Comments Thread For: McGregor's Coach: We Weren't Ready For Floyd Coming Forward

[Dramacyde]

These ****** ass Micks should just be happy they got paid & shut the **** up!

[iamboxing]

so what? boxing is about being dynamic and a trainer that can spot early on the game plan needs to change and have a plan B - who were those men in waistcoats anyway in Conor's corner?

[RememberTUA?]

his comments show that even in hindsight, they still don't fully realize all of what happened to them, or why. in his view, they were winning the 1st four rounds by working a strategy that they worked on in the gym. in reality, Floyd was being patient, knowing the awkward nature of his opponent. meanwhile, every step, stance, reaction, hand movement, twitch- hell, even every breath McGregor took in the ring, gave Floyd more information each time. then, Floyd always knew that an MMA guy who fights 5 rounds max, would not be able to box 12 fast paced rounds with one camp under his belt. so while his coach thinks they were out-witting Floyd for the 1st four rounds, McGregor was probably already studied and completely figured by the 1st round. so the strategy was to box McGregor until he starts to fade, & then fight him

Totally! It went that way coz Floyd made it that way.

[IronDanHamza]

“When the two of them walk to the middle, one of them has to take a back step. If Floyd takes a back step, which I believe he will, then I predict round six,” Kavanagh said on The MMA Hour. “That’s my prediction on it. I think for the first five rounds, he will back up, he will lie on the ropes the way he does, he will cover up and try to just absorb, and try to wear Conor down. That’s how I think he’ll approach the fight.

“If he doesn’t take a back step, and we’ll all see it — we’ll all see their feet, we’ll all see who walks backwards — if he walks forward and exchanges, it’ll be a one-round fight. It’ll be over in a minute. Because he’d be fighting in such a way that’s not normal to him, he won’t have had time to develop the skillset for an aggressive exchanging fighter. Like I said, I didn’t know a lot about Floyd before this, but I did watch his fights for his defensive work. So for him to go in there and try to trade with Conor and not walk backwards, would be so alien to him but so normal for Conor — that’s exactly what Conor’s the best at — he’ll be unconscious in a minute."

There's no suprise Conor is as deluded as he is.

Just look at his team.

[bluzi]

I don't really care what they say , there is no game plan or strategy they couldve employ that will win them this fight , the "touch of death" left hand was nothing more then a myth , once that bubble burst and the "puncher chance" was gone , nothing else mattered.
You guy berating the corner makes it seems like with a more competent corner things would've been different , but the matter of fact is that Conor is a plumber gone super nova , he is not an athlete on Floyd caliber , and we can't even say their name in the same sentence when it comes to boxing.
the circus has left the city , let them go , every day i see 2/3 "news" items on this fight , wtf do i care what Aldo thinks about the fight , why is it on the BS front page.....
Back to the real world , great fights during the weekend and an amazing fight next week

[bluepete]

Never prepared to face the most basic style in boxing, walk forward with your hands up. What happened to "be like water?".

[Ray*]

Even doe Mayweather said it with a straight face, even doe Mayweather always attack southpaws. This just shows how inept connor team were going into this fight. I still think bringing in a boxing trainer to oversee his work would have made sense, someone like Nacho beristein. But they were just so cheap, they knew they were going to lose anyways, so why spend money on real boxers or trainers.

[Reloaded]

Connor is a BS artist plain and simple.

[Ray*]

Meh...Conor's only chance was landing a big one. It never happened...nothing else to talk about.

Pretty much this ^^^^^^^^^^^ They basically talked themselves into a money fight, they showed up to pick up their cheque and thats that.

[ironmt]

LOL, they weren't ready for Floyd coming forward. With that comment and after watching an Interview with Mcgregor after the fight where he mentioned at least twice about how proud of himself he was, I can't even stand to look at the guy anymore. MMA fans need to abandon this guy and let him retire with the money he conned from the people.