Anyone else think that uppercut KOs Floyd if...
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In the earlier part of his career maybe.......later on against bigger and better opponents....not so much?
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Yeah I don't get it. I fins it especially weird that so many people on this forum wasted time and money on it.
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no, it was because he kept breaking his hands so he changed his style to a more defensive style.
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Only him and his team know the real answers........and humans do lie.... Maybe it was a bit of both.
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See, your cynicism would make sense if Floyd fought the way he has fought everyone else in the latter half of his career, and happened to get hit a few times.
But that's not at all what happened.
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Idky you're focusing on the uppercut and not the fact that he legit hurt Floyd with a body shot, but the ref rushed over to save his ass and the whole world just acted like it didn't happen.
Conor's mastery of range comes from MMA range, not boxing range. That's why he struggled so mightily with Diaz and not Eddie despite Eddie being a champion - instead of out ranging a smaller opponent and easily crushing their jaw he himself was outranged and had to fight smart to compensate. His left hand is only dynamite when his opponent rushes in chin first, and Floyd is literally the last person on Earth that is going to eat a full power shot rushing in. MMA gloves would have somewhat changed the fight, but it wouldn't have changed the fact that Floyd is a much better boxer. MMA rules on the other hand would have changed the fight completely.
Conor's mastery of range comes from MMA range, not boxing range. That's why he struggled so mightily with Diaz and not Eddie despite Eddie being a champion - instead of out ranging a smaller opponent and easily crushing their jaw he himself was outranged and had to fight smart to compensate. His left hand is only dynamite when his opponent rushes in chin first, and Floyd is literally the last person on Earth that is going to eat a full power shot rushing in. MMA gloves would have somewhat changed the fight, but it wouldn't have changed the fact that Floyd is a much better boxer. MMA rules on the other hand would have changed the fight completely.
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Yeah he didn’t care for Conor’s power. Maybe just maybe Conor doesn’t have the destructive power they made people believe he had. Now personally I think Conor has a good left and good timing but that won’t get you far in boxing and it clearly showed when a guy who’s known for his defense and caution throws everything out the window and walks through you shots.....just saying and o yea indeed very genius thanks
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lol that's sad. It's funny enough some fanboys were sure he was going to win but do some of them really rewatch that one-sided freak show over and over again to marvel at one untechnical punch or hope and pray the result somehow changes right before their eyes?
I seriously doubt any Floyd or boxing fans are ever rewatching that. Have you been at least watching other recent good relevant boxing match-ups? If not, it seems really weird, like you would stalk Conor if you could.
I seriously doubt any Floyd or boxing fans are ever rewatching that. Have you been at least watching other recent good relevant boxing match-ups? If not, it seems really weird, like you would stalk Conor if you could.
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You're trolling or retarded if you don't realise how much more of a threat Mayweather perceived Pacquiao to be through the entirety of the fight.
Let me actually lay it out for you. Mayweather kept being evasive the entire time with Pacquiao, all while using every defensive technique in his arsenal.
Meanwhile, against McGregor, he plodded towards him, hands glued to his head, while throwing what were probably the ugliest punches he had ever thrown since he was 8 years old and finished him.
It would be worse for Conor. No gloves favores the faster more accurate punches, with better head movement. That's obviously Floyd
Also Conor was terrified of throwing any power punches because he knew he would have gotten countered. That's why he was just spamming arm punches that had no effect on Floyd. Even with mma gloves, Conors punches he threw would not have fazed Floyd.
Conor has shit technique on his power punches. He launches himself into them. That's why he never threw any vs Floyd. It would have gotten him countered
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Mayweather was more scared of Conor than he was of Manny. Fact.
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man, don't talk bad about scottish people like that please, dolly mcduck is not scottish!
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I like how you guys pretend there is a difference
The majority of Conor's power comes from a 150 lb man bum rushing in with his chin waving in the air. If that were the measure of power, well then my yard gate that was left half open that my brother ran into and got knocked the fuck out, must have a shitload of power. I'm gonna name my yard gate "Conah's left hand".
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Are you suffering from some sort of brain defect?
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LMAO these motherfuckers still haven't figured out that Floyd wasn't even trying during the fight. Dude literally was walking in a straight line with no head movement and back straight up. Had absolutely no respect for Conor.
