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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Donagh Corby

Irish boxer insists he would "slaughter" UFC star Conor McGregor in fight

Irish boxer Gary 'Spike' O'Sullivan thinks Conor McGregor would be afraid to call him out, even if he brings home a world title tomorrow night.

O'Sullivan is one of the country's most prolific boxers in recent years, and has only suffered defeat at the hands of world champions Billy Joe Saunders, Jaime Munguia and David Lemieux, as well as Chris Eubank Jr. He gets his shot at world honours for the first time tomorrow in New York against Erislandy Lara.

And he feels that should he win the belt at middleweight, where McGregor is planning to fight when he makes his UFC return [it's called welterweight in MMA], the Dubliner would be too afraid to want to fight him. O'Sullivan trains with Packie Collins, who is friendly with McGregor's coach John Kavanagh, and a fight between the pair would be a massive attraction in their home country.

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