Comments Thread For: Mayweather Admits He Barely Trained For McGregor Fight

[FinitoxDinamita]

It�s a lie. That�s how high level operators go about their business.

They act like they didnt practice or train much for the occasion etc but behind closed doors, they went all out lol.

It�s just more cool to tell people that you didnt even have to try hard.

[IceTrayDaGang]

God love this kid! I mentioned earlier that Floyd ate a huge uppercut from Conor. As I've said before, Money May gave Conor some free shots in order to make the fight exciting; Which was why he was walking McGregor down and exchanging punches with him because he knew Conor was a limited, low risk and overmatched opponent. That's not the way Floyd typically fights. He moves, holds and potshots his opponents.

He would have never fought Pacquiao or Canelo Alvarez the way he fought Conor and Tenshin because they are too high risk and could potentially hurt him. Money May just wanted to please the crowd by entertaining it by making it fun night of boxing. You see there was anywhere near the backlash after the McGregor fighter as there was after the Pac fight.

Lastly, if you really think Conor is that good then let him fight Manny Pacquiao or one of the Charlo twins. He wouldn't last a full three rounds against them because he lacks both the experience and the skill level in order to be competititive. Floyd carried his ass in order to make him look good for the fans. This is not to disparage you in anyway but at least I know bullshit when I see it

you typed up all that excuses??? lmao!! do you hear yourself? you're basically making shiiet up as you go! and using it as facts. so he wants to make the fight interesting against conor but against the lil jap kid he didnt care because the lil jap kid broke their gentlemen's agreement? lmao.

[djtmal]

Interesting. You have respect for Shane even though he avoided Floyd when Shane was in his prime and the bigger earner.

It was so bad that Larry Merchant asked Shane point blank on TV will you fight Floyd and he said no and used a toothache as the reason. Yet you then complain that Floyd, "hid too much behind his a side advantage".

ODH fought BHop at 157, a 3 lb CW, less than the 2 lb CW you complain Floyd fought Canelo at.

Dude this just shows how incredibly biased you really are.

I am just calling it how I see it.

When Larry Merchant asked Floyd after Hatton would he fight Cotto and the top guys at ww he said he was turning into a promotor and had nothing else to prove. You claimed his hands was hurting. Two years later after the smoked cleared he came back and fought a slow, flat footed guy with no reach in Marquez, and a who's who list of slow, flat footed guys with no reach, or raked thru the coals guys who had already been beat up by other fighters. After Cotto beat Shane Mosley, he called out Floyd and Floyd didn't answer the call. Margarito and Khan stalked Floyd and Floyd didn't answer the call. Winky Wright called Floyd's bluff and Floyd didn't answer the call. Paul Williams called Floyd out and Floyd didn't answer the call. Keith Thurman called for Floyd and Floyd didn't answer the call. The only thing you harp on is a half baked Shane Mosley, but a whole division called Floyd out but he was too busy ducking guys and covering it up by saying he was on vacation, or he needs a cherrypick after fighting such a grueling fight with a slow, flat footed guy like Robert Guerrero. Or he's about to retire and a raked thru the coals guy like Andre Berto deserves a shot. Too many excuses.

Hopkins had height and reach on Oscar and was the man @ mw. Had boxing skills nobody really knew about until he beat Trinidad, granite chin and the whole nine. Oscar didn't have to scale up that high. Floyd certainly did not, and the excuse you guys used was Floyd was too small, yet Floyd and Oscar fought in the 135 lb. division. Bernard was never a cash cow so we can safely say Oscar took far bigger risks in his career than Floyd ever did.

[NORMNEALON]

He would have far more than a punchers chance because of his style. If he was able to last 10 and bother Floyd that bad with his height/reach, and the limited boxing he had, he would be Floyd's worst nightmare and avoided like the plague if he was a real fighter. Floyd would only fight him after he's been in a couple of wars and lost a couple of steps.
Its why Floyd and co. made up excuse after excuse for why Floyd never got around to fighting guys like Williams, Margarito, and Khan. At ww Floyd knew his limitations. You see how much trouble he had with a past prime Oscar who always had a great jab. Its one thing to beat and look great against slow, flat footed, come forward guys with no reach, its another to take on a guy who has height, reach, length on you and has better than average boxing skills. Who can keep you at the end of his jab and force you to come inside.
Its why I have more respect for guys like Roy Jones, who could have sidestepped Tarver, or Shane Mosley, who could have sidestepped Vernon Forrest, or even Oscar de la Hoya, for moving up to mw to fight Hopkins, who had all advantages on him height and reach wise. Those guys could have legitly avoided guys in their eras and divisions who posed the greatest style risk. Floyd hid too much behind all his a=side advantages for me.

