Conor vs. a 40 year old counterpuncher on several year layoff who may be faded and or shot....

[Lockard The GOAT]

Odds are a quantification of public perception. Do you know of a more accurate gauge?

Point is, they only tell us so much.

 

[cpirish]

Buster wasn't short camp or overweight when he fought Tyson. He was a 29-4 world ranked boxer who had fought for a legit belt. He was in his best shape ever that night---as noted by the commentators who spoke of his prior history of being out of shape.

But apparently it is a bigger upset. Buster was a 42-1 underdog, and Conor (laughably) is only a 25-1 dog.

Andre Berto has been insulted worse than anybody in this whole fiasco, as oddsmakers think Conor has as good a chance as he did.

Watch Floyd-Gatti if you think Floyd's only a counterpuncher. He was tagging him repeatedly with LEAD RIGHTS. Gatti is 10x the boxer of Conor. If Floyd wants a first round tko, he gets one.

Fair points, and it will be interesting to see if Floyd had the total dispespect for Conor's power that he did for Gatti's.

 

[GrantB13]

Several years layoff? It's barely a year and a half

 

[yougetKTFO]

That's a terrible comparison. All it takes is one punch in boxing/MMA to change the outcome, that variable doesn't exist in a running competition.

Disagree, runner could fall, trip, ankle roll. Likely similar vegas odds to Conor landing something big on Floyd.

 

[GtehMVP]

Disagree, runner could fall, trip, ankle roll. Likely similar vegas odds to Conor landing something big on Floyd.

That's funny I was actually going to mention the hamstring pull of Michael Johnson vs Donovan Bailey in their 150 meter super race, but that outcome is different from a punchers chance. Likewise, tripping someone accidentally in a race isn't same as a KO.