12-07-2020, 10:19 PM
McGregor really showed how mental the whole thing was - he's a guy who'd been doing striking for years, is legitimately top level, and looked in his training footage like he'd make a decent amateur boxer - he was still out of his league against Mayweather because of course he fucking was, it's like putting a top triathlete in a swimming race with a top swimmer who trains only for swimming. The Youtube stuff is mental - they can afford top coaches and to dedicate themselves totally to training, but Mayweather's been doing it for decades and is one of the greatest ever while they have a couple of years under their belt. The freakshow fights will carry on for as long as there's an audience - it makes a mockery of boxing as a sport, but it's not like it wasn't already a mockery anyway.