Teddy Atlas: Floyd didn't carry Conor

The fact is, I'm not misquoting anyone. You wrote that, "My cousin would beat Conor in a boxing match."

I wrote, "Your cousin would eliminate Conor McGregor in a Boxing fight?"

That's basically the same thing. You're just discussing semantics.

A Boxing fight is basically the same thing as a Boxing match.

The term "ELIMINATE" is basically the same thing as the term "BEAT."

McGregor is Conor. Conor is McGregor.

Conor McGregor is Conor McGregor.

Conor McGregor is "The Notorious."

Conor McGregor is "The Notorious" Conor McGregor.

Conor McGregor is "The Notorious One."

Conor McGregor is Conor "Notorious" McGregor.







The fact is, I would pay $1-$5 to see McGregor DECAPITATE your cousin.

No matter what the result is, I'M THE ONE WHO WINS.

Even if your cousin can somehow (by some miracle) actually ELIMINATE MCGREGOR IN A BOXING FIGHT, I was able to watch your cousin continue to erase the legend of Conor McGregor and decrease the reputation of Conor McGregor.

Before gevoudane says it: "The joke's on you, Crash Lance. My cousin is TYSON FURY."







Yep. Leonard knows LESS about winning Boxing fights than gevoudane does.

Leonard knows LESS about winning Boxing fights than the cousin of gevoudane does.

Leonard knows LESS about WATCHING and dissecting Boxing fights than gevoudane does.

Leonard knows LESS about WATCHING and dissecting Boxing fights than the cousin of gevoudane does.

I took eliminating as in a dominate fight. Besides Leonard there are other pro boxers that say the opposite and he didnt show good boxing technique. A lot of his fight he fought similar to how a sports karate fighter fights. Conor is a good striker, but his boxing needs improvement.

Is there a professional boxer that you think Conor could beat?

And my cousin is retired he's not Fury. But he was a WBO light welterweight.
 
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Show me another fight where floyd walked forward with a high guard letting his opponent tee off.

Show me another fight where floyd was laughing and mugging for the camera between rounds.

I'll wait . . . No I won't because it doesn't exist.

Floyd knew what he had in front of him and fought accordingly - put on a show, have fun then when he got sick of it turn up the tempo and stop the guy with no actual boxing experience except fairytale stories told by him.

Why is this still even a discussion in 2020?
 
Crazy to see this Atlas pivot to MMA, gotta chase that green I suppose.
 
People who say Conor did well against Mayweather haven't watched Mayweather fight before. Mayweather is typically an extremely elusive fighter but in that fight he literally walked Conor down in a straight line with his guard up. Mayweather only did that because he felt no threat from Conor whatsoever. If anything its a slap in Conor's face that Mayweather didn't even respect him enough to fight him seriously
 
LOL!

Floyd barely threw any punches at all in the first couple of rounds. Then he walked down Conor with zero regard for his defense, which Floyd would never do against a high level boxer. Surely you can't be this delusional?
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You are too delusional to understand that the reason Floyd did not throw punches early on was because Conor was awkward, and dangerous and a threat with his counter punching which caught floyd a few times, so Floyd was FORCED to take his time it was not because he wanted to give away rounds to a rookie you muppet. He needed to wait Conor out if he wan't to take risks, so this credit goes to Conor not some retarded 'carried him' narrative, you brainlet.
 
Reminder that this is the same guy who made one of the greatest corner speeches of all time



Fans know better though. Obvioualy
 
People who say Conor did well against Mayweather haven't watched Mayweather fight before. Mayweather is typically an extremely elusive fighter but in that fight he literally walked Conor down in a straight line with his guard up. Mayweather only did that because he felt no threat from Conor whatsoever. If anything its a slap in Conor's face that Mayweather didn't even respect him enough to fight him seriously
Its called strategy

Obviously you're havent watched Floyd before or you're just repeating the same shit you see everyone else saying.

Look at the Diaz fight. What was it that tired Conor more quicky?

Forward pressure. It takes away your opponents ability to control the distance effectively and dictate the pace of the fight.

Floyd controlled the range and he controlled the pace. 2 crucial things against someone like Conor.

Conor's inside/ close range boxing is also nowhere near his level of performance from the outside.
 
He didn’t carry him.

A 40+ retired soft looking version of mayweather, a weight classes or two below his younger counterpart walked down and finished Connor.

