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I watched the fight shortcut style on YouTube. The fight starts just short of 10 minutes in.
McGregor got away with way more that a typical boxer would have. If this wasn't the spectacle that it was and was a typical boxing match he may have been DQ'd, he would have at least had points taken away in two rounds.
A lot of writers are giving him credit for "landing punches" but IMO that's an insult to punches. They were taps and slaps pretty often. He did land some good shots, no doubt about it, but he's getting credit for way more than he should IMO. And a lot of the punches in the last few rounds had nothing at all behind them anyway.
Mayweather had the right plan, go back and forth a few rounds to see how McGregor was going to approach the match. Once he got him pegged it was just a matter of time, though I thought the ref would have let Mayweather finish him since it was only a matter of a couple or few more shots before McGregor was going down.
Both of these guys are so dis-likable it's no wonder the PPV was so huge. Everyone was tuning in to see one of them get knocked out.
McGregor got away with way more that a typical boxer would have. If this wasn't the spectacle that it was and was a typical boxing match he may have been DQ'd, he would have at least had points taken away in two rounds.
A lot of writers are giving him credit for "landing punches" but IMO that's an insult to punches. They were taps and slaps pretty often. He did land some good shots, no doubt about it, but he's getting credit for way more than he should IMO. And a lot of the punches in the last few rounds had nothing at all behind them anyway.
Mayweather had the right plan, go back and forth a few rounds to see how McGregor was going to approach the match. Once he got him pegged it was just a matter of time, though I thought the ref would have let Mayweather finish him since it was only a matter of a couple or few more shots before McGregor was going down.
Both of these guys are so dis-likable it's no wonder the PPV was so huge. Everyone was tuning in to see one of them get knocked out.