[awelliott]

Your analogy reminds me of the Larry Holmes/Randall Tex Cobb fight of ‘82. Cobb had been a powerful kickboxer. He was, as you describe McGregor, “a fighter”. He went 15 rounds in a unanimous loss. He got the crap beat out of him, but he didn't go down.

Yup, and Cobb's post-fight interview featured probably my favorite one-liner. Howard Cosell called the fight and was so outraged that the referee didn't stop it that he announced that he would never call another fight. Cobb was asked what he thought about Cosell's retirement in the post-fight, and he replied, "I'll go another 15 rounds with Holmes right now if he'll give up Monday Night Football."

[Bodleian_Girl]

"I'll go another 15 rounds with Holmes right now if he'll give up Monday Night Football."

Thanks for the memories!