Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather are just less than a month away from the biggest combat sporting event in history.

The UFC lightweight champion is set to make his professional boxing debut against the legendary undefeated 49-0 Mayweather, who is widely considered to be the greatest fighter the sport of boxing has ever seen. Boxing purists have expressed a great displeasure for the fight being made, calling it nothing but a money grab and a great slap in the face to boxing. Others, however, believe the publicity will be great for the sport of boxing and the sport of mixed martial arts (MMA) when it's all said and done.

Mayweather and McGregor both participated in a four stop World Tour to help promote the contest, making stops in cities such as Las Angeles, Toronto, Brooklyn, and London. A slew of trash-talk took place between the two brash stars, stealing headlines across national headlines.

The event was such a big deal that Showtime even held pre and post shows for the press conferences, with former IBF junior welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi serving as an analyst for the events. Soon after, word began to get around that Malignaggi could possibly be a part of the Irishman's camp in preparation for the historic contest.

After claiming to have gone back-and-forth on the idea for some time, Malignaggi revealed that he was contacted by the Irishman's camp to participate as a sparring partner, and ultimately decided to participate.

McGregor took to Twitter recently to post a picture of he and Malignaggi sparring, in which the 155-pound champ had his hands behind his back in order to taunt the former junior welterweight champ. Malignaggi recently joined The Jim Rome show to talk about his sparring sessions with McGregor, and downplayed his storied power a bit, but noted that it is 'good enough' (quotes via MMA Mania):

“It’s definitely above average. I wouldn’t say it’s ‘Oh my God’ power,” Malignaggi said on The Jim Rome Show on Wednesday (via Bloody Elbow). “Now, ‘Oh my God’ power is very rare.

"There’s above average power, so if he lands a good shot on you, I mean granted, with small fight gloves he will hurt you, but it’s not ‘Oh my God’ power where every time he touches you you’re like my goodness, this is very uncomfortable. It’s not that kind of power, but it’s good enough.”

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