Conor McGregor is the ultimate underdog against Floyd Mayweather... but are any of ボクシング and UFC's big 指名するs giving him a real chance?

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Floyd Mayweather's ボクシング match with Conor McGregor is 存在 法案d as the biggest fight in 戦闘 sports history but few are giving the UFC 星／主役にする much of a chance against the undefeated boxer.

The pair will throw 負かす／撃墜する in Las Vegas on August 26 and critics have been quick to label the 一区切り／（ボクシングなどの）試合 nothing more than a 'money 得る，とらえる' with McGregor making his professional in-（犯罪の）一味 debut against one of the greatest in the history of the sport.

But whilst the 大多数 of 専門家s are 見解（をとる）ing the 対決 as a forgone 結論, there are some who are giving the Irishman a chance.

Floyd Mayweather (left) and Conor McGregor 会合，会う at T-動きやすい 円形競技場 on August 26

BOXING WORLD?

Pauli Malignaggi

One of the men best placed to give an opinion on McGregor's chances is 非，不，無 other than one who will be in the commentary booth on the night itself.

Former two-負わせる world 支持する／優勝者 Pauli Malignaggi is one of the most knowledgeable 人物／姿／数字s in the game and has been 新採用するd as a sparring partner by McGregor for this contest.

'Conor is working on a 明確な／細部 game-計画（する） and Conor also 明白に has a toughness from mixed 戦争の arts,' Malignaggi told Sky Sports after what was 報道によれば a fiery first 開会／開廷／会期 with the the UFC 星／主役にする.

'He's not going in there to play patty cake; he's going in there with any other 闘士，戦闘機's mentality. Conor is the 肉親，親類d of guy who is going to come with a different style.

Conor McGregor 持つ／拘留するs his 手渡すs behind his 支援する in a sparring 開会／開廷／会期 with Pauli Malignaggi

'I can't say based on a sparring 開会／開廷／会期, 'Oh, I'm going to 選ぶ this guy to 勝利，勝つ the fight,'' Malignaggi said. 'But I will say this: He's serious about what he wants to do.?

'He has an awkwardness to where he can land some 発射s, and I wouldn't say his 力／強力にする is what the 評判 持つ／拘留するs it for. I wouldn't say it's that strong, but his 力／強力にする is enough to where you definitely should 尊敬（する）・点 it.'?

'You probably favour Floyd Mayweather in the fight. But there's intangibles that you think that maybe Conor has a chance.'?

Max Kellerman?

Longtime ボクシング personality Max Kellerman is not impressed, however.

'I'm a big McGregor fan and if he had been ボクシング this whole time, maybe we'd be having a different story,' Kellerman told ESPN.?

'Let me tell you what's going to happen, Conor McGregor will not land a 選び出す／独身 punch on Floyd Mayweather. Not one punch.'

Longtime ボクシング personality Max Kellerman (centre) is giving McGregor no chance

Manny Pacquiao

Manny Pacquaio, whose 支払う／賃金-per-見解（をとる） 記録，記録的な／記録する with Mayweather looks 始める，決める to be broken, says it will be 平易な work for his old 競争相手.

'There is no way McGregor will be able to land a meaningful punch on Floyd. How could he? He has no professional experience in ボクシング.

'Floyd is a gifted 闘士，戦闘機 with 広大な／多数の／重要な defence. His footwork and reflexes are excellent.

'I can say Floyd Mayweather will 勝利，勝つ, because the fight is in ボクシング, not an MMA fight. So that's an advantage with Floyd. I don't think McGregor is 両立できる with ボクシング, pure ボクシング.?I'm hoping that it's not going to be a boring fight. We'll see.'

Manny Pacquaio (権利) believes the fight will be 平易な work for his old 競争相手 (left)

Andre Berto

Andre Berto, Mayweather's last 対抗者 and 'good friend' of McGregor, believes there are 確かな things the 悪名高い can do to 改善する his chances.

'He understands how he wants to make Floyd Mayweather uncomfortable,' said Berto to Fighhype in talking about McGregor.?

'Me seeing it and talking to McGregor, that's the 計画（する）. He's a southpaw. He does a lot of ぎこちない movements, and I really believe he thinks it's going to make a big difference in the fight.?

'He believes he's going to bring a little bit more, something different from what Floyd's used to. Make things ぎこちない, and jump in from different angles,'

'All of us tried to catch him. We couldn't catch him. We'll see if McGregor can make it happen,' Berto 追加するd.

