Why do you guys debate this like the outcome wasn't preordained?
Why do you debate "how long connor lasted" and "look how many times floyd was hit"?
Anyone who watched Floyd Mayweather fight knew that he was not fighting normally and obviously giving this guy some rounds to please the fans and make it more exciting. He only threw 9 jabs in the whole first three rounds.
How can you look at this gif and think this wasn't a staged fight and Floyd could have just knocked him out in the first round.
A MMA fighter is not going to be a boxer in boxing just like a boxer would get his ass kicked in MMA.
Again look at this gif. Think about all the fights you've seen of mayweather and you realize it was just a big show for cash. You didn't see him do this last night because it would just be pitiful.
Jose Wood
haha yeah
Jayden Howard
>Mayweather was in really trouble guys. Mcconnor, a guy who never boxed professionally in his life, gave him more trouble than professional boxers.
Yeah ok.
Isaiah Stewart
of course the first 4 rounds was Mayweather selling the fight. I'm not saying every punch he took was illegitimate, but most were.
Floyd could have easily done in round 4 or 5 what he did in round 10.
Jeremiah Sanchez
he admitted he wanted to give the fans something interesting to make up for the Pac fight. if he wanted to he could have lost this fight to set up a rematch and trilogy. thank God he didn't and now we can all forget about this shit
Eli Cruz
Don't forget he is 40 and came out of retirement for this fight.
But there were certain parts i was shouting at my screen until i realized why he might be doing it. Like guarding his face and staying in the ducked position.
Not something he would do. But at the same time i also believe Floyd may have been slightly intimidated.
Blake Hill
It's obvious it was all for the show. It was fun, but in a retiree charity event way. It wasn't worth $100 at all, but it was still a moderately entertaining watch.
Andrew Thomas
The first 4 rounds is Mayweather not firing back on Conor.
Cooper Butler
1) Mayweather is old now 2) Mayweather didn't train as hard because he knew he didn't need to 3) Mayweather wasn't worried at all about letting Connor hit him
It wouldn't really make sense for Mayweather to bust his ass all year and even in this fight when there was no chance he was going to lose it. You can say it was "rigged", but the more probable answer is simply Mayweather didn't bother to do anything more than he needed to.
Put simply, I agree that Mayweather probably could've knocked him out whenever he wanted. Why did he wait until the 10th? You say it was to make it more exciting for the fans, I say it's simply because it was easier for him to just wait.
Gabriel Jackson
You're a fucking idiot if you think that floyd purposely coasted the first 4 rounds to give the fans a show when he very clearly turtled to tire conor out and take his power away. It's not like Floyd was ever going to knock Conor out cold, the cunt hits like a wet noodle.
Aiden Cook
Floyd isn't a knockout artist but lets not pretend like he can't hit hard when he finds his openings.
Robert Bailey
If floyd wanted too, he probably could have set a record for punch connected last night. He doesn't have knock out power to put someone out with one punch, but anyone getting pelted endlessly in the head and body with laser shots like Mayweather was capable of doing, would be out of there in short order.
He didn't because the fight would be over in two rounds and people would be pissed.
John Cox
not a 40 year old Floyd, he breaks people mentally and they give up or he outlasts them by being conservitive with his energy as is the case with Conor. He hasn't seriously rocked anyone out of nowhere in 10 years.
Ryder Foster
>Floyd was ever going to knock Conor out cold, the cunt hits like a wet noodle.
A wet noodle that had Conor ready to hit the mat.
Xavier Campbell
People actually believe that horseshit? Even in the 8th round when Conor started to seriously fade it was still a close round.
Joshua Phillips
>it was still a close round.
Carson Jenkins
>Floyd Mayweather couldn't knock out a man on the brink of collapse from exhaustion.
That shit says more about Floyd's lack of punching power that he can't deck a near defenseless man.
Ethan Murphy
"close" only because he's fighting floyd. If he was fighting a real middleweight I'd actually be concerned for his health. canelo would punch him through a fucking wall.
Ayden Powell
That's irrelevant, we're talking about whether Floyd was coasting for the purpose of it not being a complete farce.
Cameron Harris
Same reason the Golden State Warriors don't try as hard against the 76ers as they do against the Cavs. It's not a matter of giving a show, it's a matter of "why?"
Logan Lopez
>Floyd's lack of punching power >Conor lands a clean early round uppercut on a 40 year old out of retirement and gets smirked at
Face it, MMA was made into a joke with this fight. Conor came out and proved that all MMA fighters can do is hammerfist like animals and try and break each others limbs.
Liam Anderson
>he can't knock Conor out >TKOs him
Hooray?
Levi Turner
I agree even at the end in the fight may weather said he was glad he gave the public what they wanted to see