Mayweather vs McGregor – who’s your money on?

Mayweather

Mayweather.

Just like with Bobby Riggs duffing it to Billie Jean, there's huge reasons to think the fix is in. Mayweather not really training, etc.

The rematch will be (at least) 3x as big, tho of course in the tennis version she refused.

total novice having never fought in the boxing ring.

Fake narrative. He fought boxing as a kid for almost 4 years.

The Irishman is a mixed martial artist in the truest sense of the word, but while most MMA fighters have developed from a Brazilian jiu-jitsu, or wrestling, or taekwondo, or Muay Thai background, McGregor grew up boxing. The art was first hardwired into his fighting brain when he walked into Crumlin Amateur Boxing Club as a 12-year old scrapper. He learned how to throw every punch, how to cover up, how to control the distance, how to switch his stance, and everything else required to win a few novice titles. He was known as an elusive target in the ring and an intelligent fighter who was adept at figuring out opponents. By the age of 16 he was lost to the world of kicking and grappling in a cage, but he has never forgotten what coach Phil Sutcliffe taught him in the Dublin gym.

Fake News NYT tries to spin "physicians" as saying that it's not safe for Conor.

there is an important constituency that does not believe Saturday’s bout should happen at all: the Association of Ringside Physicians.

"Constituency"?

HRH wrote:

The logic of a Mr Spock would suggest a very embarrassing one-sided event, a TKO in the early rounds.

Mayweather will backpedal the whole time and McGregor won't get near him. I'd love to see McGregor blow a fuse and just tackle him and punch the crap out of him to get the DQ.

Smart money is on McGregor. You'll see that in the last hours of betting the line will move rapidly toward McGregor. This is the smart money letting all the stooges run the odds on Mayweather way up before putting their money down.

smart money wrote:

Smart money is on McGregor. You'll see that in the last hours of betting the line will move rapidly toward McGregor. This is the smart money letting all the stooges run the odds on Mayweather way up before putting their money down.

I pray for you this is a troll post.

smart money wrote:

Smart money is on McGregor. You'll see that in the last hours of betting the line will move rapidly toward McGregor. This is the smart money letting all the stooges run the odds on Mayweather way up before putting their money down.

+1

May easy money and put it on Mayweather.

Granted, not a lot of money will be made but winning money is preferable to losing it.

Duran couldn't touch Leonard in their 2nd fight and that will also be the case in this fight.

BOLT VS ELAINE THOMPSON 100M

same thing. goes out, does his bizness.

dont overthink this, because mayweather wont.

they changed to 8 oz gloves, which favors McGregorbut Mayweather will just fight defensively and look for an openingcould be a real boring fight. hope i'm wrongMcGregor is fighting "half of a fight" and has nothing to lose, so he could make it interesting. or just make a lot of money

HRH wrote:

I’ve got to make a bet soon, what’s the verdict?

Odds are overwhelmingly in favour of a Mayweather win and I can’t argue about that.

The bout is under the rules of boxing and in one corner an unbeaten fighter after 49 fights and in the other a total novice having never fought in the boxing ring.

The logic of a Mr Spock would suggest a very embarrassing one-sided event, a TKO in the early rounds.

Might have a flutter on which round McGregor falls.

McGregor is a huge underdog because he will likely land few if any punches. Mayweather will back pedal and defend the whole fight and win on points. McGregor's only chance is a lucky blow or to blatantly cheat.

Mayweather has a lot of experience beating women and his wife but apparently he can also box other pros as well. He is an illiterate piece of human garbage but if I had to bet money I would place it on him.

Vegas Guy wrote:

smart money wrote:

Smart money is on McGregor. You'll see that in the last hours of betting the line will move rapidly toward McGregor. This is the smart money letting all the stooges run the odds on Mayweather way up before putting their money down.

+1

This is the dumbest obvious non gambler post and +1 I've ever seen.

Assuming the fight isn't fixed, the only way I see Macgreggor winning is if Mayweather has suddenly gotten old and Macgreggor can turn it into a brawl and win it on youth and strength.

Yeah, it's pathetic the way they are trying to add hype saying he's new to boxing.

This thread would be funnier with pics

That was my initial thought as well. Improve the chances of a knockout, but the more I think about it, the lighter gloves just means McGregor is going to bleed quicker. I don't think McGregor is really going to hit him period. Whether they are wearing 8 oz gloves, or no gloves, I'm just not sure it's an actual advantage for CM.

McGregor is a world champion MMA fighter, which does involve for him mostly punching, so it is not an absolute and complete farce. And he does punch hard relative to Mayweather's opponents according to the espn sports science measure. But it looks to me like Mayweather can avoid or block just about any blow, which is his calling card, and that McGregor cannot. You just don't want to have a professional novice in boxing going against a 49-0 champion considered among the best in decades, even if his fights tend to be dull and even if he hasn't knocked anyone out since the 1990s. The only question seems to be whether they want to seed the ground for a rematch, considering how much money would be available if this match looks credible. Boxers have a hard time quitting. Did you know Roy Jones, Jr., the best lb for lb fighter of the 1990s, is still out there fighting palookas more than a decade after he fell from greatness?