In another era could Conor McGregor have been a great boxer?

[Willy Wanker]

Yeah, maybe back in the early 1900s.

[Phenom]

He already tried and failed to make it in boxing so no

[FrankieClutch]

If he had been a boxer his whole life, he'd have a lot of potential. He has very good reflexes, athleticism and hand speed. He just clearly doesn't have any boxing technique whatsoever.

[IronDanHamza]

No.

He can't punch a lick.

[HarvardBlue]

McGregor's main problem is not his boxing skills (which is not very good), it's his stamina.

Even in his MMA bouts he starts to gas around the 2nd or 3rd rounds. My guess it's his lack of discipline. If you don't have discipline you can't be great at anything you do.

[sentax]

McGregor's main problem is not his boxing skills (which is not very good), it's his stamina.

Even in his MMA bouts he starts to gas around the 2nd or 3rd rounds. My guess it's his lack of discipline. If you don't have discipline you can't be great at anything you do.

He doesn't run or at lest run much on the road.

As a boxer full time he would.

[Robbie Barrett]

He doesn't run or at lest run much on the road.

As a boxer full time he would.

Cardio is probably more important in the UFC (5 min rounds) than it is in boxing. If he didn't do it for MMA he wouldn't do it for boxing.

[boliodogs]

No. He practiced boxing since he was a kid. The UFC is different from boxing. He had skilled fists for that Sport but not even close to the skill of a good pro boxer. If he had gone into boxing full time from the beginning I think he would have become an average boxer but never a great one.

[boliodogs]

Yeah, maybe back in the early 1900s.

No. They could fight very well even back then and they sometimes had 30 round fights. Some all time greats like Jack Johnson and Sam Langford fought then.

[Curtis Harper]

1930's......maybe ?!?!!?