Did Floyd carry the fight?

[Johnnyrider]

Floyd could have knocked him out any round he wanted to. The way Connor raised his chin with each jab he could've easily timed it with an overhand right. Floyd wanted to place a bet which he won by 10th round knockout but they would not allow a fighter to bet on his own winning round. Floyd went ahead with his prediction just to prove they were right he is that good

[Bravado]

I wouldn't say he carried Connor, he just realized he couldn't hurt him and rather than worry about what was coming he went in to finish him

[Raggamuffin]

Did Floyd take it easy and not do much the first few rounds, just to let it go longer?

Sure Conor may have won some earlier rounds, but it's not like Floyd easily couldn't have won them if he threw more than 6 punches per round or whatever. He was making Conor miss like crazy in those rounds, too.

Once he actually picked it up a bit it was obvious Conor didn't have a prayer of being able to hang with him. Could Floyd have just been aggressive from round one and finished Conor in 5 or so rounds?

I think that he did. Jmo

[F!x]

I heard he got someone to bet on him for a 10th round KO so he just carried conor the whole fight, toyed with him and stopped him exactly when he wanted to. its funny floyds last fight was against the easiest opponent of his whole career for the most money

[Chuckguy]

Floyd definitely let it go on purpose.



Proof: 6 punches thrown in round 1, 10 punches in round 2, 12 punches in round 3.

44 punches per round thrown on average from round 4 - round 9


Floyd smiling, laughing at Mcgregor, sticking his tongue out at the camera, etc.

Also he bet on himself to win in 9.5



Motive: Entertain casuals
Add a scrap of legitimacy to the bull**** of a PPV by making people say: "wow mcgregor did better than expected, maybe this wasn't such a mismatch"
(Spoilers: It was.)



Results: Casuals are happy
Floyd haters can say "oh wow Conor landed a single punch!!!"

Floyd cashed out on the easiest fight of his career to break the record of 50-0


It was WWE at it's finest "peeleft:

Dude just stop. Floyd was getting schooled the first three rounds. Floyd never starts fast. He figured him out and took over. How hard is that to accept?

[Robbie Barrett]

Someone that throws 6 punches a round isn't even trying.