# Mayweather Vs. McGregor **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 1, 2017, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayweather-vs-mcgregor/787843 "2017-06-01T16:13:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2017, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayweather-vs-mcgregor/787843/122 "2017-08-27T04:36:41Z")
Boring fight five rounds in. McGregor is fighting dirty but is tiring and not a good boxer Floyd looks bad but seems to be finding his groove. This is a bigger scam than Mayweather Pacquaio ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2017, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayweather-vs-mcgregor/787843/123 "2017-08-27T04:39:01Z")
McGregor is circling the drain. The end is in sight. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2017, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayweather-vs-mcgregor/787843/124 "2017-08-27T04:41:09Z")
Not a big boxing guy, but usually how many times can you illegally hit a guy before you get docked points? Gotta be six or seven punches to the back of the head by now. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2017, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayweather-vs-mcgregor/787843/125 "2017-08-27T04:42:50Z")
The old man has more stamina than the young guy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2017, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayweather-vs-mcgregor/787843/126 "2017-08-27T04:43:47Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > Not a big boxing guy, but usually how many times can you illegally hit a guy before you get docked points? Gotta be six or seven punches to the back of the head by now. More like 6 or 7 per round ---
**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2017, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayweather-vs-mcgregor/787843/127 "2017-08-27T04:48:43Z")
Turning around to show your back to your opponent is a surprisingly strong defense in boxing apparently. ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2017, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayweather-vs-mcgregor/787843/128 "2017-08-27T04:49:43Z")
Now that Floyd remembers that you’re supposed to punch your opponent in boxing he is clearly outclassing MxGregor. Couple rounds until McGregor is knocked out ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2017, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayweather-vs-mcgregor/787843/129 "2017-08-27T04:50:27Z")
> [@UltraVires](#): > > The old man has more stamina than the young guy. 🙂 MMA fights go a max of 25 minutes. I’ll be not at all surprised if McGregor has to be excused from this in the 9th. I am sort of impressed he’s lasted this long, though that’s kind of Mayweather’s choice. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2017, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayweather-vs-mcgregor/787843/130 "2017-08-27T04:53:16Z")
It may be in the financial interest of both fighters for this to last long. Every minute is a moneymaker. Ultimately, Mayweather has more reserve and stamina than the Irishman. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2017, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayweather-vs-mcgregor/787843/131 "2017-08-27T04:53:27Z")
Well, McGregor is getting away with a lot, and will survive to the 10th. He needs a knockout to win and I don’t think he could blow out a candle right now. Oh, well, there we go, McGregor could no longer defend himself. Mayweather is just so frigging methodical. ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2017, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayweather-vs-mcgregor/787843/132 "2017-08-27T04:56:07Z")
Boring fight. Wasn’t even close. McGregor punched himself out and the Floyd totally outclassed him. Glad McGregor made his money and got out of this without being hurt bad. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2017, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayweather-vs-mcgregor/787843/133 "2017-08-27T05:00:10Z")
> [@treis](#): > > Boring fight. > > Wasn’t even close. McGregor punched himself out and the Floyd totally outclassed him. > > Glad McGregor made his money and got out of this without being hurt bad. I think Mayweather basically toyed with him and had no intention of hurting him. Connor did not look like a seasoned pro at all, Mayweather could have taken him out at will. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2017, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayweather-vs-mcgregor/787843/134 "2017-08-27T05:00:56Z")
A whole bunch of bookies are going to sleep a lot better tonight than they did last night. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2017, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayweather-vs-mcgregor/787843/135 "2017-08-27T05:01:45Z")
So, a curious math/statistics question. Mayweather might collect as much as $400 million out of this fight, from what I read. At roughly $200,000 per second (or however long the fight was,) would that make him on a per-second, per-minute basis, the most highly paid individual ever in human history? (Ignoring things like lottery winners or huge inheritance heirs, where you can technically be “paid” in a split second) ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2017, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayweather-vs-mcgregor/787843/136 "2017-08-27T05:02:04Z")
> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > I think Mayweather basically toyed with him and had no intention of hurting him. Connor did not look like a seasoned pro at all, Mayweather could have taken him out at will. Yeah, this was much different than a real fight. It was a very quick stop and Floyd seemed to barely fight until the 7-8 right. I don’t want to call it fixed but it’s clear that Floyd let it go longer to make it look like a fight. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2017, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayweather-vs-mcgregor/787843/137 "2017-08-27T05:04:59Z")
I turned over to FS1 and everyone is bitching that the fight was stopped too soon. I thought McGregor was getting killed. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2017, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayweather-vs-mcgregor/787843/138 "2017-08-27T05:11:44Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > So, a curious math/statistics question. Mayweather might collect as much as $400 million out of this fight, from what I read. At roughly $200,000 per second (or however long the fight was,) would that make him on a per-second, per-minute basis, the most highly paid individual ever in human history? > > (Ignoring things like lottery winners or huge inheritance heirs, where you can technically be “paid” in a split second) The real betting money here was on the stats, I think Mayweather had control over the round he took him out and may have passed that on to a few friends. Most of the seasoned boxing betters were looking and betting on a much earlier knockout. Same with rounds won. Connor was allowed to win far more rounds than he was really capable of winning. Not really a fixed fight but more of an exhibition match from what I saw. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2017, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayweather-vs-mcgregor/787843/139 "2017-08-27T05:21:46Z")
McGregor shit talked himself into an order of magnitude more money than he made in his entire career up to this point. Good on him. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2017, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayweather-vs-mcgregor/787843/140 "2017-08-27T05:43:40Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > If McGregor wins, the white nationalists are going to apeshit and destroy the internet. This is one of the most racially-loaded fights I can remember since Holmes-Cooney, and I’m old enough to remember white men saving their load for the outcome of that fight. Idiotic post of the year. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2017, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayweather-vs-mcgregor/787843/141 "2017-08-27T06:00:14Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > If McGregor wins, the white nationalists are going to apeshit and destroy the internet. This is one of the most racially-loaded fights I can remember since Holmes-Cooney, and I’m old enough to remember white men saving their load for the outcome of that fight. Respectfully, this is insane and creating racism where there is none. The Mayweather fans are boxing fans, the traditionalists who believe that boxing is a more “pure” form of sport fighting…mostly conservatives. McGregor fans are MMA and IFC fans who like the “new” form of fighting…mostly the left. I live in West Virginia and we have our share of racists. I have not heard one single racial comment about this fight and most of the people I know (who are white people) were rooting for Mayweather. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayweather-vs-mcgregor/787843.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayweather-vs-mcgregor/787843.md?page=8)