Sugar Ray Leonard does Conor impersonation

[ramair455]

First fight was very close.

I was repeating what Leonard said, he was rocked a few times, and after 15 rds he took a real beating, and it wasnt going to happen again in the rematch...

 

[caesar]

What evidence do you have of that?

Watch the interview, Halger mentions it briefly, then moves on,...you can tell its not something he likes to talk about to this day.

 

[Hirashin]

dont be surprised if Conor suckerpunches him when he sees him somewhere having a drink or something

Express ticket to jail. His violations are mounting.

Doesnt mean we cant say that asbestos isn't fucking terrible should be avoided and unequivocally causes cancer. Just like I wouldn't say getting punched in the face every day for 15 years is safe for your brain.

Apparently its only dangerous if you breath it.

He was a coke head at one point.

when you a millionaire, its hard not to be, I guess.

 

[TheBulletwithWings]

Conor did better then Floyd would have in MMA

That’s unknown.

 

[Hirashin]

Yikes! I thought I was going to open this to find Leonard punching someone 25-30yrs older than him.

50.

No way thats true about Duran. Ray to a beating in the 1st fight because he stood toe-toe with Duran.
2nd fight he just out boxed an out of shape Duran

are those boobs in your avatar natty? if so, send me location (porhnub link.)

That was pretty funny lol.

Also, goddamn. Ray looks almost exactly the same as he did the day he stepped into the ring to fight Hagler. The man has found the fountain of youth.

He doesn't exactly move like a young man.

 

[Dana's Moonface]

Been watching Floyd since06.

Anyone suggesting he'd put that lack of care into any of his fights, much less the last of his career is as delusional and ignorant as you can possibly get

And he was shredded, you don't look like that without a serious camp

I have been watching him since about 98 and I told you that Ray Leonard was only being nice saying Conor done well

It would look very bitter if one of the greatest boxers ever blasted a man that tried to come over and fight one of the best to do it

Floyd definitely carried Conor in that fight bro

He threw about 40 punches first 3 rounds and Floyd has never done that before

 

[Dana's Moonface]

Plenty of boxers gave McGregor credit, including Leonard:

False credit, they were not going to kick him when he was down, it would gave boxing a black eye

They chose the higher ground

Plenty of other fighters like green and Bellew were pretty much laughing at Conor's punching

 

[Severen]

Conor won more rounds than Canelo and most of floyds opponents, yet brainlets still try and criticize his amazing performance? lol

He threw about 40 punches first 3 rounds and Floyd has never done that before

Probably because he's never fought Conor before. The fact you think he carried him just shows how amazing his performance was. You just can't accept it without making excuses.

 

[TheWobbler]

 

[Dana's Moonface]

Never. He was strictly fitness and energy.

Every fighter 20 years older than him that got into coke looks 20 years older than him. The guy is well into his 60s.

Longevity and cocaine are never together in sport.

Actually he was coked out of his mind when he was out of boxing for a few years

He came back and beat Hagler after being a coke head

 

[MescalineDreams]

I have been watching him since about 98 and I told you that Ray Leonard was only being nice saying Conor done well

It would look very bitter if one of the greatest boxers ever blasted a man that tried to come over and fight one of the best to do it

Floyd definitely carried Conor in that fight bro

He threw about 40 punches first 3 rounds and Floyd has never done that before

I gotta find that thread with videos of like 20 boxers all giving conor respect for his performance. Almost all of the boxing media as well, a lot of whom have been around the game for a long time. Most of those guys didn't even like conor, some even openly talked shit about him.

That's what I saw as well. To me this whole "floyd carried him" thing has always seemed like a narrative without real substance behind it and a lot of dislike fueling it, which will naturally distort any objective truth.

For me it was simple why floyd fought the way he did. His gameplan was to let conor punch himself out, attack the body and bring him into deeper waters. Pretty simple stuff. Gotta factor in that floyd was also a 40 year old man, well past his prime and he was fighting a guy who does have power, some speed and good reflexes early on, along with being a southpaw with an unorthodox style for boxing. People expecting floyd to fight as he always does as a 40 year old man is silly, especially in the last fight of his career.

Even paulie said that Conor's style is unorthodox and takes time to figure out.

I think floyd played it safe early on, got a feel for his movement, timing, range, sneakily attacked the body and allowed him to punch himself out. As time went on, Conor became less of a threat and you seen floyd come out of his shell and later adjusted to a more offensive style exposing Conor's weakness to pressure / lack of boxing defense at that level.

If floyd just came out and tried to end him from the start, it would've left openings and it's a risk someone like floyd of all people would never take. Especially against a guy who's known to be dangerous early. He played it smart, attacked the body, took him into deeper waters and drowned him. Fought like you would have expect a 40 year old floyd to fight

 

[Dana's Moonface]

I gotta find that thread with videos of like 20 boxers all giving conor respect for his performance. Almost all of the boxing media as well, a lot of whom have been around the game for a long time. Most of those guys didn't even like conor, some even openly talked shit about him.

