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Conor McGregor has been under attack all week from former sparring partner Paulie Malignaggi, who still feels the UFC star is "one of the biggest dirtbags I've ever met in my life". Malignaggi quit the McGregor camp last week after photos were leaked on social media that suggested the Irishman had knocked down the retired boxer as he prepares to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr this month.
UFC superstar Conor McGregor feels strongly that he's been a one-man show in pushing the entire promotion for the upcoming boxing match with Floyd Mayweather Jr. McGregor will make his professional boxing debut on August 26th, when he steps in the ring with Mayweather at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Leonard Ellerbe senses something different during the buildup toward Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s fight against Conor McGregor. More than any fight in his recent history, Ellerbe believes Mayweather wants to knock out his opponent. Maybe it’s the all the over-the-top trash talk McGregor has directed at Mayweather. Maybe it’s all the criticism Mayweather endures from frustrated fans who contend his fights are boring. Or maybe it’s that Mayweather truly understands that the best boxer of this generation will be considered a failure if he doesn’t knock out a boxing novice in his pro debut.
Conor McGregor isn’t the least bit concerned about Paulie Malignaggi relaying sparring secrets to Floyd Mayweather Jr. Malignaggi sparred twice against McGregor before leaving the UFC superstar’s training camp on terrible terms last week. McGregor gave his version of Malignaggi’s time in camp Friday night after a training session at the UFC Performance Institute in Las Vegas.
Al Bernstein Video Interview - The unprecedented SHOWTIME PPV boxing match in which pound-for-pound king Floyd “Money” Mayweather returns to the ring to battle UFC champion “The Notorious” Conor McGregor is expected to be the most widely distributed pay-per-view event of all time. The once-in-a-lifetime Mayweather vs. McGregor showdown will be available for purchase through cable, DBS, telco and streaming providers nationwide, as well as UFC.tv. The fight will also be available through Fathom Events in movie theaters and at select bars and restaurants nationwide.
Jeff Mayweather Video Interview - The unprecedented SHOWTIME PPV boxing match in which pound-for-pound king Floyd “Money” Mayweather returns to the ring to battle UFC champion “The Notorious” Conor McGregor is expected to be the most widely distributed pay-per-view event of all time. The once-in-a-lifetime Mayweather vs. McGregor showdown will be available for purchase through cable, DBS, telco and streaming providers nationwide, as well as UFC.tv. The fight will also be available through Fathom Events in movie theaters and at select bars and restaurants nationwide.
By Tris Dixon - IT was author Arthur Koestler who once said that nothing is sadder than the death of an illusion. The illusions we have been presented with in the last 24 hours are a couple of brief clips of a recent sparring session between retired former boxer and two-weight world champion Paulie Malignagg...
According to UFC superstar Conor McGregor, he wanted to teach Paulie Malignaggi a lesson when the two of them started sparring. Malignaggi was hired by McGregor's team to serve as a sparring partner for the MMA fighter's upcoming boxing debut, against Floyd Mayweather Jr. (49-0, 26 KOs).
President Trump has been invited to attend the boxing clash between Floyd Mayweather Jnr and Conor McGregor on August 26, said Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe. “I haven’t personally invited the president, but I am told an invitation is out there,” Ellerbe said in a media session at Mayweather’s workout day. “Whether he comes or not we are going to have a great event.”
UFC superstar Conor McGregor is planning to continue his career as a boxer, beyond the upcoming fight with Floyd Mayweather on Aug. 26 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. If McGregor plans to fight the same way he worked out for the media on Friday at UFC’s exquisite headquarters in southwest Las Vegas, Mayweather shouldn’t have any problem improving to 50-0.