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It comes as no surprise to former IBO and IBF welterweight boxing champion Chris van Heerden that Paulie Malignaggi and Conor McGregor’s<\/a> relationship ended on a sour note<\/a>. Van Heerden also helped McGregor out with some sparring for his rematch with Nate Diaz and was at the punching end of an edited video clip that made its way to the Internet.<\/p>\n

Van Heerden told MMAJunkie Radio that he spoke with Malignaggi before joining the training camp and Malignaggi went in with good intentions.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was like, \u2018You know, guys, you\u2019re all going to be surprised \u2013 Conor is not bad,’\u201d van Heerden recalled of him speaking with Malignaggi before their fallout (transcribed by Fernanda Prates for MMAJunkie<\/a>). \u201cAnd I thought, \u2018You know what, these guys are buddy-buddying<\/a>. And good for them.\u2019 But deep down, I was expecting something to come out eventually. And it did. And I was like, \u2018Exactly what he did to you guys, is what he did to me.\u2019 And I was called a snake. But the only difference is I had footage<\/a>. Paulie doesn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The former welterweight boxing champ said that as bad as it sounds, he was actually relieved to see the outcome of the Conor McGregor and Paulie Malignaggi relationship. To see what happened to him happen to Malignaggi in the same manner of being disrespected, it showed that “The Notorious” is simply in it all for himself<\/a>. <\/p>\n

With some experience in the ring with McGregor, van Heerden admitted that the current UFC lightweight champion’s counter punching, precision, and timing<\/a> were quite good, referring to his straight left as “beautiful.” However, van Heerden also saw some glaring weaknesses when sparring against him last year.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHis footwork is all over the place,\u201d van Heerden said. \u201cHe\u2019s dropping his hands, and he\u2019s putting his chin out there. Stuff like that. Pretty bad. He doesn\u2019t throw in combinations. That\u2019s the big thing that MMA fighters lack. And that\u2019s the upside of boxing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I wanted to put Conor on his back foot, it was too easy. It was really too easy. And Conor is bigger than me. Believe it or not, I was surprised at the size of Conor, him being that big, how easily I could put him on his backfoot. Because I knew my footwork was in place, and his wasn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

Van Heerden feels if Conor does not want to get embarrassed, he needs to make the fight as ugly and wild as possible. If he tries to implement what he has learned in boxing, van Heerden gave his own “mystic” prediction for the fight<\/p>\n

\u201cConor is going to forget everything he learned about boxing the moment he gets touched up,\u201d van Heerden said. \u201cThe moment he gets hit, he\u2019s going to drop his hands. He\u2019s going to go right back into his MMA style, and he\u2019s going to completely forget about boxing. Mark my words.\u201d<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on BJPenn.com<\/a> on 8\/17\/2017.<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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