bare knuckle boxing defeat to McGregor’s close friend Artem Lobov<\/a>, has been attempting to secure a fight with the MMA superstar for a few years now. Their feud dates back all the way to the build-up for Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr., which is still known for being the most lucrative fight in combat sports history.<\/p>\nMalignaggi trained with McGregor and soon after, a clip of him being dropped was released to the public which created quite the rivalry between the two.<\/p>\n
When asked about what he thought regarding the possibility of boxing promoter Eddie Hearn bringing McGregor back into boxing, Malignaggi had the following to say.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/twitter.com\/ifltv\/status\/1184158105510264832?s=21<\/p>\n
\u201cEddie is a real genius businessman, a really smart businessman. So if he\u2019s got an ace up his sleeve I wouldn\u2019t be surprised. I just don\u2019t think Conor McGregor can box. You\u2019d probably have to get him the guy that sold me these nuts [to fight]. Or the guy who sold me this water, or this juice. That\u2019s a few wins right there. He can\u2019t fight, he\u2019s not a boxer.\u201d<\/p>\n
Malignaggi was then asked about whether or not he’d still consider the possibility of fighting McGregor himself.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll fight him with one hand, bro. I just beat up his boy with one hand. You don\u2019t want that fight. We could do it, but I don\u2019t really think it\u2019s a realistic possibility,” he said.<\/p>\n
Nobody really knows what Conor McGregor’s future looks like inside of the ring or Octagon, but one thing is for sure: this old foe of his isn’t going to let up anytime soon, and the more they both talk, the more likely this fight will actually become.<\/p>\n
Does a fight between Conor McGregor and Paulie Malignaggi still interest you?<\/p>\n
This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 10\/16\/2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paulie Malignaggi has mocked Conor McGregor’s boxing ability after being questioned about the Irishman’s future in the sport. Malignaggi, who is riding a bare knuckle boxing defeat to McGregor’s close friend Artem Lobov, has been attempting to secure a fight with the MMA superstar for a few years now. Their feud dates back all the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54478,"featured_media":298088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10089,32032,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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