What I think they should do with McGregor and Mayweather
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The smaller gloves could make a difference if Conor connected early ( 1-3 rds ).
Mayweather could NEVER win a fight with ANY mma rules at all. Even just allowing elbows. Because it’s just too foreign to him. Even if he tried to train it. He wouldn’t be able to defend against it. Even the shortest clinch and...
BOOM.
That’s all she wrote.
He will NEVER set foot in an Octagon in the UFC, imo.
Mayweather could NEVER win a fight with ANY mma rules at all. Even just allowing elbows. Because it’s just too foreign to him. Even if he tried to train it. He wouldn’t be able to defend against it. Even the shortest clinch and...
BOOM.
That’s all she wrote.
He will NEVER set foot in an Octagon in the UFC, imo.
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I don't think that's true. Toney showed up for a payday. Regardless of how well he will actually do,Mayweather will do everything It takes to win,and has all the resources he will need to go as far as he will go.
Yeah, it's a tough one to decide when elbows are involved. Especially if they are allowed in the clinch.
I think they'd be less effective if clinches got broken up like in boxing.
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I like it. Adding one little difference to the rules until we see the point where the straight boxer loses his advantage.
Also fun cause Conor can just finish his contract out fighting Floyd a few more times
Also fun cause Conor can just finish his contract out fighting Floyd a few more times
For some reason the nerd in me wants to see where that point is.I like it. Adding one little difference to the rules until we see the point where the straight boxer loses his advantage.
Also fun cause Conor can just finish his contract out fighting Floyd a few more times
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Conor doesn't have the power to hurt Mayweather regardless of glove size. Being able to KO people in MMA means nothing when you step up to boxing because the levels are light years apart. It's like a fast guy in high school thinking he can hang with Olympic sprinters. By boxing standards Conor punches like a girl, the evidence is there for us all to see, it's irrefutable. Amir Khan would laugh at his best shots and walk through him like it was nothing, even in 4oz gloves.
You're right. Sorry. I totally forgot about that.
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In boxing it still takes a bit of time for the ref to break up the clinch. And, it only takes the blink of an eye to throw the elbow.
I just kind of assumed that if elbows were legal. They’d also be legal in the clinch. But, If elbows weren’t allowed in the clinch. That would increase Mayweather’s chances a tiny bit.
But, I still think he’d lose with anything but 100% boxing rules. Imo, his only chance would be the first scenario. Boxing rules but mma gloves.
I'd like to see it done with boxing and elbows.
Makes me realize how daft if would be for Mayweather to fight a full mma fight. It also makes me realize that anything he says teasing an mma fight is just PR.
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Boxing is light years away from fighting.
