Yeah I think that's delusional. Mayweather is an expert at spotting weaknesses upon film study. He knew he was fighting a rangy southpaw and that's why he stacked his camp with fighters of a similar style.
If you deny that McGregor is very accurate, has longer reach than Mayweather and hits quite hard then there's no point in discussing it. You don't rush forward at McGregor period, especially not when he's fresh. However, stalking him over multiple rounds is a great strategy if you can take the heat because the guy's pacing and cardio are plain bad. Pacing/cardio will be a liabilitity for the rest of his career. Mayweather's cardio and pacing are exquisite, so May found the weakest part of McGregor's game and exploited it. That's why this was a great performance by Mayweather.
But it was also a very solid showing for McGregor. He hit the GOAT with plenty of good shots, snapped his head back, made him miss.
Overall, just an awesome spectacle. That's why people are still talking about it.
Mcgregor faced the worst possible version of Floyd he could possibly face and couldn't even come close to come close to come close to get the job done, even though Floyd literally stayed in front of him multiple times, letting mcgregor hit him as much as he wanted.
The reality about this fight is simply this:
- Floyd didn't fight his regular fight. He was a lot more aggressive and a lot less concerned with defense.
- Floyd is a considerably smaller and older fighter than Conor. If you think this doesn't matter, you have absolutely no clue about fighting. Plenty of fighters have lost to less skilled fighters that were simply bigger and younger. Skill is not everything.
- Floyd did close to nothing during the first 3 rounds. That's the only reason Conor won. It's not because Conor outboxed Floyd. Floyd simply did nothing for 3 rounds.
- The vast majority of what Conor landed was meaningless. No impact, no danger. Just touches, not real punches. There's a difference. I challenge anyone who disagrees with me to post a couple dozens of pics of Conor hitting Floyd hard, in a way we can actually see.
- Floyd fought smart, but he could have won without fighting smart. There was just too much on the line for him to risk doing something he didn't need to do in order to win.
- Anyone who knows boxing knows this was essentially a sparring match. That's exactly how a sparring match looks between a world champ and some guy he brought in to spar. You can watch Floyd sparring sessions on youtube where he basically lets his opponent get away with a lot.
- Floyd wanted to give the fans a show, not finish a guy in 1 round. For what? He spent months convincing people this was a legit fight. IT HAS TO LOOK LIKE A LEGIT FIGHT. Otherwise people will just be pissed and feel robbed. Nobody wants to pay 100 bucks to watch 3 or 4 minutes of fighting. There was already enough people believing Conor was a bum and this fight was a joke. He beats the dude in 1 minute and nobody will give him credit for his 50th win.
