Lots of biased nonsense been banded about regarding that spar. Obviously we don't know for sure but my own personal take on it is, Conor DID manage to land some very decent shots during the 12 rounds, he also marked Malignaggi up & proved he has SOME technique that can trouble a very decent pro boxer.

The counter to this is Malignaggi is out of shape, doesn't punch particularly hard and most probably had the better of McGregor during spells of the bout too.

Now Floyd is much much better than Malignaggi, even at 40. The logical conclusion would be he just has too much for Conor. But I still think McGregor has a shot.

I heard someone who has trained with both high level boxers and MMA fighters talk about how in his opinion, Conor's best chance is NOT to go out all guns blazing, but to keep the fight at distance, use his reach and let Floyd try to engage him which will open up an opportunity for McGregor to utilise his best weapon, his excellently timed left.

It's a very good point as a lot of Conor's best punches have landed when his opponent has either rushed in or thrown their own punch.

It will be very interesting to see what their gameplan is.


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