Paulie Malignaggi responds after Conor McGregor fan calls him a weasel on Twitter

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By Rob Swan

Published Aug 5, 2017

Don’t mess with Malignaggi on Twitter...

Paulie Malignaggi must have been suspicious when Conor McGregor handed him the opportunity to become his main sparring partner ahead of the Floyd Mayweather fight on August 26.After all, Malignaggi had dismissed suggestions that McGregor could become a successful boxer back in December 2016, even going as far as to say the Irishman would struggle in the amateur ranks."It's becoming like a joke now,” Malignaggi told FightHype.com. “Personally, I don't think the guy is going to box anyway, just to give him like a fair chance, you can put ankle weights on my ankles, you can tie this hand behind my back, you can put like something here so that I can't keep my chin down either, that way it gives him a good target to hit. Who the f*** does he think he's going to scare in a boxing ring?”In Showtime’s latest video, McGregor admits: “I was just watching this guy speak like, ‘who the f*** is he?“Looked as his stance, looked at his approach, some similarities to Floyd. I didn’t really give a f*** if there were similarities or not, he was speaking a hell of a game. I said ‘bring this boy in here and let’s fight’.”

Malignaggi quit McGregor's training camp this week

With this in mind, it shouldn’t have come as a surprise to anyone that Malignaggi ended up quitting McGregor’s training camp earlier this week.

The American was left furious after two photos from the sparring sessions were leaked. Both suggested McGregor had made light work of Malignaggi inside the ring.

Malignaggi, however, disputes this was the case and has called on the Irishman’s team to post the whole unedited video of their sparring sessions - if such footage exists.

McGregor fan calls Malignaggi a weasel

Following his initial Twitter rant - which you can see HERE - Malignaggi returned to the social networking website to respond to comments from boxing fans.

One comment came from a McGregor fan, who tweeted: “Hope you didn't sign a non disclosure agreement #weasel.”