'But it's the ボクシング game and anything can happen. If Conor can land a crazy 発射, and if he does that, he's the 大統領，／社長 of the world! Nobody is going to tell him shit. Nothing.'??

Andre Berto (left) says the 悪名高い is 有能な of 原因（となる）ing Mayweather (権利) some problems

Chris Eubank Snr

British ボクシング legend Chris Eubank, whose son has joined Mayweather's training （軍の）野営地，陣営, says t here is an X factor that people are looking?past.

'Everybody is forgetting that he (McGregor) is an Irishman. The Irish... they are a special people, they are amazing.

'I'm not talking about Conor McGregor, I'm not talking about an MMA 闘士，戦闘機, I'm talking about an Irishman.

'It is likely that Mayweather Jnr has taken his 注目する，もくろむ off the 的. He is fighting an Irishman, and that is enough.'

Chris Eubank Snr (left) believes McGregor's Irish spirit will be a 重要な factor in this 一区切り／（ボクシングなどの）試合?

マイク Tyson?

Heavyweight icon マイク Tyson, never one to 持つ／拘留する 支援する, is 会社／堅い in his belief that McGregor is in for a rude awakening.

'McGregor is going to get killed ボクシング,' he said. 'I got mad because I thought they were going to use MMA 支配するs against ボクシング because that's what it's all about.

'Can the boxer （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 the MMA guy? McConor put his dumba*** in a position where he's gonna get knocked out because this guy's been doing this all his life since he was a baby. McConor can't kick and 得る，とらえる and stuff so he won't stand much of a chance.'

Heavyweight legend マイク Tyson thinks McGregor will get destroyed by Mayweather

Oscar De La Hoya?

One of the most 声の critics of this fight, Golden Boy 昇進／宣伝s boss Oscar De La Hoya has 解任するd it as nothing more than a circus.

'No. No chance,' the former 10-分割 world 支持する／優勝者 said when asked by TMZ if he believes McGregor can stun Mayweather in their ボクシング match.

'I wish he would, but he can't. If I couldn't get a chance in, come on. 'You think Conor McGregor, in my prime, is better than me?' De La Hoya 追加するd, rhetorically.

Admittedly the promoter, whose own fight, Canelo Alvarez vs Gennady Golovkin takes place a month later, has a vested 利益／興味 to 軽視する the cross-sport spectacle.

Oscar De La Hoya (left) （人命などを）奪う，主張するs McGregor has no chance against Mayweather (権利)

Evander Holyfield?

Heavyweight 広大な／多数の／重要な Evander Holyfield does not wholeheartedly agree with old 競争相手 Tyson.

'He would have to ro ugh him up,' the 54-year-old said. 'He'd have to do something that get (Mayweather) 失望させるd and get into a 戦う／戦い. I think his only chance is getting into a 戦う／戦い.'

Billy Joe Saunders?

British world 支持する／優勝者 Billy Joe Saunders echoed the 感情s of De La Hoya and the 大多数 of the ボクシング world, giving McGregor no chance どれでも.

'It's impossible for Conor McGregor to land a glove on Mayweather. This will never, ever, ever happen.

'The only way something like this would happen [would be] if it was a big 直す／買収する，八百長をする, and Floyd let him [McGregor] （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 him. And that is never going to happen ? there is too much 遺産／遺物. It is just never going to happen.'

'I'm 確信して enough to say that I'd be willing to let a 外科医 削減（する） my heart out, keep it alive and put a £1 bet on that Conor McGregor gets （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 in five 一連の会議、交渉／完成するs.

'And if he don't, then put a knife in my heart.'

Billy Joe Saunders says there is 絶対 no way McGregor can land a glove on Mayweather

Chris 先頭 Heerden

Another man who has been in the （犯罪の）一味 with McGregor, South African welterweight Chris 先頭 Heerden, believes only luck can get McGregor the victory.

'Was I impressed with Conor when I sparred against him? Yes, I was. Did he show some ボクシング 技術s? Yes, he did.

'But it was a sparring 開会／開廷／会期. I fooled around and I had just got 支援する from South Africa. I wasn't fazed or dazed by him, I could land when I 手配中の，お尋ね者 to land. Did he land some 発射s? Yes, he did, he's a 闘士，戦闘機.

