Fair point. Take a 75th percentile pro triathlete swimmer male and female swimmer and have them go race Sun Yang or Katie Ledecky. It would be about as competitive as a Mayweather and McGregor boxing match.

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It'll definitely be a boxing match, not MMA obviously, but I heard a decent idea. Set it up as a ten round fight, boxing rules the first 9 rounds, and MMA the 10th. That way, Mayweather has incentive to put McGregor down, and not just play his usual defensive run around the whole fight. If it's boxing the whole way, the only chance McGregor has is a lucky punch, and Mayweather will play defense the whole fight.

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Love that idea.

I'd bet the farm on McGregor in that fight.

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http://forum.slowtwitch.com/...=mayweather#p6193405

I was tempted earlier this week to resurrect this thread from a couple of months ago. Then decided until the contract is actually signed, it's nothing but clickbait.

At this point I think there's a better chance of the Buffers fighting over who gets to do the ring announcements.

Yes to the first. No to the second.

I don't think it happens, but if the $$ is right, Floyd will do it. Secondly, if it does, Floyd dances and has his way with McGregor. Boring as fuck, but you'd have already paid by then (I won't buy this shit).

ETA: read further...so I take some of this back (though you were still tongue punching Connor's fart box in other threads). There is always a puncher's chance, and at 40 Mayweather will be slower. But it is still not even competitive as a boxing match, just as you said: it would be as a MMA bout.

Personally I see McGregor doing this because he realizes his shelf life isn't all that long, and its time to cash in. Plus, I think Aldo takes him in a rematch (McGregor never will go back to that weight) and I think his future fights will all be a LOT closer. He fought pretty one dimensional fighters, and chin checked Aldo quick (think Dos Santos beating Velazquez and then never being close in future bouts).

I think it would be great if they fought, and after 7 rounds of chasing Mayweather around the ring McGregor says "Screw it" and takes him down to the canvas and pummels him.

Set it up as a ten round fight, boxing rules the first 9 rounds, and MMA the 10th.


My money would be on McGregor but Mayweather won't agree to it. Mayweather's M.O is to run, jab, run, jab and keep his opponent from hitting him. That would score points in boxing but wouldn't do any damage to McGregor and having one round of MMA is more than enough to put Mayweather into submission.