The Floyd Mayweather vs Conor McGregor 'fight' - Was it worth all the hype?

[Abdullah719]

Now I am not very knowledgeable about boxing at all but it was clear that McGregor was not on the same level - Mayweather had the upper hand throughout, and he fittingly won via TKO.

Was it really worth all the ridiculous hype?

 

[Rayyman]

Now I am not very knowledgeable about boxing at all but it was clear that McGregor was not on the same level - Mayweather had the upper hand throughout, and he fittingly won via TKO.

Was it really worth all the ridiculous hype?

It's not like he won in 4 rounds. It was a 10th round victory.

And yes it was worth the hype because Floyd is a legend and seeing him go crazy at the end was awesome. He's a great boxer.

 

[Syed1]

These fights never are. The Pacquio fight was underwhelming too.

Boxing is a very technical sport which the average or bandwagon fan doesn't understand. They think it is just wam bam thank you ma'am.

Mayweather is the master of defensive boxing and McGregor was never going to challenge him.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Not at all. Anyone with half a brain would know that the professional boxer will win.

 

[blackanhyellow]

Def not worth the hype.

Macgreggor should have fought Diaz for the trilogy, would have been way more exciting.

But his payday wouldn't have been as big though.

 

[ToeCrusher2]

Depends, if you went in expecting a good boxing match, then it was not worth the hype at all. But if you went in to see two of the biggest names in boxing and ufc history go at each other and having a decentish match, then sure it was worth the hype.

Most people didn't go there to watch a great boxing match, you can't really expect a great boxing match between a retired boxer and a fighter fighting his first boxing match, most people tuned in because of the names involved.

It is a good match imo, didn't end too early, had some nice action, it lived up to my expectations at least.

 

[Asim_khan]

Mayweather planned and executed the fight he wanted, obviously wanted McGregor to gas and go for the late KO. Was fun seeing this version of Mayweather again, he's not really thrown combinations since the Gatti fight, I guess his brittle hands and consistently fighting bigger/more powerful men led to his ultra defensive style of recent years.

McGregor was much better than I thought, was a quality uppercut he landed early on, but he was a lamb to the slaughter once Mayweather let loose, and would lose 100/100 times in a boxing match vs Mayweather.

 

[shaz619]

Mayweather planned and executed the fight he wanted, obviously wanted McGregor to gas and go for the late KO. Was fun seeing this version of Mayweather again, he's not really thrown combinations since the Gatti fight, I guess his brittle hands and consistently fighting bigger/more powerful men led to his ultra defensive style of recent years.

McGregor was much better than I thought, was a quality uppercut he landed early on, but he was a lamb to the slaughter once Mayweather let loose, and would lose 100/100 times in a boxing match vs Mayweather.

Floyd was a KO artist in the first half of his career, just look at his KO ratio; he changed his style because pressing forward meant he'd expose his body to more punishment and his body was really banged up due to all the wear/tear; Floyd always had a high in ring IQ and realised he could win fights out boxing his opponents and thus developed the greatest defensive style in the history of the sport. The other interesting thing was it was during this time he left top rank, dropped the pretty boy gimmick and under the defensive style and money persona became the greatest draw in the sports history

 

[MenInG]

Floyd Mayweather's latest exhibition descended into chaos when his opponent sparked a mass brawl after the fight was stopped.

John Gotti III, grandson of the infamous mob boss from the Gambino crime family, continued to swing at the boxing legend after the referee had waved off the bout.

As expected, Mayweather was showboating and seemed entirely untroubled by his opponent.

In the sixth round, referee Kenny Bayless called an end to the fight and Gotti wasn't best pleased.

He continued to go after Mayweather leading to dozens of people entering the ring and get involved in a mass punch up.

The 50-0 boxer then sat on the top rope to observe the scene, before being escorted from the arena.

The fighting continued both inside and outside the ring as police officers tried to restore some order.

It was the latest in a string of bizarre exhibition fights for Mayweather.

He last took on reality TV star Aaron Chalmers at a half empty O2 Arena in February.

It was his seventh in total since retiring in 2017 after beating Conor McGregor for his 50th career victory without defeat.