Is anyone a bit worried for McGregor?

[TheBigLug]

And this won't be the last crossover fight either with all this money involved. If Joshua keeps getting popular & the UFC can promote Francis Ngannou into a more mainstream popular guy Joshua vs Ngannou could be a huge fight between a UFC guy & boxer in 2yrs or so.

I could see it becoming more frequent but a lot would really depend on how it turns out.

If Floyd absolutely demolishes Conor, then i think the novelty of a UFC star going into boxing would wear off pretty fast. This fight has already been met with a lot of cynicism as a mismatch. If/When it's proven that it really is a mismatch, i think it makes any future fight of similar ilk a harder sell.

That said, i'm sure they can come up with something that will work, slightly altered rules or something. If the money is right, they will.

[BWC]

Yea thats definitely crazy when you really think about it.

With the money Conor's earning in boxing unless he just gets completely owned & embarrassed or says screw fighting entirely I'm gonna start selling f#ck you stripped suits, I think we see him again in the ring.

I believe he said he'll quadruple his net worth with this fight, which if we go by that potential $100M number you just brought up means he's likely earned $25M+, after taxes, in his years in the UFC. If he can parlay another big $50M, $100M payday or bigger rematch w/Floyd, if its somehow warranted, or a fight with Canelo or something how could you not take advantage of that? Or the UFC is gonna have to start paying him a whole lot more then the $10M+ he's been getting for his last few PPV's. Something is changing with this fight thats all I'm sure of it just matters what actually goes down in the ring.

And this won't be the last crossover fight either with all this money involved. If Joshua keeps getting popular & the UFC can promote Francis Ngannou into a more mainstream popular guy Joshua vs Ngannou could be a huge fight between a UFC guy & boxer in 2yrs or so.

I think this is the last big crossover fight of any relevance. Floyd can take this fight because he will almost certainly win, he and Conor are both big enough personalities they can make this kind of $, and he's retired, so there's no belts at stake or anything. This is his last time out, so he doesn't give an ish.

AJ would never fight someone like Ngannou. He can make a lot more staying in boxing and no sanctioning body is going to allow him to take a voluntary defense against a novice lol. Plus he's taking a risk of the predator landing a huge shot and AJ loses hundreds of millions. That won't stop the UFC from trying as Stipe tried calling out AJ on twitter only to get laughed at to his face.

[WesternChamp]

He was in college or something and then ended up in WWE. I'd understand if he was an olympic level Wrestler and then went into UFC and won a title.

Do you think someone who was a pretty good amateur boxer or something could then end up in WWE wrestling, then waltz into boxing and become a world champion in their 4th fight?

he wasnt just some regular college wrestler. and like i said, his size is what won him those fights. he was 3x the size of those hw guys. its different in boxing, because you cant just grab your opponent and take them down and pound them. thats what brock did. he had a major size advantage. if ufc was strictly stand up then brock would have no success at all.

[TheBigLug]

he wasnt just some regular college wrestler. and like i said, his size is what won him those fights. he was 3x the size of those hw guys. its different in boxing, because you cant just grab your opponent and take them down and pound them. thats what brock did. he had a major size advantage. if ufc was strictly stand up then brock would have no success at all.

I understand what you're saying, but even for that to happen it still shows a lack of depth in talent to me.

[Eff Pandas]

I think this is the last big crossover fight of any relevance.

I think you are naive for thinking that.

AJ would never fight someone like Ngannou.

If the UFC can make Ngannou, or some other guy a big name for that matter, & there is money to be made in another fight like this Aug. 26 one I highly doubt Joshua is ****** enough not to take a huge pile of money.

That won't stop the UFC from trying as Stipe tried calling out AJ on twitter only to get laughed at to his face.

Stipe is the Joe Smith of MMA. He's not sellable. Ngannou is potentially. There could be other guys in the future who'd be attractive UFC opponents for Joshua. Regardless who or when this event we are watching has showed their is a market for this type of fight & sooner or later they'll be another fight like this one. Hell like I said maybe Conor boxes again if he doesn't just got his sh^t pushed in next month.

[Reloaded]

Conor is just too big to get stopped by an old man.

Floyd is a great body puncher.

Connors size youth and strength will take some chopping down, as soon as Connors bum rushers are over with and the fight starts to settle that little bit, then Floyd will take him apart.

Probably look scrappy and messy at the start and Connor will try some of his insect tantra from a mile away to the roar of the crowd, Connors only chance is to get in real close grapple with Floyd and punch, use his only assets and hope a big shot or two gets in, once it settles Connor is chopped liver.

[Eff Pandas]

I could see it becoming more frequent but a lot would really depend on how it turns out.

If Floyd absolutely demolishes Conor, then i think the novelty of a UFC star going into boxing would wear off pretty fast. This fight has already been met with a lot of cynicism as a mismatch. If/When it's proven that it really is a mismatch, i think it makes any future fight of similar ilk a harder sell.

That said, i'm sure they can come up with something that will work, slightly altered rules or something. If the money is right, they will.

Yea if this is some sort of scary L or just embarrassing L for Conor then that could impact things for sure, but I'm kinda thinking the cat might be out of the bag regardless. Interesting times.

[TheBigLug]

Yea if this is some sort of scary L or just embarrassing L for Conor then that could impact things for sure, but I'm kinda thinking the cat might be out of the bag regardless. Interesting times.

Yeah for sure. People have short memories and are probably gullible enough to buy something similar if they get the right two guys involved.

[Graz]

Floyd just has too much skill for Conor to have a shot. Sure in a cage Conor would give Floyd the bums rush and pound him. But in a boxing ring Conor comes in at Floyd and Floyd delivers a check hook (ala Ricky Hatton) and the fights over.

[jay543]

Floyd just has too much skill for Conor to have a shot. Sure in a cage Conor would give Floyd the bums rush and pound him. But in a boxing ring Conor comes in at Floyd and Floyd delivers a check hook (ala Ricky Hatton) and the fights over.

That's what I'm hoping for.

Check hook and Conor goes flying head first into the corner lights out.