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Captain Log posted:Does Floyd "The Most Hateable Athlete on Earth" have any fans? At all? He seems to be a pretty repugnant dude. tbf I think Jon "Bones" Jones is pretty close to claiming this title for himself
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Jon Jones is a drug cheat moron who isn't really that high up on the "poo poo human being ranking" athlete subdivision. He places but he's not the worst you'll ever see (so far)
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Triticum Guzzler posted:I still refuse to watch any press conference videos but I have yet to hear an adequate explanation of why Floyd Mayweather Jr was allegedly yelling "form Voltron" in public I don't think you really comprehend how powerful Voltron is when fully formed.
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Triticum Guzzler posted:I still refuse to watch any press conference videos but I have yet to hear an adequate explanation of why Floyd Mayweather Jr was allegedly yelling "form Voltron" in public https://youtu.be/Wf3jzDb4H7o?t=1m36s
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hmm. the wu tang secret is much less salacious than i expected. not sure how to process this.
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Floyd doesn't really strike me as someone who watched cartoons as a child or watches Michael bay movies
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Aug 24, 2017 15:02
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known intellectual Floyd Mayweather would surely not lower himself to watch Michael Bay movies true
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dogmother1776 posted:Floyd doesn't really strike me as someone who watched cartoons as a child or watches Michael bay movies I'll be honest it's hard for me to imagine what Floyd was like as a child. In my mind I think he was a robot that was made solely to be a boxer.
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Yeah but the dad was a mix of various John Witherspoon steoreotypes instead of Marv Marinovich.
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Vladimir Putin posted:I'll be honest it's hard for me to imagine what Floyd was like as a child. In my mind I think he was a robot that was made solely to be a boxer. he was known as floyd "pogs" mayweather jr and was obsessed with accruing as many pogs as possible, amassing large unpaid debts to the internal slammer service
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If Conor wins that loving Alligator skin belt and starts walking around with it, he's basically the Million Dollar Man with an Irish accent. Considering putting a tenner on Conor saying 'gently caress this' and just kicking Mayweather in the head in the third round. Serious question, if he did would there even be any repercussions that Conor would give two shits about? What's he going to do, get barred from boxing?
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Aug 24, 2017 18:16
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Well the whole reason the fight is happening is so Conor can make lots of money, and it has been repeatedly revealed in this thread that Floyd has a stip in the contract where if Conor fouls he forfeits most of his purse, which would mean he does not make lots of money, so I would say yes he would care.
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Aug 24, 2017 18:19
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Does interfering in boxing bets still get you murdered by organized crime
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CityMidnightJunky posted:If Conor wins that loving Alligator skin belt and starts walking around with it, he's basically the Million Dollar Man with an Irish accent. He'd get a fine much bigger than the last one he had a months long hissy fit about
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Spuckuk posted:tbf I think Jon "Bones" Jones is pretty close to claiming this title for himself Floyd is a worse human being probably, but Jones is more unlikable. Yes, I know that doesn't make sense. Floyd still has a consistent shtick despite being a horrible person. Meanwhile Jones fucks up everything and but isn't even that fun to hate on because he's so weird and mumbly and nonsensical.
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Deadspin has a take on the fight that's like fatherdog on Roy Nelson: http://adequateman.deadspin.com/hype-works-1797859218
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CityMidnightJunky posted:If Conor wins that loving Alligator skin belt and starts walking around with it, he's basically the Million Dollar Man with an Irish accent. They have confirmed that Conor's contract says he forfeits almost all of his purse if he does that. Conor loves money, so no, he's not going to do that, and you will be wasting your money if you bet on a DQ.
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Hobo Erotica posted:Why would you not want Connor to win? The meltdown from delusional MMA guys if/when Mayweather immediately KO's him would be delicious, and might be the only redeeming thing about the fight
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Is McGregor Safe Fighting Mayweather? Ringside Physicians Say No https://nyti.ms/2w0NcAL NYT posted:The highly anticipated showdown between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor may be a financial bonanza for its promoters, as well as for Nevada’s casinos and sports books, but there is an important constituency that does not believe Saturday’s bout should happen at all: the Association of Ringside Physicians.
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WAR DOGS OF SOCHI posted:Is McGregor Safe Fighting Mayweather? Ringside Physicians Say No It's probably not safe to let an Irishman fight Voltron, the several hundred feet tall robot also known as the Defender of the Universe.
