Conor got destroyed, but...

[Check-Hook]

Floyd was clearly toying with Conor. He let him tire himself out, and then gradually turned up the pace as the fight went on. Conor did land a few good shots, but overall it was a really dominant win for Floyd - if the man across from him wasn't an MMA-fighter making his pro boxing debut that is.

Despite the fact that Conor god out-boxed, he still impressed me quite a bit. The fact that he got totally out-boxed is not a shameful thing, considering he was boxing perhaps the best boxer ever. I actually think Conor showed some really good footwork, used his reach well early on, was working well with his lead hand - something he hasn't really showed us in the UFC - and also did some decent bodywork. I actually think he could be quite competitive against a good amount of top 15 boxers in his weight-range. He looked good. Didn't look like an absolute elite boxer, but looked good. Certainly didn't look like a man making his pro debut.

Bottom line, he made a ton of money, took a hell of a chance - putting his legacy on the line - and walked away without losing face. He took the defeat like a man too and showed great sportsmanship post fight. As he always does - win or lose. He's an experience richer, and I'm sure, that if he returns to the UFC, he will be a lot better; an intense boxing camp, preparing for the best to ever do it, will undoubtedly enable him to be even more effective and diverse when trying to land that left hand in MMA. The Money Fight was a win for Conor in my book - even when not taking the actual money into account. I did expect, that I would end up feeling that way. Props to Conor.

 

[myjohnson9]

He was toying with him by getting punched in the face the 1st 5 rounds

 

[Check-Hook]

He was toying with him by getting punched in the face the 1st 5 rounds

He threw like 5 punches per round early on... And Conor landed only around 20-25% of his shots, even early on. I was still really impressed by Conor, especially early, but Floyd had it under control...

 

[Massapiece]

Floyd didnt even box. He said hed walk forward and not fight defensively and thats exactly what he did.

 

[Check-Hook]

Floyd didnt even box. He said hed walk forward and not fight defensively and thats exactly what he did.

He didn't do that throughout the fight. He tried countering and playing it defensively, and it was actually not as effective as it has been against other fighters. He still landed about 50%, but Conor was able to hit him too. Not effectively, but he did get some good shots in. Now, was that due to Floyd being older and slower? Maybe. Probably. But it was still a good look for Conor, considering it was his pro debut and against the smartest - if not best - boxer of all time.

 

[Massapiece]

He didn't do that throughout the fight. He tried countering and playing it defensively, and it was actually not as effective as it has been against other fighters. He still landed about 50%, but Conor was able to hit him too. Not effectively, but he did get some good shots in. Now, was that due to Floyd being older and slower? Maybe. Probably. But it was still a good look for Conor, considering it was his pro debut and against the smartest - if not best - boxer of all time.

Midway thru the first round he started coming forward. Conor had nothing for him.

 

[Shinobi]

He was toying with him by getting punched in the face the 1st 5 rounds

Looooooooooooooooooooool. According to compubox he only outlanded Floyd in the first 3 rounds, and it was by a slight margin. Most of those shots had absolutely no power behind them, and a good percentage of them weren't landing clean. Floyd was rolling with a lot of the shots, and some other shots were simply hitting arms, globes, top of the head, back of the head. Nothing major.

 

[T. Hope]

Fine, Conor impressed you.

He still walked into someone else's turf, talked crazy shit, then got knocked silly and saved by the ref.

Participation awards for all! lol

 

[Check-Hook]

Fine, Conor impressed you.

He still walked into someone else's turf, talked crazy shit, then got knocked silly and saved by the ref.

Participation awards for all! lol

LOL. Don't get all butthurt... Conor got totally out-classed and wasn't able to back his talk up. That's clear for everyone to see. Only thing I'm saying is, that I was not expecting Conor to even be competitive. Which he was. At least for the first three rounds. It was playing in to Floyd's gameplan of letting Conor gas out, but I'm one hundred percent certain, that Floyd did not expect to get hit as much as he did early on.

Conor was as competent offensively as most of the fighters, that Floyd has beaten in the past, and these guys has been boxing professionally since a young age. They belong in the top tier of their respective divisions. Conor was debuting. He impressed me. That's all I'm saying. I thought he wouldn't even look like a boxer, but he held his own.