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Max Kellerman and Stephen A. Smith says the Mayweather vs. McGregor Stopped Too Soon

Stephen A. Smith on First Take, with his co host Max Kellerman. Breaking down the ending of the Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor fight. Which Stephen believes was stopped too soon. Smith feels that an MMA fighter is used to tougher conditions than a boxer. So, as a result, he feels the fight was stopped too early.

Stephen A felt that even though he could see McGregor was going to lose and that the fight would be stopped. He still feels that it was stopped too soon. And it should have been let go until McGregor was put down. That way it would have been more of a definitive ending to the fight.

He understands why the referee did it and that it wasn’t a flagrant stoppage. If it had been another boxer then he would have understood the fight being called.

Max Kellerman on How Context Matters

Max Kellerman believes that context matters. McGregor is a champion in his own right and he acquitted himself very well against a p4p legend in boxing. Kellerman feels that if it had been early in the fight then he could understand it may have looked like an early stoppage. The fight is still competitive. But it was the tenth round, Conor was gassed and he had to cut weight to make the fight. That affected his performance.

Both guys agree Conor was not going to win. so at that point, it became about satisfying the fans and satisfying Conor. So at that moment, it is up to the referee or his corner to protect the fighter against himself.

And although Smith saw McGregor being dazed and taking punches in the 9th and 10th rounds. Floyd was missing a lot of punches in the subsequent 8 rounds of the fight. So he doesn’t feel Conor was taking a savage beating up to that point. And so for him, he believes the fight should have been let go a while longer.

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