Mike Tyson is encouraging Conor McGregor to build his confidence and accept a tune-up fight in his return to the Octagon.
McGregor is still on the sidelines after undergoing surgery to repair the broken leg he suffered in his first-round technical knockout loss to Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 this past July. Now nearing a return to competition, the ‘Notorious’ one has considered a fight against reigning UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman. Several prominent figures in the sport have cautioned McGregor against pursuing Usman, and now the boxing legend is echoing those sentiments.
Tyson told Henry Cejudo on The Fight Card podcast that McGregor should fight a couple of times and rebound from his losses before getting those opportunities against the upper echelon of the division.