Amazing that McGregor lasted that long and that Mayweather couldn’t put him away much earlier - McGregor had no business in the ring with any legitimate boxer, let alone Floyd Mayweather. Obviously Mayweather is way past his prime at age 40, and this should clearly be the last fight he ever takes part in.
Mayweather is 10 years older and smaller than McGregor...a 30 y/o boxer of equal size would probably have won alot earlier.
“Amazing that McGregor lasted that long and that Mayweather couldn’t put him away much earlier...”
This fight was an object lesson in the adage “Never interrupt your opponent when they’re making a mistake.” CM probably thought the fight would go maybe 6 rounds at most, so paced himself to give everything in those early rounds. FM seemed perfectly happy to wait him out and only really engage when CM was too exhausted to punch back.
Mayweather has got to his 50-0 record by picking the strategy most likely to get the win, irrespective of how it is perceived. Usually that means quite dull, defensive displays, grinding to a points decision. In this case it actually made for a reasonably entertaining fight, because the other guy had nothing much to lose in just going for it early.
What I saw was a man having to give up half his fighting skills just so Mayweather would get in the ring with him and he still went 10 rounds against the world champion. If anything it legitimized MMA and the skills they posses. Now is Mayweather willing to get into the ring with McGregor and fight buy MMA rules? Or is he just half a fighter?