Hey man I agree with some of your post just not the stuff about mcgregor . Ya oscar did well with a jab but oscar was an atg , yes past his best but iam not gonna compare him to conor McGregor EVER and floyd fought de la hoya at the full 154 . McGregor is a southpaw how well do u really think he would do jabbing Floyd's face off ?? He would eat pull counter rights all night and rights to the body . Sure McGregor's size would be alot for floyd but PRIME FOR PRIME like I stated the fight would be at 147 . Are u forgetting McGregor fought at 145 when he was good ?? This guy is the most over rated fighter in mma history and I've been saying this since he emerged . Hes a goat trash talker but that's about it . The guy never made one title defence . And this is in his own sport . He has one win . Jose Aldo. And now because he troubled floyd for 4 rounds he would be a nightmare for him if he was a boxer ?? McGregor had good timing , that is all that would transpire to a boxing ring . He isnt fast , he has a left hand . That's all . Floyd would eat this kid for breakfast if he was a true boxer . Theres a reason conor went to box with guys who would rather roll around on the ground . We can agree to disagree iam just a little baffled that you are arguing prime for prime that floyd would possibly lose to conor and mac would be his worst nightmare . That's insane . Again I'll state the facts old floyd walked this man down and stopped him mcgregor got caught in a trap . And prime mcgregor also had NO STAMINA . floyd hadnt stopped anyone legitimately since Mitchell 12 years and Mitchell was an on the slide career 40 lber . Watch the alvarez fight . Mac would have less a chance than that if he were a boxer . Size or not there are levels to this . Conor mcgregor would have a punchers chance no matter when they fought of if he was a career boxer .

[djtmal]

Hey man I agree with some of your post just not the stuff about mcgregor . Ya oscar did well with a jab but oscar was an atg , yes past his best but iam not gonna compare him to conor McGregor EVER and floyd fought de la hoya at the full 154 . McGregor is a southpaw how well do u really think he would do jabbing Floyd's face off ?? He would eat pull counter rights all night and rights to the body . Sure McGregor's size would be alot for floyd but PRIME FOR PRIME like I stated the fight would be at 147 . Are u forgetting McGregor fought at 145 when he was good ?? This guy is the most over rated fighter in mma history and I've been saying this since he emerged . Hes a goat trash talker but that's about it . The guy never made one title defence . And this is in his own sport . He has one win . Jose Aldo. And now because he troubled floyd for 4 rounds he would be a nightmare for him if he was a boxer ?? McGregor had good timing , that is all that would transpire to a boxing ring . He isnt fast , he has a left hand . That's all . Floyd would eat this kid for breakfast if he was a true boxer . Theres a reason conor went to box with guys who would rather roll around on the ground . We can agree to disagree iam just a little baffled that you are arguing prime for prime that floyd would possibly lose to conor and mac would be his worst nightmare . That's insane . Again I'll state the facts old floyd walked this man down and stopped him mcgregor got caught in a trap . And prime mcgregor also had NO STAMINA . floyd hadnt stopped anyone legitimately since Mitchell 12 years and Mitchell was an on the slide career 40 lber . Watch the alvarez fight . Mac would have less a chance than that if he were a boxer . Size or not there are levels to this . Conor mcgregor would have a punchers chance no matter when they fought .

all that stuff the Floyd boys ooo and aaah about with the pull counters and stuff with slow flat footed guys like marquez and guerrero and madonna, ain't gonna work with a guy who has that type of length and boxing ability. You think Floyd would take shots to get inside on a Forrest or Williams or Winky Wright? We don't know and Floyd made sure we didn't see it. I'm off McGregor because that was a no risk proposition, but his style exposed just how vulnerable Floyd would be against a legit guy who poses a legit style risk...

