Conor McGregor‘s battle with Floyd Mayweather Jr. is now in the past, but his sizzling beef with former boxing champ Paulie Malignaggi is not.
Malignaggi’s beef with McGregor stems from their now infamous sparring sessions, during which McGregor claims he got the better of – and even dropped – the retired boxer. Though there is now some legitimate evidence that these claims are at least partially true, Malignaggi is continuing to refute them, and continuing to call for the chance to settle his score with McGregor in the ring.
The former boxing champ went off on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour. See some of the highlights of his tirade below:
“That was me [sparring] at 34%. If Conor doesn’t get stopped by me, I should give up a portion of my purse.” – Paul Malignaggi #TheMMAHour
— Justin Golightly (@SecretMovesMMA) August 28, 2017
“I told you the 1st time I sparred Conor, I wasn’t able to get a lot of punches off because I was out of shape.” – Malignaggi #TheMMAHour
— Justin Golightly (@SecretMovesMMA) August 28, 2017
“He made his point and in [fighting Mayweather] he proved my point. Push him to the limit and McGregor bitches out.” – Paulie #TheMMAHour
— Justin Golightly (@SecretMovesMMA) August 28, 2017
“This is boxing, bro. If you get tired, you don’t quit. There’s a way to cop out in MMA, not in boxing.” – Malignaggi #TheMMAHour
— Justin Golightly (@SecretMovesMMA) August 28, 2017
“He already copped out in the Diaz fight.” – Malignaggi https://t.co/AznNkQpZCD
— Justin Golightly (@SecretMovesMMA) August 28, 2017
“He got the shit beat out of him and the girl came out of him when he quit.” – Paul Malignaggi on Conor McGregor
— Justin Golightly (@SecretMovesMMA) August 28, 2017
“I didn’t appreciate it and it made it personal and it will remain personal.” – Malignaggi desperately wanting to fight Conor McGregor.
— Justin Golightly (@SecretMovesMMA) August 28, 2017
Do you want to see Paulie Malignaggi and Conor McGregor fight?
This article first appeared on BJPenn.com on 8/28/2017.