Comments Thread For: McGregor Accepts De La Hoya's Challenge For Boxing Match

[Ant1979]

Thank you. And that message should be a warning to the once "Golden Boy". Your reflexes will betray you and you will get hit with something that will hurt.

I don't think Conor wins, I'm just saying that Oscar will struggle. Then we'll have to hear Skip Bayless screaming for a Floyd rematch because Conor "boxed so well" in both fights.

Yeah, and to be fair to Richie Woodhall, he lives a clean, active and healthy lifestyle. He also reference the fact he can do 12 rounds on the heavy bag and there's every reason to believe him, looks great for his age.

Contrast that with DLH, folk have to take off their rose tinted spectacles. Of course a prime DLH destroys McGregor. But how on earth is he going to keep McGregor off of him? His legs will have gone and McGregor is bound to target the body. DLH gets overwhelmed for me.

But the build up for DLH I feel would be even more painful and drawn out

[MulaKO]

Doesnt Crawford have a solid wrestling background? if you use wrestling to win an MMA fight you're not exactly proving that boxing is superior are you? at that point you're a mixed martial artist.

It was proposed as two fights
One mma and one boxing
So.........

[TMLT87]

It was proposed as two fights
One mma and one boxing
So.........

I get that. Nothing would be proven because everyone knows Crawford wins the boxing match and Conor wins the MMA fight. And even if Crawford won the MMA fight it would probably be through using his wrestling to stay on his feet long enough to effectively use his boxing....so he'd be using..y'know...a mix of martial arts.

[MulaKO]

I get that. Nothing would be proven because everyone knows Crawford wins the boxing match and Conor wins the MMA fight. And even if Crawford won the MMA fight it would probably be through using his wrestling to stay on his feet long enough to effectively use his boxing....so he'd be using..y'know...a mix of martial arts.

Ok
That’s why it’s called mixed martial arts
Can’t see what your getting at
One fight would be mixed martial arts , the other boxing

[Rapscallion]

Doesnt Crawford have a solid wrestling background? if you use wrestling to win an MMA fight you're not exactly proving that boxing is superior are you? at that point you're a mixed martial artist.

Yes, Crawford has a wrestling background; however, I would like the MMA match to take place as I'm not at all convinced that Crawford would need to actually wrestle to beat McGregor. In fact, I'd need to see it happen (Crawford needing to use wrestling to beat McGregor) to believe that he'd need it. Let me be clear that my point is that boxers can fight (in addition to strictly boxing), and that Crawford's fighting prowess will be clearly evident if McGregor ever dares to get in the Octagon against Crawford. And it may well be that Crawford may need to employ fighting arts beyond boxing to whip McGregor; however, note that Dana White has always said that MMA practitioners will beat boxers (in MMA fights) despite anything else the boxer might try (in addition to boxing) - that boxers in the octagon don't stand a chance of winning - period. In addition, the MMA community has taken this to another level stating emphatically that MMA fighters will invariably beat boxers in any street fight - the boxer never ever has a chance. So, Crawford fighting and beating McGregor in the octagon will serve to prove Dana White wrong, and that in fact a boxer can beat an MMA/UFC fighter in the octagon under MMA rules. And perhaps the MMA community will begin to realize that they are also mistaken that it is a given that MMA fighters rule the streets (I'd like to see Crawford/McGregor as a street fight as well; however, that isn't going to happen).

[Combat Talk Radio]

Bet he wish he'd have kept his big mouth shut.

At his age, with was he's put his body through his punch resistance will be questionable at best.

Any decent shots to the body and DLH gets flopped.

There's absolutely no sense in comparing the Mayweather that did what he pleased against Connor and this version of fishnets.

Yeah, and to be fair to Richie Woodhall, he lives a clean, active and healthy lifestyle. He also reference the fact he can do 12 rounds on the heavy bag and there's every reason to believe him, looks great for his age.

Contrast that with DLH, folk have to take off their rose tinted spectacles. Of course a prime DLH destroys McGregor. But how on earth is he going to keep McGregor off of him? His legs will have gone and McGregor is bound to target the body. DLH gets overwhelmed for me.

But the build up for DLH I feel would be even more painful and drawn out

This is why I want the fight to happen. Roadblock and others are still thinking that Conor is not going to give Oscar any trouble. I want them to witness Oscar stumbling and tired as a fresh McGregor tosses pieces on him for the first 6 rounds. That way we can see if he comes back to NSB and takes the L.

Again, I don't expect Conor to beat Oscar like Artie beat Paulie. I expect Oscar to struggle more than expected. That will happen. Oscar has been out too long.

[rocktop]

Under boxing rules?

Under boxing rules the mountain is a Z Level can.

He would get smoked by any remotely competitive HW journeyman.

I know being sarcastic but at this point ive seen 100s of comments saying outrageous stuff like what you said that im starting to question if boxing fans think boxers are superman.

[Gamer30168]

CM is definitely gonna lose to DLH. He's gonna lose to Pac. He would probably lose to the #15 contender. I'm sure CM would love another high reward low risk fight though. Don't get me wrong, CM is a helluva MMA fighter and he would easily dispatch almost any boxer that chose to enter the octagon, but let's face it: CM never stood a chance against Floyd in a boxing ring. It was a sham from the beginning. I'm surprised it sold as well as it did

[Smash]

oscar should win but this will go the distance id say