\u201cIt was good. It was educational,\u201d he said. \u201cThere was a lot of trash talking, which me and him are both known to have a little bit. It was physical work, it was good work, and Conor is coming along.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cIn a championship camp, the sparring is intense, so I didn\u2019t expect to go in there and it be a picnic,\u201d Malignaggi said. \u201cConor is a competitor, I\u2019m a competitor. We went in there and there was a lot of trash talking right away. There was a lot of fighting right away. In the end, you look back on it was kind of fun. I don\u2019t have everybody that can match my trash talking, but Conor definitely can. So it was making it a lot of fun.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI wasn\u2019t sure what to expect. To say that a mixed martial artist coming over to boxing wouldn\u2019t be awkward, it would probably be kind of an understatement. He\u2019s got his own style, and own set of things that he does.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s got a game plan behind it,\u201d Malignaggi said. \u201cIt\u2019s not what people think. There\u2019s a game plan behind what he\u2019s doing. There\u2019s a method to Conor\u2019s madness.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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In addition, Malignaggi revealed that McGregor invited him to stay on throughout the remainder of the camp. <\/p>\n
Stay tuned for more updates as they become available!<\/p>\n
This article first appeared on BJPenn.com<\/a> on 7\/22\/2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prior to the August 26th scrap between Floyd Mayweather & Conor McGregor being finalized, the UFC lightweight champ and two-time boxing champion Paul Malignaggi both engaged in some heated trash talk. After the Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor fight was finalized however, Conor McGregor and his team reached out to Malignaggi to join Team McGregor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":244935,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10089],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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