Floyd's strategy against Conor was the same as the one Nate Diaz used in his first fight with Conor. Walk him down to make him work when he doesn't want to work and continue to target his conditioning issues. Floyd said it himself in a post-fight interview, he let him shoot his load early and then went to work. Once he started really investing in the body (round 5) Floyd took over, broke him down, and let his hands go after his gas tank was depleted. Conor was breathing heavy after only two rounds and that's before Floyd even put forth an effort to break him down with straight right hands to the body. He already had conditioning issues and didn't know how to pace himself for a 12 round fight in the ring.
Conor had some limited success early timing Floyd when he was overextending on his straight right leads by meeting him with rear counter left uppercuts and keeping him at bay with his jab. Floyd felt him out early and didn't respect his power especially after the early rounds when he was coming on strong as Conor was fading. To me it looked like Floyd did carry him a bit but I'll have to rewatch it. It was a very unusual performance from Floyd either way.
