Is anyone a bit worried for McGregor?

[Chuckguy]

Connor should hire bhop and Ward and learn to head butt

[JK1700]

I do think he might be in store for a hellacious beating, but i'm not worried or won't feel sorry for him. He knows what he's getting into and will be getting paid an absolute fortune for it. Let's say he gets destroyed and never fights again, he's set for life after this. I just read that he's got his own movie in the works too? Plus of course he could do other things after fighting to make money, so no reason to feel sorry for him. He's got the fight everyone wants and he's gonna be the richest MMA fighter ever, so whatever happens he's a winner one way or another.

[McNulty]

If Conor is smart, he will fight southpaw and try to do what Judah did to Floyd in the first couple rounds of that fight. Doubt he has the skill though

Did you just say Conor could try and do what Judah did to Mayweather?

Judah had the fastest hands in the game for a spell and dropped Mayweather as a result. Light years apart!

[BrometheusBob.]

Shiet I wouldn't mind getting KO'd for much less than 8 figures. Especially if the guy knocking me out is close to my size

[Johnny2x2x]

Floyd is a great body puncher.

Connors size youth and strength will take some chopping down, as soon as Connors bum rushers are over with and the fight starts to settle that little bit, then Floyd will take him apart.

Probably look scrappy and messy at the start and Connor will try some of his insect tantra from a mile away to the roar of the crowd, Connors only chance is to get in real close grapple with Floyd and punch, use his only assets and hope a big shot or two gets in, once it settles Connor is chopped liver.

This is exactly how I see it too. It's going to be messy for a round or two then when it settles in Mayweather will pick him apart at will. Floyd will score a lot of sneaky body shots early.

[BWC]

Yea if this is some sort of scary L or just embarrassing L for Conor then that could impact things for sure, but I'm kinda thinking the cat might be out of the bag regardless. Interesting times.

Meh I liken this to Holmes/Cooney, a massive hypecircus where a big punching Irishman was going to take out the black champ no one liked. Everyone tunes in, the President calls one fighter, the white dude gets outclassed in every possible way. Everyone retreats to the bushes claiming they knew the black dude was just too good lol..

[Eff Pandas]

Meh I liken this to Holmes/Cooney, a massive hypecircus where a big punching Irishman was going to take out the black champ no one liked. Everyone tunes in, the President calls one fighter, the white dude gets outclassed in every possible way. Everyone retreats to the bushes claiming they knew the black dude was just too good lol..

LOL I can see how thats your take. Bit dramatic & extreme, but thats basically what happened so why couldn't history more or less repeat itself.

Personally I just think this is gonna be a more common thing that happens. Kinda like we've always had Muay thai & kickboxers who come into boxing every now & again. There are a ton of MMA guys who've delved into boxing & I think regardless of what happens in the ring the money Conor will have made will be something people will take notice of, primarily MMA guys, boxing promoters & networks.

Of note MMA guys are playing out there contracts with the UFC to test out their market value more & more. There'll be a name who does that in the near future I'd be willing to bet who'll parlay that free agency into a big fight or something like that cuz boxing people will see the value in that themselves for the right person.

Probably impossible to reach this status of this fight, but I think there are fights of varying appeal & varying levels of the sport to be made.

[Joe Beamish]

Actually yes. Definitely worried. McGregor should not have been issued a license.

And now Floyd probably really does despise him. S

Should be pretty brutal actually.

[Sweet Pea 50]

If Conor is smart, he will fight southpaw and try to do what Judah did to Floyd in the first couple rounds of that fight. Doubt he has the skill though

Or the hand speed.

It's going to take a combination of Floyd pretty much completely deteriorating, and going full on Ricardo Mayorga for McGregor to pull this off.

[fathergll]

I think safety wise the fact this is taking place at 154lbs is huge plus for McGregor. I'd be worried if Floyd made him come in at 147lbs because McGregor is a big guy and it's really dangerous cutting a lot of weight and taking shots to the head.

I still think it's crazy to even sanction a fight like this without some kind of modification of the rules to even things up a bit.

I'd have the fight with 8oz gloves and 7 rounds just to even up the fact you have a guy with no experience who is used to fighting with 4oz gloves fighting the greatest of all time. The rules are silly as it is. If Floyd can't stop a complete novice with strict boxing rules in 6 rounds hes a chump.