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the back takes i think is very rare. a combination of conors circling/wrestling instincts plus floyd tends to turn his back as a clever exploitation of the rules where back hits are illegal

rabbit punches are just mcgreogrs mma instincts to hammer fist when someone ducks that low

clinches super common from mayweather, uses it to avoid any bad situation and to take deep breaths and reset
basically they are illegal but referee can do 2 things
1: Reset instantly - benefits the outboxer who can then continue to punish-->clinch every time infighter closes.
(Mayweather is almost always the outboxer, in this fight he was oddly out reached and didn't want to play a boring counter punching game against a shitter)
2: Let it go on: Gives time for infighter to break out and maintain the inside distance or do some damage, but also if he can't get out lets the outboxer rest and makes the fight boring

basically unless refs start deducting points for excessive clinching, which they never do, boxing is plagued with clinching from any smart outboxer, Ali started this against Frazier after he got rekt the first fight from the constant pressure.

interestingly mayweather did that thing again where he figures out the opponent and just counters them. mcgregor with long arms has no sense for infighting where you can't use hammer fists or elbows so he just covers up and walks him down forcing mcgregor to work hard to make the distance for his favourite jabs/counter punching with footwork after already overworking himself in the early rounds.

mcgregor thinks he's ali/prince naseem and refuses to put his hands up despite not taking the precautions people like ali did i.e careful pacing when fighting like that because getting gassed = you have to play defensive with guard or you're fucked.

also ali started using his guard much more heavily when he got older and against fighters who can pressure well. Everyone looks at the Cleveland williams/Liston fights to assume he was a boxing god who can just use footwork to get out of everything but people forget they were both insane power punchers who as a result would tire more easily and weren't used to taking punches as opposed to someone like Frazier and other guys with insane toughness.

McGregor showed very well imo.

I think the back turning shtick is pretty lame. Like...
Basically you're saying you can fight and running behind the ref to spoil the other guys momentum. In the first 3 rounds there were times where mayweather looked kinda rattled from some shots, then managed to turn and stall for 30s to regain his bearings. I think that should be a major point deduction.

If McGregor did the same thing fight maybe goes the distance. Although he was gassed as fuck.

At the same time though, I'm not a huge boxing guy.

You can tell McGregor not a huge boxing guy either,
His hand position was ideal for defending kicks... don't think Mayweather was throwing a kick. Lol.

tfw cant EU>NA confirmed because mcgregor got rekt