'He stands a puncher's chance against Mayweather, one lucky punch between lands that knocks Mayweather out, if anything.?

'He doesn't have the 技術 to compete with Mayweather. He doesn't know how it feels to be a 12-一連の会議、交渉／完成する 闘士，戦闘機.

'When we fought I could see a lot of 開始s for me to get him. Like Floyd, I have done this all my life, we have 熟考する／考慮するd this sport, lived it and are like professors.?

'Floyd's going to be Floyd, he's going to make Conor 行方不明になる, move him around and make him look silly and land on Conor when he wants to land on Conor.

'Conor's going to get tagged as the 一連の会議、交渉／完成するs go on, and I think the 審判（をする） will come in 結局 and stop the fight because Conor is going to take such a damn （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域ing.

Chris 先頭 Heerden (left) says he had plenty of success when he sparred McGregor (権利)

Freddie Roach?

Manny Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach knows a thing or to about 準備するing to 直面する Floyd Mayweather and 初めは みなすd it to be an impossible 仕事 for the 29-year-old.

But events in Australia, where Pacquiao was upset by litt le known schoolteacher Jeff Horn, has changed his 見通し.?

'I wouldn't count McGregor out anymore,' Roach said in the wake of Horn's 陳列する，発揮する of 圧力 and roughhousing. 'He can 勝利，勝つ if he gets the 権利 breaks.

Asked if he felt the same way before Australia., 'I don't think so,' Roach 収容する／認めるs.?

Freddie Roach (権利) says the Irishman will have to make it ugly against Mayweather (2nd left)

Eddie Hearn?

British ボクシング promoter Eddie Hearn understands why the fight has been made, but 主張するs it makes no sense froma 冒険的な 見地.

'It makes such little sense on one 味方する, but so much sense on the other 味方する,' he said.?'To the man on the street, the 非，不，無-educated ボクシング fan, it's the best 闘士，戦闘機 in the world against the best mixed 戦争の arts guy in the world. To the educated ボクシング fan, it's a 完全にする 災害. It's terrible, just terrible.'?

MIXED MARTIAL ARTS WORLD?

Eddie Alvarez?

McGregor's last 対抗者, Eddie Alvarez, has been on the receiving end of the Dubliner's 悪名高い left 手渡す and is 確信して it can dethrone ボクシング's 最高の，を越す 星／主役にする.?

'Conor has about three or four 一連の会議、交渉／完成するs to get this done,' the former lightweight 支持する／優勝者 explained.

'Within those four 一連の会議、交渉／完成するs, if you don't think Conor can knock this guy out, you're an idiot or you just don't know fighting because it can very 井戸／弁護士席 happen.?

'If he doesn't get it done by then, then it could look very one-味方するd. The technical ボクシング of Floyd Mayweather is enough to make it look really one-味方するd for him. But Conor, there is a very real chance that he can put him away.'

Eddie Alvarez (left) 主張するs McGregor has the necessary 力／強力にする to knock out Mayweather?

Holly Holm?

One of the few people who knows what it takes to cross from one sport to another is ex-bantamweight 支持する／優勝者 Holly Holm.

The 17-time ボクシング world 支持する／優勝者 switched to MMA in 2011 and went on to 逮捕（する） UFC gold by knocking out Ronda Rousey.

And she 主張するs McGregor has what it takes to do the same in going the opposite direction.?

'If McGregor 勝利，勝つs, its going to be earlier,' Holm said.?'If it goes longer, it's going to be Floyd Mayweather. Anything can happen in a fight. I don't think it's a 不名誉. I think if anyone's out there making fun of this fight, I can 保証（人） you that those are the people who don't fight.'

Former ボクシング world 支持する／優勝者 Holly Holm has given McGregor a puncher's chance

Nate Diaz

Nate Diaz may be McGregor's biggest 競争相手 but that doesn't mean the Stockton native doesn't 尊敬（する）・点 the UFC's first duel-負わせる 支持する／優勝者's fighting ability.

Like many of his fellow mixed 戦争の artists, Diaz says McGregor has a chance, but only in the 早期に 行う／開催する／段階s.?

'I think McGregor's got a good chance to make something happen in the first two or three 一連の会議、交渉／完成するs,'Diaz told ESPN.

'He's got an amateur style, where he's got the good movement and punches for six, eight minutes.

