| LMU Uncle Alfred said: I don't know why Conner took this fight. Doesn't he actually hate Floyd? He's gotta be pretty stupid if he thinks he can pull this off in a limited kind of a fight for him and something that helps Floyd. It's one of two things then: 1. Money/It's a work and they don't actually hate each other, or they did and they put their differences aside to get a big payout....or at least for Conner. Floyd doesn't really need the money, but now that Conner was fired, maybe he does. The only thing Floyd really gains is the 50-0... 2. Here's my devilish wishful thinking: Conner is making Floyd think the above, but in the fight Conner will take him down, break the rules of boxing and pummel Floyd... I'm sure Conner in a way would still get paid if he did this in a later round to maintain some higher ratings. ....or what if...he actually does take down Floyd and while Floyd wins the fight by DQ, Conner doesn't actually end up striking Floyd for real, but rather fake hits. As long as number 1 doesn't end up happening then this fight might not be pointless. |
This is not a work.
Conor wasn't fired. I'm not sure where you got that from. There was a slight schism in early spring which had Cornor saying "Fuck the UFC", and that he would make the Floyd fight happen without the UFC if he had to, but that was just blustery hoo-blah, and never went any further than that. Conor is under contact with the UFC for the forseeable future. His only immediate option out of that contact is retirement. Furthermore, Dana White, and former UFC owner Lorenzo Ferttita were both intrumental in negotiating the Floyd fight. This fight happens with their blessing. If it was opposed, it would be in legal limbo for years, with Conor's only hope of eventual freedom to fight in a boxing match being the Ali Act. That's a whole other ballgame though.
And finally, Conor doesn't need the money. I believe his disclosed income from 2016 was around the 20 million dollar range. At least. He claims 40 million, but that's unverified. This fight alone will quaudruple that amount when base salary, pay-per-veiw points, and endorsment are all factored in. Plus, win or lose, he's expected to defend his lightweight belt in the UFC in December, most likely against Khabib Numagomedov, ideally in Russia, or Tony Ferguson in Vegas/New York. That's another 15-20 million for 2017.
- "If you have the heart of a true winner, you can always get more pissed off than some other asshole."