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Aug 24, 2017 23:35
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sum posted:The meltdown from delusional MMA guys if/when Mayweather immediately KO's him would be delicious, and might be the only redeeming thing about the fight I don't think an early KO is likely given that Mayweather usually takes a few rounds to figure out his opponent. McGregor isn't a defensively strong fighter in MMA, so once Mayweather figures him out I don't think a knockout or hard to watch TKO is that crazy of a result. Especially if McGregor starts to slow down like he did in both Diaz fights and Mayweather is still fresh.
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Aug 24, 2017 23:41
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I actually think McGregor refusing to answer the bell some time after round 6 is a likely result.
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Aug 24, 2017 23:50
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I wouldn't answer the bell either if my opponent had been knocked out and lost the fight three rounds ago... I don't see why they'd even ring it.
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I think there's enough pressure on McGreggor that neither him nor his corner will throw in the towel early. They are probably going to wait for the ref to call it.
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i wanna see if floyd does the clinching thing where he puts his head under the other guys arm and how conor responds to it. also i want to see floyd defend conor's left reach/power/accuracy on the ropes. i expect floyd to do his expertise on the rules technique masterpiece he usually does yikes i just made a non facetious post in this thread, oh well
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Bundt Cake posted:i wanna see if floyd does the clinching thing where he puts his head under the other guys arm and how conor responds to it. also i want to see floyd defend conor's left reach/power/accuracy on the ropes. The clinch will be interesting to see. But I don't think Floyd will have any problem with Connors left hand. Everybody knows to watch out for it.
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Vladimir Putin posted:I think there's enough pressure on McGreggor that neither him nor his corner will throw in the towel early. They are probably going to wait for the ref to call it. What was the heavyweight boxing match recently where the guy kept getting up from the bell at the last conceivable second in the clear hope that ref would stop it and he could protest it? The ref never did though, and he had to keep fighting a fridge sized man. It was just the other day, but everyone's name escapes me. Anyway, I can imagine that happening here. Or something like that. Something that lets him bow out but save face.
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Vladimir Putin posted:The clinch will be interesting to see. But I don't think Floyd will have any problem with Connors left hand. Everybody knows to watch out for it. Particularly when he doesn't have much of a jab at all
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Snowman_McK posted:What was the heavyweight boxing match recently where the guy kept getting up from the bell at the last conceivable second in the clear hope that ref would stop it and he could protest it? The ref never did though, and he had to keep fighting a fridge sized man. It was just the other day, but everyone's name escapes me. Anyway, I can imagine that happening here. Or something like that. Something that lets him bow out but save face. He gonna shoot a real bad double so floyd can get his back and choke him
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threeagainstfour posted:I don't think an early KO is likely given that Mayweather usually takes a few rounds to figure out his opponent. Ya McGregor's only hope is pretty much to knock him early on. Conor's cardio isn't great in MMA either so I wonder how he will do in boxing. As the fight goes on this is gonna like Floyd vs Gatti.
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Fat Twitter Man posted:Particularly when he doesn't have much of a jab at all That's been a surprising revelation about Conor. Early on, someone pointed out how well he uses kicks instead of a jab, as a way to force people to come forward, and do so without knowing how long his arms are. Then it turns out he doesn't even seem to know what a jab is.
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Everyone knows about Conor's left hand so floyd will easily dodge it, but conversely everyone knows Floyd is a great defensive boxer so Conor will be able to hit him.
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I don't even think McGreggors left is better than say Pacquiaos. I mean he hosed up Margarito's eye and sent him to the hospital. Mayweather had no problems with that.
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Do you think Conor will have problems with his hands catching fire when he throws his punches.
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Under what scenarios would there be a rematch? If Conor wins, I think Mayweather would be desperate for a rematch If Mayweather wins by a close decision...does he grant Conor a rematch?
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EugeneJ posted:Under what scenarios would there be a rematch? Neither of those things will happen.
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EugeneJ posted:Under what scenarios would there be a rematch? I'm sure both those scenarios are acceptable to Floyd.
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EugeneJ posted:Under what scenarios would there be a rematch? Floyd has historically always granted rematches to decisions that were actually close.
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There will not be a rematch. Conor can only box when the UFC allows it, and they felt they needed to give Conor a chance to make life-changing money and hope he's greatful enough to defend his UFC LW belt a couple times. If he says he wants to box again, the UFC will tell him to gently caress off.
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I refuse to pay money for this. This includes cabfare. I will watch this sober, if I need to.
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