Originally posted by Boxing Goat
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Do you really think McGregor was that good?
More like Floyd carried him
Imagine Floyd knocked him spark out in 30 seconds (a genuine possibility by the way given the gulf in skill and experience)
- McGregor's commercial value would have become zero
- the UFC would have become an absolute joke
- The fans would have felt cheated (quite rightly, given the hype)
- Floyd would have become persona non-grata with Showtime and would have struggled to get a PPV audience again of the same magnitude and been exposed as a money grabbing charlatan whore
- The networks would have looked like complete con artists for selling us the hype only for it to have come crashing down in 30 seconds
- PPV in general would have been difficult to pitch at that price point for a long time afterwards
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