UFC star Conor McGregor reportedly had to apologise to Showtime Boxing boss Stephen Espinoza over comments he made in 2017 about the executive in order to be allowed into Gervonta Davis vs Ryan Garcia.
The Notorious was spotted at ringside and backstage for the massive pay-per-view bout in Las Vegas last weekend, which was a dual broadcast between DAZN and Showtime. And his one-time sparring partner; former world champion Paulie Malignaggi, has claimed that he was forced to grovel to Espinoza in order to be allowed into the event.
Malignaggi, who was fired from Showtime's broadcast team in the summer of 2020, told fans listening to his Paulie.tv podcast that McGregor was forced to apologise to Espinoza after branding him a "weasel" during the build-up to his fight with Floyd Mayweather back in the summer of 2017.
