Obviously Floyd's plan was to let Conor punch himself out, give up the early rounds and focus on not dying. The one time Floyd strayed from that in round 1 he got hit with that heavy two-punch combo. Once the pop and power left Conor's hands, Floyd started coming forward and controlling it, usually letting McGregor win the first minute, while he gets the last two (maybe that was deliberate, maybe wasn't). So Floyd's plan was all about conserving his energy, defending and waiting for McGregor to tire. Obviously.
Everybody's acting like McGregor doesn't or didn't know about that. He's well aware of his gas-tank and he knew that he'd get super tired around the middle to late rounds. He said as much during the post-fight conference. His camp's strategy was to win as many of the early rounds as he can and then try to steal one of the later rounds. I had Conor winning rounds 1-3 pretty clearly, maybe 4 and probably losing the rest (though I could see a case for him stealing round 8 or 9, can't remember which). Don't quite know what the retard judge who scored it 8-1 was thinking.. Actually, probably thinking about what he's gonna do with his bribe money.
In the end, I think Conor acquitted himself well. Did better than some against Floyd (including Pacquiao), did worse than some. Looked pretty damn good for a debuting 0-0 pro boxer against the now 50-0 possible GOAT of pro boxing. That should silence the haters who said he didn't belong in there, but it probably won't. Haters gonna hate.
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also siku and MrJingles are pretty gullible
Last edited by Ele; Aug 28, 2017 at 02:50 AM.