Terence Crawford has taken shots at Conor McGregor in an unexpected coming together between the two.
Just another proof again of how close the two worlds of boxing and MMA (mixed martial arts) have become.
Retired former pound for pound boxing number one Terence Crawford got into it with McGregor online a short time ago with Crawford telling him to sit his drunk a** down.
McGregor said he did not have enough courage to get into an MMA fight even though Crawford knows wrestling.
Crawford competed in wrestling growing up in the US as an amateur wrestler — that not many boxing fans realize.
Crawford retired recently after defeating Canelo Alvarez at super-middleweight on points by UD in 2025 and has since stayed retired.
McGregor also went on the attack against boxers as a whole calling them ‘little boxers’ in a huge slant against all boxers saying they are not man enough to do MMA.
That will cause havoc for McGregor with boxers around the world and in boxing of course as well.
He had previously competed in professional boxing some years ago against Floyd Maweather but was dismantled and outboxed and bust up and stopped inside the distance by TKO when Mayweather decided to beat him.
McGregor is meant to be getting to be back in MMA training but that is hardly the type of mentality that shows he is in a good place mentally or well prepared for any sort of live professional combat competition.
McGregor is struggling mentally. Badly.
That is the reality of the situation and his attack on Terence Crawford, boxers and boxing as a whole only shows that.
McGregor may years ago against Jose Aldo of Brazil was a phenomenal fighter and athlete but that is many years ago now.
McGregor after some success appears to have back peddled heavily recently with a lot of people turning against him all of a sudden.
He is clearly not in a good place if he is so worried about boxers and the sport of boxing.
It had been thought McGregor could get into professional boxing again at some point but we dont think that will happen.
He looks done at this point.
We would not expect much of a performance of high caliber in his upcoming fight for the UFC on July 11th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas against Max Holloway.
Physically he looks much slower and weaker and his mind is erratic. He is clearly emotional now which is atypical for McGregor.
The fighter who beat Jose Aldo over a decade ago had more speed, timing, sharpness, intinct for counter punching and motivaton and obession with fighting and succeeding.
The Conor McGregor of today does not.
When someone is nervous they start acting differently. Their false smiles, falses laughs and false coughs cannot hide this and you can tell now McGregor is coming to the end in his time in fighting.
This from him with Crawford and boxers is the behavior Conor McGregor is exhibiting at this point.
Terence Crawford taking him apart with ease online is just further proof, as well, and further evidence of the two sports being closer than ever now (boxing and MMA).
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