With just over three weeks to go before Conor McGregor takes on Floyd Mayweather in Las Vegas, the Irishman has suffered an untimely blow.Paulie Malignaggi, McGregor’s main sparring partner, has walked out of the UFC superstar’s training camp.Why? Well, it’s all to do with the photos that were recently leaked on social media, which appeared to the former two-time world boxing champion taking a battering from McGregor in sparring.One showed the American on his back on the canvas with McGregor stood over him.Another showed Malignaggi’s face badly marked up while being punched by McGregor.
The leaked pics
Here’s the first pic…
And here’s the second…
Malignaggi reacts badly on Twitter
Malignaggi, who retired from boxing in May, has reacted to these leaked pics with a series of furious tweets.
Check them out…
Malignaggi explains why he's quit McGregor training camp
He then sensationally revealed that he has decided to quit McGregor’s training camp with a lengthy post…
"I just wanted to clear the air. I am leaving the McGregor training camp today. I came with best intentions & intended to help out. Just the chance to be part of such a big even in this capacity excited me. I believe Conor & I have a mutual respect inside the ring, earned from each other with some good work over 2 sparring sessions. It's some of the stuff outside the ring and some ways some things were handled in training camp that I didn't agree with that made me come to this decision.
“It's not my place to dictate terms in a training camp that is not mine, but it's my place to decide if I I want to be a part of it. I will not give away anything tactical that I saw in 2 sparring sessions with Conor. For what it's worth, they have my word. The things that upset me though I will speak about in time. I wish team McGregor well in the rest of their preparations and look forward to being back in Vegas to work fight week on Showtime.”
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