[The Big Dunn]

I am just calling it how I see it.

When Larry Merchant asked Floyd after Hatton would he fight Cotto and the top guys at ww he said he was turning into a promotor and had nothing else to prove. You claimed his hands was hurting. Two years later after the smoked cleared he came back and fought a slow, flat footed guy with no reach in Marquez, and a who's who list of slow, flat footed guys with no reach, or raked thru the coals guys who had already been beat up by other fighters. After Cotto beat Shane Mosley, he called out Floyd and Floyd didn't answer the call. Margarito and Khan stalked Floyd and Floyd didn't answer the call. Winky Wright called Floyd's bluff and Floyd didn't answer the call. Paul Williams called Floyd out and Floyd didn't answer the call. Keith Thurman called for Floyd and Floyd didn't answer the call. The only thing you harp on is a half baked Shane Mosley, but a whole division called Floyd out but he was too busy ducking guys and covering it up by saying he was on vacation, or he needs a cherrypick after fighting such a grueling fight with a slow, flat footed guy like Robert Guerrero. Or he's about to retire and a raked thru the coals guy like Andre Berto deserves a shot. Too many excuses.

Hopkins had height and reach on Oscar and was the man @ mw. Had boxing skills nobody really knew about until he beat Trinidad, granite chin and the whole nine. Oscar didn't have to scale up that high. Floyd certainly did not, and the excuse you guys used was Floyd was too small, yet Floyd and Oscar fought in the 135 lb. division. Bernard was never a cash cow so we can safely say Oscar took far bigger risks in his career than Floyd ever did.

You're not calling it as you see it at all. You are giving credit to boxers that did the exact same thing you are penalizing Floyd for.

I didn't claim his hands were hurting, Floyd did. You are choosing not to believe him so you cam force his career into your narrative.

All the stuff you posted has nothing to do with the fact you criticized Floyd for fighting Canelo at 152, yet you didn't have a problem with ODH fighting Bhop at 157. That is crazy biased.

You have respect for guys that used their a side advantage the same way Floyd did, yet with Floyd you criticize it.. The only thing they didn't do, which Floyd did, was beat Manny.

[NORMNEALON]

all that stuff the Floyd boys ooo and aaah about with the pull counters and stuff with slow flat footed guys like marquez and guerrero and madonna, ain't gonna work with a guy who has that type of length and boxing ability. You think Floyd would take shots to get inside on a Forrest or Williams or Winky Wright? We don't know and Floyd made sure we didn't see it. I'm off McGregor because that was a no risk proposition, but his style exposed just how vulnerable Floyd would be against a legit guy who poses a legit style risk...

Again no it didnt expose anything mac sucks as a boxer and fell into a trap none of the guys u just stated would have fallen for that except William's plus floyd was over 40 when he " fought " mac. But I agree length would give floyd problems but William's is a poor example he had no power and fought on the inside 90% of the time . Did floyd avoid him....yes maybe but there were bigger fights to be made ,but does it make it okay ?? No. That is a miss for floyd . Forrest was not avoided ,floyd was at lightweight when vernon was a top notch player for ....2 fights . But forrest would have given floyd hell I agree 110%. As for winky wright also not a miss just because wright called him out .floyd was at 140 and was fighting the Corleys of the world when wink was the man at 154 . Again I believe wright was ALL WRONG for floyd . But he didnt avoid this man. Again iam not even really a floyd fan I just call it like I see it. U make valid points these fighters aside from William's would give floyd hell but he didnt avoid all of them . Even Williams high volume would have troubled floyd but I believe floyd would have walked him down. Also this debate was about mcgregor and you saying he was outboxing floyd and if he were a boxer he would have been a nightmare for ...now we are off topic but that's okay I like debating with you , you dont argue .

[djtmal]

You're not calling it as you see it at all. You are giving credit to boxers that did the exact same thing you are penalizing Floyd for.

I didn't claim his hands were hurting, Floyd did. You are choosing not to believe him so you cam force his career into your narrative.

