's ears off, doesn't let McGregor land a glove on him, and then ends of battering McGregor into submission as he tires (McGregor doesn't seem to have the gas to go a hard 25 minutes, let alone the 36 minutes in boxing), he may end up killing off the only bankable star that MMA has at this point.

The quick tap after Nate blasted him on 10 days notice, the edge of his teeth judge's decision in the rematch, and being utterly outclassed and stopped by a 150lbs Floyd Mayweather will kill any casual fan appeal in McGregor as this utter wrecking machine.

With Rousey gone, and McGregor knocked off of his perch, WME is left with a $4b boodoggle with no real way to make any of that money back.

[THEFRESHBRAWLER]

This fight is so good for boxing right now. You think Floyd the only person getting paid from this fight? UFC last 2 biggest stars couldn't keep boxing out of their mouth. I think boxing is strong as ever and you can thank Floyd,Manny,Etc for that. Where were these type of threads when Boxers crossed over to MMA? All we got was a bunch of threads on how mma was so superior to boxing

[Scipio2009]

This helps MMA too. Although McGregor is going to get schooled and probably stopped, it's not his sport and it will still have MMA in the spotlight for weeks.

It doesn't help MMA if one of their most feared strikers ends up not laying a glove on a 40-year old Floyd, is made to look like an utter amateur with his hands, and then gets stopped late, MMA would've had all this spotlight put on their sport, only for casual sports fans to see that "MMA's top guy" 'can't even really fight'.

Why would a non-MMA fan, after seeing MMA's top guy get utterly embarrassed, bother with then checking out MMA?