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

[Redd Foxx]

No, he's just not a great boxer. People get so ****** over hype. They can't imagine that they were lied to and they believed it. So, they try to figure out how to make sense of it all.

[mrpain81]

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.

I agree with that.

I can't think of any great fighters who had terrible stamina, and I"m not just talking getting a little tired. McNugget looks like Zombie in his fights against Diaz and Floyd. He would always be toast if he can't take you out early.

[g27region]

He has some potential, he has great reach but that's like asking what would happen if he was training soccer or baseball his whole life, could McGregor have been a great soccer player, well who the hell knows we'll never find out

On the other hand, Petr Yan who is a Russian UFC prospect could have been a great boxer, he's coming from boxing background and his stand up game is probably the best in his division, way more technique to it than with fighters like Cody Garbrandt and others, makes them look really limited, it's pretty good for MMA standarts

[sicko]

In NO ERA does McGregor ever becomes even a Decent Boxer

[Squ□redCircle34]

Hell no, he would have to retire early like Freddie Roach cuz he would be taking too much punishment!

In the 1990’s on up, his weight class’ was lethal and I don’t see what would make him the cream of the crop unless you tell me a McGregor with boxing technique would mean he can maximize his punching power potential but we’ll never know!

[Bjl12]

If he started early he would have been good.every boxer can't be a deontay type fighter and start super late and become a champion.thats a god given gift.some have to start young and work they way up.which is okay.

It's more related to how bad the HW division is.

It makes sense though. For a guy that size..go NFL, MLB, NBA, etc. Hell even NHL...you'll make more as a bench player/backup than 99% of boxers make at a fraction of the work.

HW is a JOKE though. Deontay is one of the jokes in the division. AJ is the only thing decent about HW and, sadly, I don't see any major changes coming soon :-/

[bigdunny1]

Is this a serious question? There is no era. He doesn't have a single great attribute featherfisted, no stamina, no defense, he's not particularly fast. He was good in a cage but you know you can't crack an egg when Floyd who is defensive and hadn't knocked out anyone in like a decade after feeling him out said the phuk I need to worry about defense and walked him and and KO'd him. Him losing to Floyd isn't shocking the total disrespect Floyd had for his punching power was. Floyd would never fight like that against any of the fighters he faced. If you can't punch in a boxing ring you better do other things at elite levels to overcome it and Conor doesn't.

[RoyJonesJrp4pno1]

Conor has very good balance and counterpunching ability. If he got into boxing at an earlier age he could have been elite skill wise.

[Rockybigblower]

Could he have beaten Irish Mickey Ward? Or Carl "peter" Frampton?