Seemingly everyone tuned in to the Saturday night spectacle in Las Vegas that was Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor. The fight broke tons of records, despite some significant issues early on with the PPV streaming servers that caused a delay to the fight’s start time, as Mayweather and McGregor put on a surprisingly entertaining show for nearly 10 rounds before the ref called a stoppage as Mayweather was ripping McGregor to shreds.
For those that weren’t among the five million that bought the PPV or the millions others that found other streaming options, have no fear, the greatest boxing analyst of the modern era has your back because he live-tweeted the whole thing: Former LSU head football coach Les Miles.
Miles hopped on Twitter and, despite being a relative novice to the whole thing, got the hang of it pretty quickly firing off strong takes and round-by-round scoring and analysis of the fight. The former LSU coach let us know he was going to be watching and tweeting along with us with a bizarre tweet that requires a translator to figure out everything he’s trying to say, but from there he gave us his thoughts on what was transpiring.
I'm going to watch Mayweather/McGregor fight !Rooting for Hope the want to win fits the winner! Just a great fight!!
— Les Miles (@CoachLesMiles) August 27, 2017
That’s some serious coach speak. Alright, Les, thoughts on that first round?
Before..Round One… McGregor cut his hair off..
— Les Miles (@CoachLesMiles) August 27, 2017
Round One…McGregor looks tite.. Mayweather looks loose and ready!!
— Les Miles (@CoachLesMiles) August 27, 2017
Round One left handed McGregor style is bothersome ..
— Les Miles (@CoachLesMiles) August 27, 2017
First round tite to Mcgrgr
— Les Miles (@CoachLesMiles) August 27, 2017
Alright, how about Round 2 and Floyd’s strategy, Coach?
Two ….size looks significant Mcgrgor left hand style.. roper dope not effective
— Les Miles (@CoachLesMiles) August 27, 2017
Two rounds McGregor gets two tite score
— Les Miles (@CoachLesMiles) August 27, 2017
Round 3, and Miles has McGregor rolling.
Three. Starts in corner ..length of McGregor and jab is effective..
— Les Miles (@CoachLesMiles) August 27, 2017
Talk about that length, Les.
Size and length is McGregor Four..
— Les Miles (@CoachLesMiles) August 27, 2017
Maybe the “roper dope” was the right strategy after all. Conor needs to enter that old LSU conditioning program. He’s gassed and we’re not even at halftime. Les also doesn’t like his lateral quickness.
Can Mayweather continue this pace? McGregor looks fatigued
— Les Miles (@CoachLesMiles) August 27, 2017
McGregor is not mobile.. but tall and length is an advantage!!
— Les Miles (@CoachLesMiles) August 27, 2017
Five… measure think and out score a ,slow methodical pace McGregor is advantaged….Mayweather must push the pace!He canscore from inside
— Les Miles (@CoachLesMiles) August 27, 2017
Round 6 and the tide is turning.
Six.. Come to fight Mayweather quicker gloves get in it
— Les Miles (@CoachLesMiles) August 27, 2017
By Round 7 it’s all Floyd on Miles’ card.
Seven…McGregor measures punches scores and is not pushing the pace…here we we go.. Mayweather is scoring.. McGregor is tiring fast
— Les Miles (@CoachLesMiles) August 27, 2017
He is fascinated by Conor’s unorthodox movement, but knows McGregor has no chance to finish Mayweather.
Eight.. McGregor is technically trying to win.. on a score card.. he is using Wrestling and unorthodox movement..
— Les Miles (@CoachLesMiles) August 27, 2017
Prediction time, McGregor is in real trouble and will go down soon.
Nine here we go McGregor will go down??
— Les Miles (@CoachLesMiles) August 27, 2017
Nine …..Mayweather dominates this round
— Les Miles (@CoachLesMiles) August 27, 2017
Put Les in someone’s corner, he was born for this.
Ten… Mayweather must push the pace.. wear him out.. don't let him rest
— Les Miles (@CoachLesMiles) August 27, 2017
Ten stopped the fight.. McGregor couldn't not protect himself
— Les Miles (@CoachLesMiles) August 27, 2017
That’s a wrap. Final thoughts, Les?
Mayweather dominated in Tenth it would've gotten ugly had they not stopped it!! Congratulations Mayweather..
— Les Miles (@CoachLesMiles) August 27, 2017
Someone put Les Miles in a boxing broadcast booth and let the man work. He’s ready.
