My dear steemers as I've been involved in martial arts for over than decade I will give you my opinion on styles of both fighter. Every one of them has some advantages and disadvantages from styles they do.
The truth is there is big hype about that fight and people who don't have much knowledge about martial arts judge who is gonna win from what they saw in UFC. This is not MMA fight and Conor won't have advantage of kicking, grappling and klinching.
In mma rules there is no doubt who would win.
First of all If I just compare how prepared has to be a fighter in boxing and mma fight. In boxing more or less you need is aerobic condition. There is light movement all the time, jumping in and out with only punches....on the other hand MMA requires combination of aerobic and anaerobic condition because there we have takedowns, throws, fighting in clinch, defending on ground and executing submissions.
At this point I think Mayweather has an advantage because it takes thousands hours of training to recondition muscles. In such a short time(till 26th Aug) I think It's impossible.
Second many times when I talk to my friend we agree that It would be fare if they would wear 4oz MMA gloves. But we know McGregor is contender who wants to earn some money that in UFC never will, there are boxing rules and equipment. Professional boxers who competes in any class up to and including the welterweight division wear 8-oz. gloves during a match. MMA glove has less padding which means greater impact when boxing gloves absorb at least some of the power.
And we all now Conor is much bigger guy with more muscles and stronger punch.
There is also thruth about how muscles develope when training always with heavier gloves. Muscles develope differently. That my result in speed, endurance,....but we know that also all MMA fighters spare and train in boxing gloves so maybe here won't be much difference. There is 1-2inch in reach difference. Some say that this could surprise Conor.
There are also shoes. In MMA they fight bare footed in boxing they wear shoes. Therefore, there could be subtle effects of movement variations caused by the friction and the weight that may further affect Conor during the fight.
Third I believe Conor has chances in first 5 rounds. Here he can surprise Floyd with his heavy strikes but later on, he is gonna be on Floyd's playground. I have found some interesting numbers on Google.
In later rounds Conor has no chance of taking so much punches.
Fourth Floyd is used to cover with gloves. They allow fighters to more effectively block and and guard against punches. In boxing punches are allowed only in head and body. Therefore they do shoulder rolls and bobbing. Conor in not familiar with those techiques. MMA fighters must typically maintain a greater distance than boxers do because they must contend with a variety of potential offensive attacks like kicks and takedowns. This is likely one reason why some of the longer, loopier punches that tend to land in MMA are not typically effective or even detrimental in boxing.
Although I'm a big fan of Conor I hope he could win Floyd. If he will, we will see KO, there is no chance to win on points.
Please let me know your opinion!