That's what I saw as well. To me this whole "floyd carried him" thing has always seemed like a narrative without real substance behind it and a lot of dislike fueling it, which will naturally distort any objective truth.

For me it was simple why floyd fought the way he did. His gameplan was to let conor punch himself out, attack the body and bring him into deeper waters. Pretty simple stuff. Gotta factor in that floyd was also a 40 year old man, well past his prime and he was fighting a guy who does have power, some speed and good reflexes early on, along with being a southpaw with an unorthodox style for boxing. People expecting floyd to fight as he always does as a 40 year old man is silly, especially in the last fight of his career.

Even paulie said that Conor's style is unorthodox and takes time to figure out.

I think floyd played it safe early on, got a feel for his movement, timing, range, sneakily attacked the body and allowed him to punch himself out. As time went on, Conor became less of a threat and you seen floyd come out of his shell and later adjusted to a more offensive style exposing Conor's weakness to pressure / lack of boxing defense at that level.

If floyd just came out and tried to end him from the start, it would've left openings and it's a risk someone like floyd of all people would never take. He played it smart, attacked the body, took him into deeper waters and drowned him. Fought like you would have expect a 40 year old floyd to fight

I think this whole "floyd carried him" narrative seems like it has more to do with with not liking conor than an actual logical, rational breakdown of the fight

They were being NICE!

Bro if you know anything about boxing, you would know that Floyd fought a style completely foreign to him

He was carried FFS lol

 

[Hirashin]

That's what I saw as well. To me this whole "floyd carried him" thing has always seemed like a narrative without real substance behind it and a lot of dislike fueling it, which will naturally distort any objective truth.

floyd said it himself.

 

[Dana's Moonface]

floyd said it himself.

Because he did carry him

 

[MescalineDreams]

They were being NICE!

Bro if you know anything about boxing, you would know that Floyd fought a style completely foreign to him

He was carried FFS lol

I broke it all down in my post

Most of those boxers didn't like him or talked shit about him

None of them were claiming him to be some boxing world beater but were impressed at his boxing ability. Above all else I have an elite bullshit detector and those guys were just being honest man.

That's what I mean the extent people go to, not to give the guy any credit for that fight is just at absurd levels. Even writing off dozens elite boxers, MMA fighters and the boxing entire media. I don't believe he should fight pro, fight canelo or any crazy shit but I think you gotta give credit where it's due.

 

[MescalineDreams]

Because he did carry him

Thing is, floyd initially praised him. He started catching a lot of heat from the boxing community though which is where you seen the shift. When you actually watch the fight and form your own opinion, they seemed like face saving comments in the midst of massive criticism on the performance for the last fight of his career. I took it with a grain of salt because I think the fight paints a very different picture but I think the general consensus among fans changed pretty significantly after floyd made those statements

I think when you break down the fight rationally, the reasoning and strategy behind floyd fighting the way he did was very simple.

 

[Dana's Moonface]

Thing is, floyd initially praised him. He started catching a lot of heat from the boxing community though which is where you seen the shift. Which when you actually watch the fight and form your own opinion seemed like face saving comments in the face of massive criticism on the performance for the last fight of his career. I took it with a grain of salt because I think the fight paints a very different picture but I think the general consensus among fans changed pretty significantly after floyd made those statements

I think when you break down the fight rationally, the reasoning and strategy behind floyd fighting the way he did was very simple.

You are like playing chess with a pigeon
No matter how good you are at chess,
the pigeon is just going to knock over the pieces,
crap on the board, and then strut around like he has won.

We will agree to disagree bro lol

 

[MescalineDreams]

You are like playing chess with a pigeon
No matter how good you are at chess,
the pigeon is just going to knock over the pieces,
crap on the board, and then strut around like he has won.

We will agree to disagree bro lol

I still think my breakdown for Floyd's strategy is pretty on point lol. Not that it's anything complicated

 

[Hirashin]

I still think my breakdown for Floyd's strategy is pretty on point lol. Not that it's anything complicated

All we know is Floyd didn't throw punches for the first 4 rounds, started fighting in the 5th, had the sense of urgency in 6th. For what ever the reasons.

 

[Takamine86]

Conor did better then Floyd would have in MMA

True, Conor would do better against Floyd, but having Floyd fight Conor in MMA isn't the equivalent of Conor fighting Floyd in Boxing. Conor was a much bigger young Prime MMA champion in his 20s and Floyd was a former champion in his 40s coming out of retirement.

The equivalent would be for an older former MMA champion in his 40s to come out of retirement to fight and bigger young prime champion boxer in his 20s. That is what Floyd did to Conor.