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Offline BC_cheque

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Re: McGregor vs Mayweather
« Reply #15 on: August 27, 2017, 03:09:15 pm »
About the fight....

I think McGregor did amazing, way better than I was expecting him to.  I find a lot of criticism today about his style and leaving his face open and looking like a rookie, but I think that was expected, at least from me.  I was totally expecting an unorthodox boxer against a career boxer, which is what I thought would be the biggest allure of the fight and I was not disappointed. 

McGregor dominated the first few rounds and even though he's an amateur boxer he lasted 10 rounds with one of the best in boxing history and until the round before, he was tied in points.  I went in thinking he's going to get his ass handed to him and until the 7th or 8th round I wasn't sure who is going to win.  That in itself is a win in my eyes.

I started off hoping for an upset, but when it became a possibility, I started rooting for Mayweather.  I think Mayweather deserved to have his career end as it did (if he really does retire this time). 

Initially I thought the TKO was called a bit early because there were other instances where I thought McGregor was done but he kept coming back and so I thought maybe he could've recovered from the last one as well; but as they were saying at the end, he hadn't thrown a punch in about a minute, his arms were down and in retrospect I don't think he was coming back from it.

I had read an article criticising the Boxing Association for allowing the fight to even take place because McGregor could get really hurt so I think the ref made the right call stopping it when he did.  In some ways it would remove any doubt for McGregor fans, but his health and the sanctity of the sport is more important.  He really had lost at that point.

Mayweather was a true champ.  He played his strategy beautifully.  The guy really does deserve his ranking, he's one of the best boxers I've ever seen.