Conor’s carnage tip
CONOR McGregor’s coach John Kavanagh has landed a massive prediction for the mega-fight with boxing champion Floyd Mayweather – KO in the sixth round.
Kavanagh is already describing McGregor as “one of the best boxers in the world” and is just as confident in his fighter’s chances as the Mayweather camp is in the pound-for-pound champ.
“They don’t expect Conor to land a punch. They don’t expect to win – they expect to be an absolute walk in the park,” Kavanagh said.
“I don’t expect this to be the hardest fight of all time for Conor. I expect him to go in and completely dominate.
“So, one of us is living in a delusion. But I really find it hard to imagine anything else other than Conor really putting on a clinic and destroying him.”
Kavanagh, who has been by McGregor his entire career, has been blown away by his growth in striking.
“I know that (Mayweather) wouldn’t do five or six boxing rounds with this guy. He has gone to a complete new level,” Kavanagh said.
He gave a slightly more detailed prediction for Sunday this week, saying it will go one of two ways.
“When the two of them walk to the middle, one of them has to take a back step. If Floyd takes a back step, which I believe he will, then I predict round six,” he said.
“For the first five rounds, he will back up, he will lie on the ropes the way he does, he will cover up and try to absorb, try to wear Conor down.
“If he doesn’t take a back step, and we’ll all see it – we’ll all see their feet, we’ll all see who walks backwards – if he walks forward and exchanges, it’ll be a one-round fight. It’ll be over in a minute.
“Because he’d be fighting in such a way that’s not normal to him, he won’t have had time to develop the skillset.
“I didn’t know a lot about Floyd before this, but I did watch his fights for his defensive work. So for him to go in there and try to trade with Conor and not walk backwards, would be so alien to him but so normal for Conor – that’s exactly what Conor’s the best at – he’ll be unconscious in a minute.”