Conor Spars, Showboats with Boxing Champ as He Preps for Mayweather

Conor McGregor is more than capable of holding his own with Floyd Mayweather Jr. when the two face off on August 26.

At least, that's what the multi-division UFC champion would have you believe in a series of photos he released Friday of his sparring sessions with former world boxing champ Paulie Malignaggi.

"They say I've got no hands," McGregor jokingly wrote on a post in which he is pictured with both hands behind his back as he worked with Malignaggi.

Immediately beset by a torrent of McGregor fans on social media, Malignaggi, who retired from competition last year, confirmed in a tweet it was him but stayed quiet on the details.

McGregor, the current UFC lightweight champ, held both the lightweight and featherweight belts until the UFC forced him to relinquish the latter. He has never boxed professionally in his life. 

The 40-year-old Mayweather is 49-0 as a boxer.

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