If you caught my post, Swept Under The Ring, you might think I didn't have high hopes for last Saturday's historic match. Honestly, I didn't nor the Pacquiao fight. I am a Floyd Mayweather Jr fan, I saw all previous pro bouts, just didn't think these guys had the skill set for him. It takes more than highlights, sad songs and tragic stories to sell me on a boxer beating Mayweather.
Let me say, Conor versus Floyd was not disappointing, I enjoyed their match. My take is a little different from popular opinions. I start before the fight, a man jumped off the couch from a two year lay off. Within those two years, Mayweather accumulated just as much media footage as fights. For a guy who didn't train much, expected to get knocked out from one punch, he made it look easy.
McGregor said he would stand in the middle of the ring, I saw him in retreat instead. I don't discredit his warrior effort. His first boxing match was against an all-time great. The backpedaling counters were not working for C Mac. Nor were his amateur scoring punches. Mostly landing on the arm, no force behind them. I know why they weren't meaningful punches. Conor went for big strikes early in the first two rounds. He made a few good connections, just didn't have the stamina to keep up at that pace.
Fighters find out the hard away against Floyd, bulking up doesn't help them. The Pound For Pound King lived up to his name and put the gloves to his opponent. He didn't look to impress with defense, didn't back up. The champ pressed forward throwing with bad intention. It was funny, it looked like getting hit was intentional. The amount of hits landed were close, one's were more meaningful. No glass jaw for Mayweather, no lack of heart for McGregor, overall a great fight!
