Media Conor gives boxing advice to KingRy

[613]

Conor went 10 rounds with Floyd Mayweather in his very first professional boxing match. That has to count for something and Garcia knows it as well

Floyd literally bet on himself to win in the 9th. Conor survived because floyd let him

 

[wlu.29]

Right because Conor McGregor has been around ZERO boxing his whole life.

You're the one bringing Pop's basketball coaching credibility into this conversation

Comparing Conor's professional boxing coaching ability to Pop's basketball is lacking merit

 

[Emjay]

You're the one bringing Pop's basketball coaching credibility into this conversation

Comparing Conor's professional boxing coaching ability to Pop's basketball is lacking merit

Conor doesn't need to have the same level of boxing experience as Garcia to give him advice is my point. He's another brain. Sometimes you need a completely fresh perspective for something to click.

The fact that you guys don't understand that shows that you've never done anything at a high level before.

 

[wlu.29]

Conor doesn't need to have the same level of boxing experience as Garcia to give him advice is my point. He's another brain. Sometimes you need a completely fresh perspective for something to click.

The fact that you guys don't understand that shows that you've never done anything at a high level before.

im not a world champion, but ive worked all around the world

what have you done at a high level?

his advice after the fact is moot

garcia has a whole team

 

[Emjay]

his advice after the fact is moot

You don't know what his advice was.

 

[wlu.29]

You don't know what his advice was.

if it's about branding and promotion, conor can be valuable

if it's tactical or technical boxing related, i stand by my comment about lacking credibility and expertise

 

[Emjay]

if it's about branding and promotion, conor can be valuable

if it's tactical or technical boxing related, i stand by my comment about lacking credibility and expertise

You don't know what he knows and you don't know what was said or how it was received.

You're just armchair quarterbacking because you lack high level experience in anything.

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

You don't know what his advice was.

We do know. He advised Garcia to shoot his left hook when Tank looks to change levels. It's sound advice in theory but in practice it's unlikely to work. For starters, Garcia has a bad habit of telegraphing his left hook which enabled Tank to see it coming from a mile away. He often throws it naked (no setup) as well which only made it that much easier for Tank to defend and/or counter.

To summarize, Conor's "advice" clearly misses the forest for the trees. He's oblivious to the underlying details that matter here. If Garcia ever manages to correct these flaws then he would be able to land his left hook regardless of whether Tank was in a crouched or upright state. Garcia also really needs to work on his positional awareness and defense but that's so glaringly obvious even Conor should be able to spot it.

 

[wlu.29]

You don't know what he knows and you don't know what was said or how it was received.

You're just armchair quarterbacking because you lack high level experience in anything.

everyone is an armchair qb on this forum, including you,

ironically conor is the armchair qb in this exchange

 

[Emjay]

We do know.

Based on what? An instagram video? What about what they talked about before and after the camera person hit record?

 

[Emjay]

everyone is an armchair qb on this forum, including you,

Nope

ironically conor is the armchair qb in this exchange

If only we could have seen the entire exchange.

 

[wlu.29]

Nope



If only we could have seen the entire exchange.

we know that conor is an attention whore, with one professional boxing match, and got outstruck in his recent mma matches and lost to nate diaz

 

[Emjay]

we know that conor is an attention whore, with one professional boxing match, and got outstruck in his recent mma matches and lost to nate diaz

There are many things we don't know because a camera wasn't rolling at the time.

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

Based on what? An instagram video? What about what they talked about before and after the camera person hit record?

Based on what we already know Conor told him to do if they rematch. This isn't complicated. Maybe he said more but that's speculation. I doubt he even bothered to mention Garcia's fundamental deficiencies being to blame for why he couldn't land that left hook upstairs the whole fight. Reason being, the one piece of advice we are aware of prescribes Garcia attempting to exploit a single given scenario on Tank's end rather than actually addressing Garcia's own underlying flaws.

 

[Emjay]

This isn't complicated.

It's probably a lot more complicated than what a lot of you want it to be. Folks are just looking for a reason to bash McGregor because that's what neckbeards do on forums.

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

It's probably a lot more complicated than what a lot of you want it to be. Folks are just looking for a reason to bash McGregor because that's what neckbeards do on forums.

It really isn't complicated. Garcia is a fundamentally unsound fighter who doesn't recognize the flaws in his own game. At the elite level if all a fighter literally has is a left hook that they always telegraph, often not even bothering to set it up, then naturally they can't expect to land it frequently in a fight—if at all (which was the case here against Tank). It's entirely counterproductive to their goal.

As far as we can tell Conor overlooked this in offering his "solution," either out of convenience, or his own ignorance. He's used to seeing fighters with these same underlying issues all of the time in MMA so why would he even think to address it in Garcia's game? It's likely that he has been desensitized to it by now. As a fight fan I've even grown accustomed to witnessing it in MMA where slopfests are unfortunately considered "high level" striking showcases.

 

[Emjay]

It really isn't complicated. Garcia is a fundamentally unsound fighter who doesn't recognize the flaws in his own game. At the elite level if all a fighter literally has is a left hook that they always telegraph, often not even bothering to set it up, then naturally they can't expect to land it frequently in a fight—if at all (which was the case here against Tank). It's entirely counterproductive to their goal.

As far as we can tell Conor overlooked this in offering his "solution," either out of convenience, or his own ignorance. He's used to seeing fighters with these same underlying issues all of the time in MMA so why would he even think to address it in Garcia's game? It's likely that he has been desensitized to it by now. As a fight fan I've even grown accustomed to witnessing it in MMA where slopfests are unfortunately considered "high level" striking showcases.

If only we knew what else was said between them.

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

If only we knew what else was said between them.

If anything else was even said. We can only work with what we've got and that's merely one piece of seemingly myopic "advice" provided by the Irish lad.

 

[Emjay]

If anything else was even said.

I guess we'll never know.

 

[randomg1t]

do people really think that conor mcgregor has useful advice for a fighter in a high level boxing match?

and more importantly, do people really care? the dude is a shell of his former self, ruined by cocaine, alcohol, and injuries. the fuck does it matter what he says anymore?