All the stuff you posted has nothing to do with the fact you criticized Floyd for fighting Canelo at 152, yet you didn't have a problem with ODH fighting Bhop at 157. That is crazy biased.

You have respect for guys that used their a side advantage the same way Floyd did, yet with Floyd you criticize it.. The only thing they didn't do, which Floyd did, was beat Manny.

No Floyd claimed to Larry Merchant, that he was turning into a promotor and had nothing to prove, when he was pressed about Cotto and rest of the ww division. Of course we know you and the Floyd Boys believe Floyd when he said his hands was hurting, but for two years c'mon...us who operate on logic ask what boxer's hands isn't going to be hurting. Lame excuse regardless of which one holds more weight to avoid a division so long that all the threats beat each other up and move on.

Show me where I criticized Floyd for Alvarez.
I gave Floyd full credit for beating Alvarez, but on the real, Floyd holding a belt @ 154 fighting a guy in his division with a weight stipulation, is nowhere near the risk that Oscar is taking moving up to 160 and challenging the true champ at that division.

[The Big Dunn]

No Floyd claimed to Larry Merchant, that he was turning into a promotor and had nothing to prove, when he was pressed about Cotto and rest of the ww division. Of course we know you and the Floyd Boys believe Floyd when he said his hands was hurting, but for two years c'mon...us who operate on logic ask what boxer's hands isn't going to be hurting. Lame excuse regardless of which one holds more weight to avoid a division so long that all the threats beat each other up and move on.

Show me where I criticized Floyd for Alvarez.
I gave Floyd full credit for beating Alvarez, but on the real, Floyd holding a belt @ 154 fighting a guy in his division with a weight stipulation, is nowhere near the risk that Oscar is taking moving up to 160 and challenging the true champ at that division.

As I posted if you choose not to believe him, fine. That isn't the issue. The issue is you posting you respect guys that did the same thing you criticize Floyd for. When called on that, you deflect and bring up Cotto and other boxers you didn't mention in the post I quoted.

Canelo was the recognized best at JMW other than Floyd. ODH held a MW belt when he fought Bhop. He had as many fights at MW as Floyd had at JMW when he fought Canelo.

Either both ODH and FLoyd moved up or neither did.

You continue to show how insanely biased you are and how you let your hatred drive that bias.

[djtmal]

As I posted if you choose not to believe him, fine. That isn't the issue. The issue is you posting you respect guys that did the same thing you criticize Floyd for. When called on that, you deflect and bring up Cotto and other boxers you didn't mention in the post I quoted.

Canelo was the recognized best at JMW other than Floyd. ODH held a MW belt when he fought Bhop. He had as many fights at MW as Floyd had at JMW when he dfought Canelo.

Either both ODH and FLoyd moved up or neither did.

You continue to show how insanely biased you are and how you let your hatred drive that bias.

Floyd was the guy to beat @ 147 and 154. He got full credit for Canelo but Canelo was not a bad style matchup, not only that, he only wanted to cherrypick fighters whose style he could exploit or guys who were past it, and call himself tbe. I don't respect that. I respect guys who when presented with a bad style matchup, takes the fight win or lose.


Styles make fights, and I absolutely have far more respect for guys who made the fights with guys who posed the biggest style matchups. Floyd had a couple of guys who he could have made fights with, who fit that category, and we know who those guys are I have pointed them out ad nauseum, but he was always on vacation or there was always an excuse, so no he don't get that kind of respect. He always seems to be around for the latest no risk high reward, flat footed, slow, come forward guy though. And lets not forget the sideshows with MMA fighters and Japanese kickboxers. Only his fanboys and casuals who don't know no better are going to respect that.

I don't care how many fights Oscar had at mw (they claimed he robbed Sturm), Hopkins was not only going to be a bad style matchup for him, but a naturally larger, stronger, fighter who had height and reach advantage who could box and beat prime guys. Floyd never wanted to take a risk like that and never will. Hopkins said he would fight Floyd at a 160 catchweight , right? You cats totally dismissed Floyd taking a risk and fighting GGG or Sergio Martinez. We know you Floyd Boys cringe that guys like Oscar and Shane get far more respect for taking bigger risks with their careers than Floyd was willing to do.