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Conor McGregor’s Former Boxing Sparring Partner Paulie Malignaggi Goes on Angry Twitter Rant

August 7, 2017 | Posted by Jeffrey Harris

As previously reported, Conor McGregor’s sparring partner, former pro boxer Paulie Malignaggi, reportedly left McGregor’s training camp for his upcoming boxing match with Floyd Mayweather after McGregor posted photo from practice. The photo appeared to show McGregor standing over Malignaggi after getting the better of him in training.
Conor McGregor’s sparring partner Paulie Malignaggi appears to have left the training camp after McGregor posted a photo on Instagram (which he later deleted and reposted). The photo showed McGregor standing over Malignaggi.

The reveal made Malignaggi furious, provoking him to leave McGregor’s camp. Malignaggi is still angry, and he posted a series of tweets over the weekend about McGregor on his Twitter account. You can check out the latest tweets from Malignaggi below.

He wrote on McGregor, “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.” Malignaggi also claimed his non-disclosure agreement with the UFC lightweight champion is void and that the training camp never paid him.

McGregor will fight Floyd Mayweather at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on August 26. The price tag is $99.95 on PPV.