Paulie Malignaggi calls Conor McGregor "a punching bag"

Paulie Malignaggi: "Just because Conor McGregor can do ‘Jean Claude Van Dam kicks’ doesn't make him a fighter"

Paulie Malignaggi spoke exclusively to Action Network to claim that he would have destroyed Conor McGregor at trash talking and in the ring if they had fought.

He also called Conor a quitter and said "Just because Conor McGregor can do ‘Jean Claude Van Dam kicks’ doesn't make him a fighter, McGregor is a punching bag and he was smart not to fight me."

Conor McGregor is an outright quitter

"McGregor was lucky to achieve what he achieved in his career, physically and talent wise he's up there, but just because you can do a bunch of high kicks from a Jean Claude Van Dam movie, doesn't mean you're a fighter; you need guts, you need a willingness to succeed, you need a willingness to enter the trenches and if you don't have that, you're going to fade.

‘We've talked about AJ losing that edge, but McGregor is on a different level. McGregor will quit on you, he does quit. AJ does not take as many risks anymore but at least he's not quitting. McGregor is an outright quitter. He is a fighter that was not as good as advertised, there was great marketing behind him. And the money he's made now isn't helping, so you've got a problem - all he's going to do is continue to be a punching bag. If you're a punching bag in your twenties, you'll definitely be a punching bag in your thirties.”

Conor McGregor was smart not to fight me

"I'm a better trash talker than McGregor, that's one of the reasons he did not fight me, I would have trashed him in the press conferences and the fight. It would have ended all of the hysteria around him because I would have destroyed him in the trash talking and in the ring. I would have ruined the whole aura around him. He was smart not to pull the trigger on a fight with me."

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