While Conor McGregor is busy making final preparations for his August 26 super-fight with undefeated boxing legend Floyd Mayweather, his feud with former two-weight boxing champion Paul Malignaggi continues to steal the show.<\/p>\n
Malignaggi was brought in by Team McGregor as a sparring partner to help “Mystic Mac” prepare for Floyd Mayweather.<\/p>\n
Paulie and Conor engaged in two hard sparring sessions and at first there appeared to be a genuine respect from both men.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately their relationship took a nose dive after someone in McGregor’s camp leaked unflattering photos from the pairs second sparring session.<\/p>\n
Malignaggi was particularly irate over one photo which showed him laid out on the boxing ring canvas with Conor McGregor towering over top of him.<\/p>\n
The unethical practices from McGregor’s Team prompted the “Magic Man” to abruptly leave Conor’s camp. You can read Paulie’s statement on his sudden departure from the McGregor camp here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Paulie told ESPN that the “knockdown” photo was actually from a “push” and added that he had got the better of “Mystic Mac” for the majority of their twelve round sparring session.<\/p>\n Paulie continued to take shots at McGregor on social media and dared the Irish star to release the entire footage of their sparring session to the public.<\/p>\n On Friday night, UFC President Dana White posted the now infamous “knockdown” video <\/a>on social media.<\/p>\n That move did not sit well with Paulie, who proceeded to absolutely blast the brash UFC boss on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n Malignaggi continues to defend that the “knockdown” was actually a pulldown or push.<\/p>\n The Showtime commentator, Malignaggi, is still adamant that he got the better of Conor overall and is now willing to prove it to fight fans around the world.<\/p>\n A fan on Twitter recently reached out to Paulie with the following message.<\/p>\n @PaulMalignaggi<\/a> maaan you are stealing the show! Lol! Now people want to see you fighting Conor rather than Floyd)))<\/p>\n \u2014 Otabek Botirov (@OBotirov) August 13, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n