What's with the notion that we should root for Floyd just because he's a boxer?

[IronDanHamza]

MMA deserves to supersede boxing, they've been much better for their fans, they don't BS around with fights, no 'marinating', delaying fights, overpaying fighters, overpriced ppvs etc.

In that case you should forget about this sport and go over to MMA.

[Hype job]

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Great sig lol.

[GrandmasterWang]

It means that a person who boxed and stuck with only boxing for 40 years lost to a guy who started off as a plumber, and boxed a little bit, and committed to other disciplines in another sport. It not only takes away from the sport of boxing, but it takes away from the level of commitment and dedication to one and only one discipline. I've always prided myself as a boxing fan rather than an MMA fan because I favored a person who put 100% at one craft than 25% in Muay Thai, 40% BJJ, 35% boxing, 10% karate. McGregor winning means that 35% level of commitment just defeated 100% level of commitment. (These numbers are just spnhu eculations)

Superb post...and why I'm hoping Conor eats canvas

[Chollo Vista]

The question is simple. Name a welterweight that would have made it through that gauntlet undefeated.

Ummm actually I gave you 2 names to your hypothetical scenario. You decided to use triangle theories as rationale to counter my argument.

Truth is we'll never know because no one other than Floyd fought that list of fighters. That's like me asking if Mayweather can go through DLHs resume undefeated. Truth is no one knows. But don't try to push a hypothetical scenario that you can't prove as fact. Do you know the definition of fact?

[Hype job]

Ummm actually I gave you 2 names to your hypothetical scenario. You decided to use triangle theories as rationale to counter my argument.

Truth is we'll never know because no one other than Floyd fought that list of fighters. That's like me asking if Mayweather can go through DLHs resume undefeated. Truth is no one knows. But don't try to push a hypothetical scenario that you can't prove as fact. Do you know the definition of fact?

He says he has an IQ of 150 and attended college at 11, so I guess so

[Chollo Vista]

Khan lost four times to a less difficult series of opponents

Not only do you use a hypothetical scenario that no one can prove, but you match it with triangle theories as rationale.

Pac got KOd by Singsiurat. Who's a lesser opponent. Singsurat or Cotto?

Marquez lost to Chris John, but beat Pac. Who's the lesser opponent?

Khan lost to Prescott but beat Maidana. Who's the lesser opponent?

Canelo almost got KOd by Cottos brother, but not Miguel. Who's the lesser opponent?

You are an idiot for not only trying to pass a hypothetical fantasy question off as fact, but even a bigger idiot for using a triangle theory as justification. Oh, and outside of Canelo, how many losses did that list of opponents have and at what point in their careers did Floyd fight them?

And why are you calling that list of fighters a murderer's row? Are you seriously ******ed??

[SkillspayBills]

If you really think about it, it's not just Floyd's legacy on the line. It's the legacy all the previous ATGs in this sport going as far back as SRR and even further.

Conor beating Floyd would invalidate the entire history of boxing. The Ali - Frazier rivalry, Hagler - Hearns, Duran-Leonard et al. Not only that, it would be the biggest upset in boxing history.

You'll never hear the end of it from MMA fans. If by some miracle it happens Boxing would become a running joke, a punchline.

Why do some find this so hard to understand? It would make the sport borderline obsolete in the eyes of many. Why would anyone take a sport seriously if someone who has never done it in their entire life beats one of the greatest fighters to have ever lived? I HATE Amir Khan, to my core, but if he was fighting Connor I would be on the bandwagon so damn quickly because I understand the repercussions of a loss and what it would do to the sport that I love.

[CHOWWOKKA]

Because this is boxing vs MMA. And if you were a boxing fan you would root for the boxer... I would root for Antonio Margartio over any of these MMA guys

[Ham Porter]

Void's a worthless sack of **** whose never contributed anything but negativity to this sport and this ****ty farce is just another example of his toxic presence/influence, but I'd happily support him maiming this annoying fenian f*ggot and ending his career and any future earning capacity.

[original zero]

I don't think one is "real fighting", and the other is, "half fighting". They both have their strengths and weaknesses, and yes, they BOTH have limitations, and potential that neither has. And they both have similarities.

True, without eye gouging, groin strikes, etc, MMA is not truly real fighting, but it's much much closer than boxing. Boxing is the sport of punching and not being punched. It's nowhere near as close as MMA is to being a full fight.