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Originally Posted by Slava
I don't even think it was ring rust though. Mayweather just let him punch himself out, and then put him down. Conor lasted ten rounds because Floyd let him. Basically he toyed with him and decided in the 9th round to end it. McGregor survived that and managed to run around for part of the tenth.
I think after the first round in Floyd's corner they even said that he was going to be punched out after 4 rounds. It was just a good game plan for Floyd.
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It was the only game plan for Floyd. He wasn't going to win a fight in the first 4 rounds trying to go toe to toe with McGregor opening him self up to get tagged hard. It was always going to come down to how much stamina McGregor had and we found out that it was probably enough for 5 rounds as he had nothing on his punches after that and was gassed. I will give McGregor credit for not looking out of place and looking pretty competent as a boxer but I am surprised at the lack of power. He hit Mayweather in the first three and a half rounds but nothing really that damaging. The fact it went 10 rounds and there wasn't a knockout is really a win for McGregor IMO as boxing's best within it's own rules couldn't put down an good MMA fighter.