Mayweather and McGregor have both posted training videos that look drastically different

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July 1, 2017 6:21 PM

Going by what Mayweather and McGregor have posted to social media, the mixed martial arts legend doesn't look to stand much of a chance.

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In August, Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor will enter the ring for what will surely be the most-watched fight of the boxing year.

Despite McGregor's reputation as one of the best strikers in mixed martial arts, people that know boxing aren't giving him much of a chance in the fight. Even Manny Pacquiao told reporters,

The speed and precision Floyd shows off here is unmatched, and the reason the fighter is still undefeated after 49 career fights. The way he stays in time with the bag is impressive. He is a part of it, and knows exactly where both his body and his target is at any moment of the interaction.

Compare that to this video, which Conor McGregor posted on Twitter.

Here, McGregor looks surprisingly human. He's still cut like he was sculpted out of tattooed marble, and the punches he's throwing there are still ten times more powerful than most, but at no point during that clip does McGregor strike you as exceptionally fast, despite the tag of MCGREGORFAST.COM at the end. Compared to Mayweather, McGregor looks as if he's moving in slow motion.

While it's possible Conor's video is some complex piece of psychological warfare meant to make Floyd think something about his opponent that's ultimately untrue, against a boxer of Mayweather's caliber, the mental games are unlikely to matter much.

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