Comments Thread For: How Hatton Set Blueprint For How Mayweather Will KO McGregor

[Verus]

To All true boxing fans!!! Time to unite regardless of colour or class!!. its time to back our man Floyd!!! Whether you love or hate him he's representing the sport we all love!!! This is a threat to our sport!!! The sweet science is in a fragile state and a win for McGregor could surely be the nail in the coffin for our beloved discipline.

Not to worry! Unless McGregor is allowed to bring a baseball bat to the ring, he has no chance. The "fight" is a sideshow to the trash talk and posturing. Everybody wins, the fighters get ****** rich, promoters, the city and the media make a bunch of money and people get their entertainment from the hype. The fight is the vehicle that makes this circus possible.

[etech1]

Joe Cortez's constant interference forced Hatton into a more reckless fight than he wanted, not Mayweather. FMJ took advantage. Connor will be aggressive but his style is nothing like Hatton.

Absolutely correct! Cortez RUINED that fight, because he was on the Vegas bookies and mayweathers payroll. FK cortez.

[billfifty]

Nah...this will be May vs Gatti part deux

[Ray*]

Am happy he is making the money he gets to make, apart from that conor has no chance.

[springfiels]

Two things here... to compare mcgregor to Hatton based purely off a come forward style makes this whole article void.

Secondly FYI Nate Diaz has a reach 11cm longer than Mayweather and 5cm longer than Mcgregor. So him managing to land on mcgregor is again moot when discussing how Floyd will land. It's also then worth thinking about how impressive it made Mcgregors ability to land at will in BOTH fights against Diaz.

I just genuinely don't know how this fight will play out. Too many unknowns, but I have been genuinely shocked by how dismissive all boxing people seem to be towards Mcgregor and especially his physical advantages going in.

[americanlegend]

and counter punchers have never had much success against floyd.

floyd has never fought a counter puncher conors size who is a southpaw with a longer reach.. Floyd is also 40 coming off a 2 year lay off...

[DblLFThooK]

Good analysis. Not sure about the compairson to a undefeated world champion. But i understand what the writer is trying to say. But the truth is every single mayweather opponent said they will do this and that. But what people still dont understand is that mayweather takes his opposition out of their own game plan and they end up fighting his fight. Love him or hate him; the guy knows how to make adjustments. Knows how to take away what you do well and always dictates distance and pace.

[Combat Talk Radio]

McGregor speaks about pace, Hatton tried to attack Floyd with relentlessness and ended getting check hooked into retirement.

Into sharp decline, perhaps. Not retirement. Manny did that. "Right hook, roll under..."

Two things here... to compare mcgregor to Hatton based purely off a come forward style makes this whole article void.

Secondly FYI Nate Diaz has a reach 11cm longer than Mayweather and 5cm longer than Mcgregor. So him managing to land on mcgregor is again moot when discussing how Floyd will land. It's also then worth thinking about how impressive it made Mcgregors ability to land at will in BOTH fights against Diaz.

I just genuinely don't know how this fight will play out. Too many unknowns, but I have been genuinely shocked by how dismissive all boxing people seem to be towards Mcgregor and especially his physical advantages going in.

Diaz is a punching bag. He's the MMA version of Brandon Rios. So no, it's not impressive he was able to land on Diaz.

It WAS impressive that he was able to land on Aldo, take a shot at the same time and not get sparked off it. That he gets credit for.

Problem is, neither Conor, Aldo nor Diaz have anywhere near the speed of Floyd Mayweather. Conor's never faced anyone as fast as him.

The way to be feat Floyd is to have better conditioning to keep up an assault AND be faster than him. There's no fighter who fits that bill. McGregor certainly doesn't have the conditioning.


My prediction is that the fight will look similar to Rousey/Holm, minus the knockout. Just one guy getting tagged all night to a quit on the stool.

[Larry the boss]

exactly what i been saying...Connor also lunges with his shots

[Chuckguy]

Floyd-gatti is the blueprint for this fight

No way Connor is stronger and faster than gatti plus he is a southpaw. Floyd still schools him