all in all I think this is a win for conor, he stood toe to toe with the best defensive boxer of this generation. won rounds( I gave him 4, maybe 5) and played with him a bit too. we all know how it was gonna go down with Floyd. the only thing that irks me is that conor's gas tank is shit. he's even saying it is. what may have happened if his stamina was all there might've been something crazy. I 100% disagree with the judges tho, they all had Floyd up big. his awkward style gave Floyd problems in the beginning too. those uppercuts were pretty nasty from conor.
I thought he won the first three rounds at most and that was due to Floyd not doing anything - he threw a total of 6 punches in round 1, 10 punches in round 2 and 12 in round 3.
Floyd's gameplan is always to take the first 2-4 rounds to see what the guy is about, get their speed and timing down, make any adjustments he needs to and then take over, which is exactly what happened here too. Best examples of this are Shane Mosley and Zab Judah. Two guys who won the first 2-4 rounds - Shane landing a massive blow in round 2 that nearly floored him and Judah who was out Boxing him through four. In each fight Floyd completely dominated after.
So yes, Conor won the first few rounds but that had a lot to do with Floyd not doing much of anything at all and hardly even throwing any punches.
I definitely don't think Conor embarrassed himself or anything but I also don't think he really didn't anything that great either. I think he landed one significant punch, that uppercut in the first round, which didn't seem to phase Floyd.
His stamina was really weak too, I think it surprised Floyd after round 3 that he already had his mouth open. You could see Floyd and his corner laughing and joking around between the 3rd and 4th rounds.
I think that went well with Floyd's game plan of taking a few rounds to figure him out, let Conor throw a lot of punches without landing anything of real value (besides the uppercut in the first).
You talk about Paulie in your next post, I think that is a fight Conor could take in Boxing and probably win so maybe it's good for them Paulie is talking shit. He's always been a bitter guy, like talking so much shit about Pacquiao after Pac best Cotto who beat up Paulie. He's always been a bitch and I have no idea why anyone could like the guy. Sure he's not bad as an announcer but only because the others are typically so terrible.