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Paulie Malignaggi: Conor McGregor is the ‘piñata of combat sports’

There has been a long-standing rift on the side between Conor McGregor and Paulie Malignaggi. It all rooted from their sparring matches in preparation for the Floyd Mayweather fight last August, and since then, that two have been at odds.

Malignaggi has been critical of McGregor since their falling out, and in a recent interview with Fight Hype, the retired boxer put “The Notorious” on blast once again.

“He’s been a pretty good punching bag lately,” Malignaggi said (transcript via MMA Fighting). “He got the sh-t beat out of him by everybody in sparring in camp - me and Dashon Johnson used to have to go easy on him.