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McGregor can trouble Mayweather, says Malignaggi
Former two-time welterweight world champion Paulie Malignaggi has praised Conor McGregor after spending eight rounds in the ring with the Irishman.
Malignaggi spoke to NYFights about The Notorious’ chances in his upcoming 26 August bout with Floyd Mayweather and was optimistic about the UFC lightweight world champion's chances.
“I can’t disclose too much but McGregor is no dummy," Malignaggi said.
“There’s a method to his madness. He has an idea of what he wants to do and how he wants to do it, he’s not clueless.
“He’s not your conventional boxer by any means but he’s capable and his power is good.
“Whether that can be effective is up to him, but he’s no dummy.”
Malignaggi also revealed that he knows McGregor’s gameplan for the fight, which will surprise most fight fans.
"To say a mixed martial artist is coming into boxing and wouldn't be awkward is an understatement," he told ESPN . "He's going to have his own style and set of things he does. He's got a game plan. It's not what people think.
"I'll put it like this: He knows what he wants to do and he has a method of how he wants to get there. The mechanism of how he gets there may look, to the naked eye, 'hmm, I don't know about this.' But there's a method to his madness. He's a thinker."
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