Fight fans would likely pay just as much to watch the sparring sessions between Conor McGregor and Paulie Malignaggi as they will for the ultimate super-fight on August 26.
But, unfortunately, McGregor is the sole owner of the footage of what went down in the ring when the former WBA welterweight champion agreed to spar ‘The Notorious’ to prepare him for the daunting challenge of Floyd Mayweather.
And McGregor is not going to make that footage public if Malignaggi’s claims about the outcome of the sessions are true.
"It got a little rough." https://t.co/4gNJYd7dwS
— FootballJOE (@FootballJOE) August 1, 2017
Malignaggi insists he dealt with McGregor handily in the latest bout of sparring on Tuesday but the Brooklyn boxer left McGregor’s camp that same day after becoming unhappy with how the training was being portrayed on the Irishman’s social media.
A photograph showing Malignaggi on the mat appeared on McGregor’s Twitter feed, suggesting that he’d dropped ‘Magic Man’ but Malignaggi remains adamant that it was no more than a pushdown and a well-timed shot from McGregor’s photographers.
Shock horror https://t.co/9oswZecH0D
— FootballJOE (@FootballJOE) August 2, 2017
And unhappy with the allegedly deceptive nature of the photograph, Malignaggi walked away from McGregor’s camp and basically hasn’t shut up since.
In the latest series of tweets from Malignaggi, he has claimed that he was able to make McGregor whimper “like a little girl” by hitting him with body shots.
Yea but this coming week I'll actually start to discuss a bit what happened Tuesday, he whimpers like a girl when he gets ripped to body lol https://t.co/lfcuILlubJ
— Paul Malignaggi (@PaulMalignaggi) August 6, 2017
Honestly I felt he would put pics but just be respectful about it I didn't anticipate things like push downs insinuated as knockdowns really https://t.co/z5HYCWqbQC
— Paul Malignaggi (@PaulMalignaggi) August 5, 2017
Thats funny, Nate said Same thing? I wa under impression that maybe it was cause in MMA they don't throw to body much. https://t.co/2qQbtYbUKO
— Paul Malignaggi (@PaulMalignaggi) August 6, 2017
Truthfully I was tryin hard 2 not make him look bad but if u listen 2 me b4, the praise is hollow, there wasn't much substance 2 that praise https://t.co/X88XmfIi19
— Paul Malignaggi (@PaulMalignaggi) August 6, 2017
I did that after Tues work, I suppose the ass whippin didn't suit him so he posted dumb pics again by Thurs while skipping sparring that day https://t.co/e4TuiN1TS9
— Paul Malignaggi (@PaulMalignaggi) August 6, 2017
I wouldn't say that, a guy who's been retired 4 months n jus got back in gym 2 spar with him was kickin his ass by second sparring sesh lol https://t.co/a3zpXvIKtX
— Paul Malignaggi (@PaulMalignaggi) August 6, 2017
