The video on this thread vs Van Heerden shows Mcgregor losing but still landing his own shots while pulling his punches. Not getting clowned, every video I've seen shows the same. You need to put your childish hate aside, getting clowned means you cannot even land a single shot.
Conor is a Karate/Boxer hybrid very much an old school Kickboxer type before the Dutch/European style showed it was superior due to its emphasis on the low kick and knees and clinch work.
He is not a pure boxer and anyone who expects him to beat a pure professional boxer under "boxing" rules is being naive.
However, if you understand fighting watch the video on this thread, repeatedly Conor checks himself measuring for kicks. Even Mayweather would not agree to fight Conor under Kickboxing rules let alone Van Heerden or Paulie because he would wreck them. Hence Conor is the superior "Striker". How the dorks on this forum have become so fixated with a complete Martial Artist fighting under boxing rules which is a completely limited skill set has been mind boggling to say the least.
There are daily threads on this, got it of course Mcgregor actually fought under Boxing rules. But its the most foreign rules set for an MMA fighter to fight under. People can talk all day about Mayweather carrying Conor who still couldnt KO him, he had the ref stop the fight due to no gas tank Conor gassing.
Imagine if Mcgregor fought in K1 Max at 155 or Lion Fight or Glory at 155lbs, he wouldn't just get carried, he'd be crushed. Not only are the top Kickboxers at 155 better boxers than him, they are better in every aspect of the striking game: punches, kicks, knees, and the clinch outside straight clinching under MMA rules. Why does that matter, the guy is an MMA fighter. It's a limited rules set, every one of these guys Conor would beat in an MMA match. Even Kickboxing changes dramatically once takedowns, wrestling and grappling are involved.
So why the infatuation with this as if boxing fanboys are wearing it like a badge of honor that Mcgregor lost in 10 rounds in a boxing match? The mindset is so 1999.