Considering he has not had a legit finish for many years before then, is renowned for being a defensive fighter and the factors mentioned above it was impressive what mayweather did and rather pathetic what Connor achieved, which wasn’t a lot in boxing terms.
 
You are too delusional to understand that the reason Floyd did not throw punches early on was because Conor was awkward, and dangerous and a threat with his counter punching which caught floyd a few times, so Floyd was FORCED to take his time it was not because he wanted to give away rounds to a rookie you muppet. He needed to wait Conor out if he wan't to take risks, so this credit goes to Conor not some retarded 'carried him' narrative, you brainlet.
The conspiracy theories people have are just straight up delusional and show people are too biased about what they're watching

It wasnt just the first few rounds

Rounds 4,5 and 6 were all close

7 was the first round Floyd took handily. Which even sugar ray commented on. Then Conor arguably took the 8th.

Do people honestly believe Floys started trying in the 7th and then just stopped again?

And allowed the 8th to be competitive?

Delusional
 
. ..and we have other boxing pundits saying otherwise. It's all semantics cause I 100% believe that Floyd couldve taken Conor out a whole lot sooner.

In other words, Floyd carried Conor. Let's remember one fundamental thing - although Conor has superior stand up skills in an mma cage , HES NOT a professional boxer and if Floyd was 52 then we can have a whole different discussion.

GTFO.
 
He didn’t carry him.

A 40+ retired soft looking version of mayweather, a weight classes or two below his younger counterpart walked down and finished Connor.

Considering he has not had a legit finish for many years before then, is renowned for being a defensive fighter and the factors mentioned above it was impressive what mayweather did and rather pathetic what Connor achieved, which wasn’t a lot in boxing terms.
Floyd also almost always had the edge in reflexes and speed.

Conor is known for his exceptional reflexes. It was the first time in many fights someone actually gave him challenges in that sense. Which was again partially due to Floyd's old age.

He was getting tagged even when he was playing it safe. Had he opened up sooner, it would've opened him up to an unnecessary risk of being countered.

Anyone who knows Floyd, knows he's the last boxer on earth to take risks. Even the idea that he willingly allowed himself to take unneeded punches is completely illogical.
 
Why the hell have you dragged this old thread up? This was done a long time ago, let it drop man, move on.
 
Conor wasn't carried per say but Floyd just didn't really train or try all that hard as he never took it seriously
 
Why is this still even a discussion in 2020?
Because most boxers, analysts and actual smart people dont believe he carried him?

Lol

It's a narrative almost entirely held by biased fans.

Who then want to act like that narrative is an absolute truth.

Delusional folk
 
Conor wasn't carried per say but Floyd just didn't really train or try all that hard as he never took it seriously
Floyd will never not train or take any fight in his career seriously

Please stop trying to argue such dumb shit.

Do any of you even follow boxing. He takes his career and legacy more serious than anyone.

He's the last athlete who's going to fuck around with it. Who he's facing is irrelevant.
 
Mayweather knew McGregor couldn't hurt him and stood right in front of him for half of the fight.
 
Conor did way better than anyone expected.

Still lots of butt hurt over that. Strange.
 
It was like a father playing with his kid. You purposely not go 100% and let the kid be happy, but you know you can win the game at any second. Conor just looked so bad. I expected way more from him tbh. But after the first seconds everyone knew it wasn't competitve. It's like if Lebron played 1 on 1 va Joe Rogan.
People paid a lot to see the fight. There wouleve been a big backlash if the fight ended in the first.

What bothers me the most as an mma fan is how bad Conor looked vs him and how bad Conor made mma fighters looo against him. Just shows how terrible 99% of strikers in mma are in terms of boxing.Its a joke. Conor made mma look like amateurs...
 
Floyd is a lot of things but he isn't stupid in the ring. He easily has one of the best fight IQs of all time. There's no way in hell he'd carry someone that's bigger and younger than him just to put on a show, especially when it doesn't affect his fight purse. Floyd probably bought into the media hype that Conor has amazing knockout power and decided to play it safe and conservatively to eliminate any chance, small as it may be, that Conor catches him. When he realized Conor doesn't hit as hard as he is hyped up to, and that Conor's cardio was waning, Floyd got more aggressive.

But to say that he deliberately carried him for 10 rounds is just plain stupid. A first round KO would've been more exciting, better for his legacy, and better for the sport of boxing.
 
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