Paulie Malignaggi doesn’t blame Conor McGregor for not wanting to fight him. In his eyes, “The Notorious” is just making a smart business decision.
Even though Malignaggi made the decision two years ago to walk away from boxing, a sport that McGregor has only competed in once, somehow the two personalities have found themselves embroiled in a long-running feud dating back to an infamous 2017 sparring session.
Malignaggi had been brought in by the McGregor camp to prepare the then-UFC lightweight champion for a highly-publicized crossover bout in August 2017 against boxing legend Floyd Mayweather.