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Alvarez: 'You're an idiot' if you think McGregor can't KO Mayweather

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If anyone knows how hard Conor McGregor can hit, it's Eddie Alvarez.

The former UFC lightweight champion lost his title last November in a lopsided TKO loss to McGregor in the main event of UFC 205 at Madison Square Garden.

Alvarez recently told the "Five Rounds" podcast that it would be wrong to doubt McGregor's chances when he faces off with boxing legend Floyd Mayweather on Aug. 26, despite the enormous gap in experience between them.

"Within (the first) four rounds, if you don't think Conor can knock this guy out, you're an idiot or you just don't know fighting," Alvarez said, according to ESPN's Brett Okamoto. "It can very well happen. If he doesn't get it done by then, then it could look very one-sided. The technical boxing of Mayweather is enough to make it look really one-sided.

"But Conor, there is a very real chance that he can put him away."

Of McGregor's 21 professional MMA wins, 18 have come by way of knockout including seven inside the Octagon. "Mystic Mac" has been predicting that he will finish Mayweather within four rounds.

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