{"id":67954,"date":"2017-07-25T11:33:10","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T16:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=67954"},"modified":"2017-07-25T11:33:50","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T16:33:50","slug":"eddie-alvarez-conor-mcgregor-can-knock-out-floyd-mayweather-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=67954","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Alvarez: Conor McGregor Can Knock Out Floyd Mayweather, JR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=67954\" rel=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=67954\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-67929 size-full\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/FMJ-CM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>Conor McGregor has called his shot by claiming he can stop Floyd Mayweather inside four rounds, and one of the Irishman\u2019s former opponents has insisted \u2018The Notorious\u2019 is capable of delivering on his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcgregor-v-mayweather.com\/betting-odds\/\">pre-fight prediction.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>McGregor\u2019s odds of beating Mayweather are shortening all of the time in the build-up to the August 26 super-fight in Las Vegas, and one of the big reasons people are putting their money on the underdog is his punching power.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Eighteen of the Irishman\u2019s 21 victories in mixed martial arts have come by stoppage and he boasts an impressive list of KO\/TKO wins in the UFC having stopped the likes of Chad Mendes, Eddie Alvarez and Jose Aldo en route to becoming the first man to hold titles in two different weight classes at one time.<\/p>\n<p>Alvarez lasted just over eight minutes before McGregor finally put him away with strikes at UFC 205 in November 2016, and the former lightweight champion has insisted \u2018The Notorious\u2019 does have the punching power required to separate Mayweather from consciousness and his perfect professional record. However, he will have to do it quickly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConor has about three or four rounds to get this done,\u201d Alvarez told ESPN\u2019s Five Rounds podcast. \u201cWhen this comes down to being a technical boxing match, which is usually around round four, between round five to 12, it usually goes to the more technical boxer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think within those four rounds, if you don\u2019t think Conor can knock this guy out, you\u2019re an idiot or you just don\u2019t know fighting because it can very well happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he doesn\u2019t get it done by then, it could look very one-sided. The technical boxing of Floyd Mayweather is enough to make it look really one-sided for him. But Conor, there is a real chance he can put him away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcgregor-v-mayweather.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mcgregor-v-mayweather.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/full-infographic-.jpg\" alt=\"boxing betting\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcgregor-v-mayweather.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mcgregor-v-mayweather.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conor McGregor has called his shot by claiming he can stop Floyd Mayweather inside four rounds, and one of the Irishman\u2019s former opponents has insisted \u2018The Notorious\u2019 is capable of delivering on his pre-fight prediction. McGregor\u2019s odds of beating Mayweather are shortening all of the time in the build-up to the August 26 super-fight in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,10374],"tags":[17098,410],"class_list":["post-67954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","category-mma-2","tag-eddie-alvarez-conor-mcgregor-can-knock-out-floyd-mayweather","tag-jr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=67954"}],"version-history":[{"count":-2,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67954\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}