Conor McGregor Is Already Being Called Out By A Former World Champion Boxer

Fresh off obtaining a boxing license in the state of California, talks of a potential mega-fight against Floyd Mayweather appeared to gain it's first step but not before Paulie Malignaggi can get his hands on Conor McGregor.

The ex-two-weight world champion issued a message to the UFC lightweight titlist offering a fight inside the squared circle. 'The Magic Man' took to Twitter calling out the Irishman before uploading a video on social media detailing the reason behind the call-out other than the obvious financial benefit.

This is the challenge laid out on social media by Paulie Malignaggi

McGregor became the first UFC fighter in the promotions history to hold two world titles simultaneously following his historic triumph at UFC 205 but was stripped of the featherweight belt to prevent a log jam of contenders.

Gaining a boxing license appears to be a bargaining chip against Dana White and Co though it also sparked rumours of the continued talks of McGregor flirting with a fight inside a ring.

Conor McGregor and Jose Aldo

_{(McGregor lands his patented left-hook flush on Jose Aldo's chin at UFC 194)}

Meanwhile, Malignaggi hasn't taken the news well claiming he's disrespecting the sport; "I have been hearing a lot about this Conor McGregor situation and I got to thinking - you know what I am kind of interested."

"At first I was telling Conor to stay in his lane and I was thinking 'you know what, you are going to embarrass yourself' but if you are really going to disrespect the sport of boxing like that then I would like to be the one to teach you that lesson."

"I know you apologised about absolutely nothing last fight but after I am done with you - I am going to knock the beard off you homie - you are going to be apologising for everything you have been trying to do to get into boxing."

McGregor vs. Malignaggi, anyone?

Topics: Conor Mcgregor, Boxing, UFC

Nasir Jabbar

Nasir Jabbar is a journalist at SPORTbible. He graduated from Bath Spa University with a BA in Media Communications. He's a combat sport aficionado, and has contributed to MMA websites AddictedMMA and CagePotato. Nasir has covered some of the biggest fights, while interviewing the likes of Conor McGregor, Michael Bisping and Anthony Joshua. He's also an avid Bristol City fan.

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