'Anybody can be good for … six, seven minutes ― anybody ― and they all have that puncher's chance,' Diaz 追加するd. 'But ready to go 一連の会議、交渉／完成する after 一連の会議、交渉／完成する and he's gonna be a hard person to get a 持つ／拘留する of, so it's gonna be rough one.'

Nate Diaz (left) also believes the Dubliner (権利) can make something happen 早期に on

Joe Rogan

UFC commentator Joe Rogan feels McGregor must embrace the 大混乱 to pull off an upset.

'It's going to be a fun spectacle,' the comedian said on his podcast. And, he has 合法的, scary, one-punch 力／強力にする. And he's way bigger. So it's all about whether he can 攻撃する，衝突する Mayweather.

'I think he’s gotta rough him up. Try to clip him, try to 傷つける him, try to rough him up.

'He’s definitely not gonna 勝利，勝つ a straight ボクシング match against the best boxer ever and I don’t think he thinks he would do that either. What he wants to do is clip him. Go after him, make a big sprint 権利 away.'

UFC commentator Joe Rogan (left) feels McGregor must embrace the 大混乱 to pull off an upset

Dominic Cruz

Regarded as the greatest bantamweight of all time, Dominic Cruz is also one of MMA's 首相 分析家s and he sees his UFC 同僚 原因（となる）ing Mayweather plenty of problems.

'If I had to look at the basics of the fight, Mayweather's a little bit older, he's got the experience factor in ボクシング,' he told The Mac Life. 'I think Conor has the age on his 味方する, I think he has probably the durability on his 味方する.

'He's got the 高さ on his 味方する, I think he has the 力／強力にする - the one punch 力／強力にする - over a 確かな 量 of 一連の会議、交渉／完成するs. But I think that this fight is going to be dictated over the first six 一連の会議、交渉／完成するs. That's when Conor has his 発射 to do the most 損失.

'If I was going to make a 予測, I would see Conor having a real chance of a TKO or ノックアウト in the first six 一連の会議、交渉／完成するs. I think he can get it done in six 一連の会議、交渉／完成するs.'

Former bantamweight 支持する／優勝者 Dominic Cruz is 納得させるd McGregor can be 勝利を得た

Brendan Schaub

UFC 闘士，戦闘機 turned 分析家 Brendan Schaub, who is also part of the commentary team for this fight, has 解任するd （人命などを）奪う，主張するs this will be a 全く one 味方するd 事件／事情／状勢.

'I bet Max Kellerman $100,000 that Conor McGregor 勝利，勝つs a 一連の会議、交渉／完成する and will touch him. 明白に, the touch him one's a joke, but he will 勝利，勝つ a 一連の会議、交渉／完成する, people will be surprised.

'He's going to be so much longer, his jab's going to land 早期に on, from so many different angles.

'I'm not 説 he's going to out-jab the f*** out of him. He's going to land some jabs. Floyd is going to adjust quick.

'Floyd's going to be like, 'Oh f***, I didn't realise he was going to be that quick!' He's going to いじめ（る） him the way [Marcos] Maidana did. He's going to いじめ（る） him for a little bit.'

UFC 分析家 Brendan Schaub says McGregor will definitely 勝利，勝つ 一連の会議、交渉／完成するs against Mayweather

Jon Jones

The only other man の近くに to McGregor's stature in the UFC, Jon Jones, can't see how the Irishman gets the 職業 done.

'I want to start by 説 I really admire Conor McGregor, a lot. He's done so much for our sport. He's been a 抱擁する inspiration to me,' Jones said.

'But, I'm also a f an of greatness. And Floyd Mayweather is unquestionably 広大な／多数の／重要な. I mean to go 49-0 is such a special thing. He's 40, but I think Floyd takes care of himself.?

New light-heavyweight 支持する／優勝者 Jon Jones can't see anything other than a Mayweather 勝利，勝つ

'I think what makes this fight 利益／興味ing is Conor McGregor's punching 力／強力にする. But at the same time, guys like Miguel Cotto and Oscar De La Hoya, all these guys, have tremendous punching 力／強力にする.?

'But what they have that McGregor doesn't is the years of experience and tightness to 支援する up that punching 力／強力にする. I've fought so many guys in the UFC who have punching 力／強力にする who were never able to land that 発射 on me.

'Like I said, I'm really happy for McGregor to be in this position, but if I were a betting man, I would imagine that you'd have to 味方する on the 味方する of greatness.'