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Lol you are so right. His left is so overrated in real Boxing. He’s just doing what he is supposed to do. Everyone acts like it’s a secret Irish counter left technique... when it’s taught to child boxers after there second fight.
You guys don't know much if you genuinely believe Conor is nothing but a "basic pull counter"
First of all, the ways in which Connor sets up his pull counters are very very highly advanced even by elite boxing standards
I will just name a couple methods of Conor's (there's many more)
1. Via leadhand control to shut down the jab hand and draw out the right hand response
2. Via various forms of distance deception
-Conor leans his head forward to appear as a closer target to Nate's jab hand, naturally drawing out the jab from Nate, Conor pulls back and then counters. Such one fluid motion from Conor in going from his pull instantly to his counter.
3. Via using lateral steps and educated footwork to create angels for his pull counters and line up right hook combos off the pull
Conor takes side step to his left to take an angle, counter with the left from a safer position defensively then right hooks into it off the angle. Again Conor showing off that REAL skill based boxing footwork/angles/IQ/countering skill
It's like saying Floyd is an over rated BASIC boxer, because all he does is land pull counters vs orthodox, and right leads vs southpaws etc
And regardless here is Conor hitting more types of counters
Conor has all kinds of slip counters. He can slip and counter from the inside, outside, pull back etc. In that gif we see Conor hit an inside slip to parry down overhand counter on the much taller Nate while making both of Nate's 1-2 responses miss. Absolutely sublime countering by Conor.
Those were examples showing just how diverse a counter puncher Conor is. Now here are examples showing how complete and diverse Conor is as a whole striker period
When leading how he uses advanced leadhand tactics/ rhythm manipulation tactics to set up combos etc
Just think about how amazing that truly was to do that to Holloway
-Lead hand probe, lead hand probe, condition, switch tempo, then go underneath Holloway's leadhand with a lead leadhand uppercut to a step out to the outside angle to line the left straight down the pipe. Sweet Jesus !
You can blindly name drop all the MMA strikers you know, you wont be able to find me examples of them ever showcasing skill like that against anyone half as credible of a striker as a Holloway (and its just one of hundreds of examples from Conor through out his career)
Conor is also an educated body puncher who has a great clinch game, and clinch striking who flawlessly transitions between from and each like no other
-After Conor jab feints to open up body punching combinations, Conor TIES Nate up and smoothers him. Conor has now KILLED off any possible offence from Nate
-After Conor ties Nate up and stiffles any possible return fire, Conor then breaks away on his terms. Conor then lands beautiful devestating punches on Nate on the breakaway
Conor's striking to grappling to striking to transitional skill/IQ IS impeccable too
Its those body punches from Conor which DRAINED Nate and allowed Conor to dominate most of the championship rounds
Also Conor's educated jab work (which he mixes up with his fienting systems and leadhand game.
Look at how Conor is always changing up the speeds of his jabs, shooting his jab from different positions like down low (uprising jab), and always mixing up his jab with fients and lead hand probes. Now that is TRULY EDUCATED jab work by elite boxing standards. Conor has an actual elite jab game too. Conor is nearly impossible to ever read or time everything he's doing
It's a shame how under appreciated Conor truly is.
It's remarkable how genuinely special Conor is...he has the footwork of Lomachenko with the lead hand game and countering of Floyd, with the foot speed and left of Pacquioa
Conor is truly a Marvel to watch and study
Yet so many take him for granted and discredit something genuinely legendary in Conor's incredible next level skill sets
Conor is the greatest boxer, counter puncher, striker MMA history has ever seen at a championship level
It's not even debatable
Conor is truly the most wholey skilled, well rounded striker in MMA history. He is elite from all ranges and all positions with all weapons.
When it comes to the full embodiment of who most encompasses pure skill based striking and immaculate fight IQ, there is no one on Conor's level, and it isn't even close
Hating newbs like
@The Blob @Mysterio @migeru29 can't appreciate Conor's greatness because they don't know anything about fighting
"The UNeducated eye can not comprehend the brilliance of Conor McGregor"
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