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With everything considered I think Conor gave a good account of himself technically. He landed some good shots on Floyd and stunned Floyd with head and body punches, he was even counterpunching. He was also not easy to land on early. But Floyd was playing the long game with him because he knew he could barely go 20 minutes in MMA where he's familiar with that territory, so no way in hell he can go past that in boxing with the pressure he was putting on him, so there was no way he was going to go 12 without getting seriously hurt or stopped.
I think he deserves a bit of credit, it wasn't just a money grab, he really tried and did well. And no it says nothing about the sport, everyone with a brain knows that apart from experience, Conor had every single advantage he could possible have in there and Floyd wasn't even at 40%, but being competitive with 40% Floyd even at 40 is still pretty damn good for someone who never boxed before. He has no chance of going 4 rounds let alone be competitive against any younger middleweights or even light middleweights or the big welterweights.
I think he deserves a bit of credit, it wasn't just a money grab, he really tried and did well. And no it says nothing about the sport, everyone with a brain knows that apart from experience, Conor had every single advantage he could possible have in there and Floyd wasn't even at 40%, but being competitive with 40% Floyd even at 40 is still pretty damn good for someone who never boxed before. He has no chance of going 4 rounds let alone be competitive against any younger middleweights or even light middleweights or the big welterweights.
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