Did Colin McGregor make more $$$ losing a fight than Mo Farah in his entire career?

HardLoper wrote:

I always thought golf was the highest paying sport but wow, I can't believe the appearance money involved in a 40-year-old boxer predictably beating the shit out of a non-boxer. Nick Symmonds must be scratching his head!

You guys know Justin Bieber makes bank too. And Oprah. And Kardashian. And on and on.

It was a TKO, not a KO. Conor McGregor was never knocked down and no count was employed. McGregor is also an amateur level boxer fighting one of the greatest of all time. And didn't get TKO'd until the 10th round. Not bad for being way out of his depth.

Pythagoras wrote:

It was a TKO, not a KO. Conor McGregor was never knocked down and no count was employed. McGregor is also an amateur level boxer fighting one of the greatest of all time. And didn't get TKO'd until the 10th round. Not bad for being way out of his depth.

Mayweather wanted it to last.

Gregor made more monney than Mo ,but Mo certainly had ,have will have healthy life than Gregor ,health doesnt have value,at round 7 we can detect endurance wekness of Gregor ,he has /will have small engine :cardio/pulmonary system

That's cool... Waiting for the mighty warrior to step into the Octagon... Make no mistake, he is afraid to do so. Doesn't even have to be against McGregor...

better than Ezra wrote:

It was ALL about the money, period. The fight was fixed, believe it or not junior.

HardLoper wrote:

I always thought golf was the highest paying sport but wow, I can't believe the appearance money involved in a 40-year-old boxer predictably beating the shit out of a non-boxer. Nick Symmonds must be scratching his head!

You can always tell who the liars and/or cheaters are. They're the ones that don't trust anybody.

He is called MOHAMED!!!

Thats a micro agression.

Coach wrote:

After paying their handlers, trainers, sparring partners and others how much do they keep?

I remember when Ali was boxing I read that after paying handlers, etc he kept 1/3 then paid taxes.

I think that Mo (and any runner making decent money) can use the brain cells they save to invest their money and live a healthier, longer life.

The closest thing that professional running has EVER had -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bailey%E2%80%93Johnson_150-metre_race

the 1997 Michael Johnson v. Donovan Bailey 150m race in Toronto.

Johnson had set the 200m WR and 400m OR at Atlanta. Bailey had set the 100m WR in Atlanta as well ....

And we know how it ends - Johnson pulls up with a hamstring injury and doesn't finish. The IAAF first mocks the whole event as entertainment and not sport, but then is forced to create a "defending champion bye" rule because Johnson couldn't run in Nationals two weeks after this 150m race - due to the injury.

HAHA - Running's first and only attempt at something "mega" and it came up lame.

THIS is why Running has yet to hit that kind of mainstream financial success

Bad Wigins wrote:

His bout was like a 10,000 race between Nick Symmonds and Mo Farah, with Mo demonstrating his perfect strategy by jogging behind Symmonds for 21 laps and then outkicking him.

This analogy actually works on several levels.

Maybe add that it's like NS dropping a few fast laps right at the start.

and then during interviews with the media after the race, he cuts in to announce how spectacular the Run Gum (TM) that he's chewing is.

Obviously.

Who wants to watch guys run around in circles when you can watch them beating the brains out of one another?

Floyd made about $250MM against Manny and likely more here. But did he make $353MM here? We'll find out. That's A-Rod's career earnings.

Hourly wage . . . not much comparison.

I'd love to see Edris Vs. Farah in the ring. I'd definitely pay to see that.

better than Ezra wrote:

It was ALL about the money, period. The fight was fixed, believe it or not junior.

HardLoper wrote:

I always thought golf was the highest paying sport but wow, I can't believe the appearance money involved in a 40-year-old boxer predictably beating the shit out of a non-boxer. Nick Symmonds must be scratching his head!

No it was not fixed,it was a mismatch boxing match and you don't know anything about boxing.

farah doesn't kick after 21 laps, more like 24 lapsalso, symmonds can't break 33 minutes for 10k, which is waaaaaaay slower than Farah's marathon pace. symmonds can't run 2 miles at farah's marathon pace....yet he ran 1:42...so everyone bringing up these hypotheticals of how fast blah blah could run a blah blah, use this as a good example, 800m runners can't go up too far before they sucki ran 49.6, 1:51, and 4:06 mile, but my best 5k is 15:40.....2:33 marathon

Bad Wigins wrote:

I think you're confusing him with Cormac O'Brien the tv host.

His bout was like a 10,000 race between Nick Symmonds and Mo Farah, with Mo demonstrating his perfect strategy by jogging behind Symmonds for 21 laps and then outkicking him.

While legal streaming was clearly very popular, illegal pirates also had a field day with Mayweather-McGregor. The match was illegally rebroadcast online by 239 different sources on platforms like Facebook, YouTube and Periscope. In total, the illegal streams reached an estimated 2.93 million viewers worldwide, according to Variety. If all those eyeballs were forced to buy the fight legally, another $200 million could have been added to the purse.

http://nypost.com/2017/08/28/mayweather-mcgregor-was-a-700m-behemoth

silly ideas wrote:

farah doesn't kick after 21 laps, more like 24 laps

also, symmonds can't break 33 minutes for 10k, which is waaaaaaay slower than Farah's marathon pace. symmonds can't run 2 miles at farah's marathon pace....yet he ran 1:42...so everyone bringing up these hypotheticals of how fast blah blah could run a blah blah, use this as a good example, 800m runners can't go up too far before they suck

i ran 49.6, 1:51, and 4:06 mile, but my best 5k is 15:40.....2:33 marathon

Uhhh I think we understood his point. Impressive PBs, though.

ragenchastain wrote:

He is called MOHAMED!!!

Thats a micro agression.

True, I got both their names wrong though so I'm not racist

Don't forget about Dan vs. Dave. Almost as compelling as Michael Phelps vs. a shark.