Conor’s best shot is ‘out of the ring’

IT’S safe to say chatter about Floyd Mayweather versus Conor McGregor will dominate the sports landscape for the next two months until the fighters meet in the ring on August 27 in Las Vegas.

Plans are currently under way for a press conference at which Mayweather and McGregor will meet face-toface for the first time since the fight was made official a week ago.

On paper, Mayweather is a massive favourite with a perfect 49-0 record and a resume that reads like a who’s who of top boxers over the past two decades who have attempted to hand the defensive wonder his first loss and still managed to come up short.

McGregor has sounded ultra confident in his ability to finally put a loss on Mayweather’s record, but he’s certainly facing long odds.

It doesn’t help matters much that McGregor has never boxed professionally in his career and now he’s taking on one of the best to ever do it.

Former UFC title contender Kenny Florian believes that McGregor has a chance to get to Mayweather, but his best weapon may not be the left hand that he’s used to put away opponents such as Jose Aldo and Eddie Alvarez.

Instead, Florian believes that McGregor’s greatest chance to rattle Mayweather could be in the weeks leading up to the fight.

“I think honestly the best thing that Conor could do is what he does outside of the ring, outside of the cage, and that is get inside the head of Floyd Mayweather,” Florian explained on the latest episode of UFC Tonight.

“Get him emotional, get him leaping in, that’s when Conor gets the knockouts.”