{"id":294497,"date":"2018-12-10T10:33:53","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T18:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=294497"},"modified":"2018-12-10T10:33:53","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T18:33:53","slug":"john-kavanagh-will-have-to-be-convinced-to-train-conor-mcgregor-for-another-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/john-kavanagh-will-have-to-be-convinced-to-train-conor-mcgregor-for-another-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"John Kavanagh will have to be convinced to train Conor McGregor for another fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

SBG Ireland head coach<\/a> John Kavanagh isn’t sure if his star pupil Conor McGregor will fight again. If the Irish MMA superstar does elect to fight again, however, Kavanagh will have to be convinced to train him for the bout.<\/p>\n

John Kavanagh explained why he feels this way in a recent interview with The Irish Independent<\/a>.<\/p>\n

From the sounds of it, Kavanagh just needs to be convinced that Conor McGregor is properly motivated for any future bouts.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly? I don\u2019t know. Will he fight again? I don\u2019t know,\u201d Kavanagh said (h\/t MMANytt<\/a>). \u201cI know him as a person and know that coming off two losses \u2014 even though one was boxing \u2014 will be hard for him. But he\u2019s 30, two kids, and has a big whiskey deal that\u2019s making him more money than fighting ever did.<\/p>\n

\u201cWould you get up in the morning to be punched in the face? I don\u2019t think so,” Kavanagh continued. “But he\u2019ll probably call me tomorrow and say: \u2018What did you say that for? I\u2019m fighting in March.\u2019 So I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe would certainly have to convince me to go again. Yeah, I love him. I love the whole journey we\u2019ve had but I\u2019d need a good \u2018why\u2019. It might be [Nate]\u00a0Diaz again<\/a> because he promised that fight. It might be a rematch with Khabib [Nurmagomedov]. But if it was just: \u2018Well, they want me to fight that guy\u2019 I think I\u2019d say, \u2018I wish you the best.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has a wife and two kids now and I don\u2019t want him taking more hits than he needs to,\u201d Kavanagh concluded. “Khabib hit him with a punch in that fight that he has never been hit with in his career. And even Superman slows down at some stage.\u201d<\/p>\n

Do you think we’ll see Conor McGregor fight again? If his recent comments are to believed, he’s certainly planning on it.<\/a><\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 12\/10\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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