Ultimate Fighting Championship superstar Conor McGregor received “a few slaps” in a street fight against a drug dealer while growing up in Dublin, the aggressor has revealed.
Speaking to ESPN The Magazine‘s Wright Thompson ahead of The Notorious’ August 26 boxing match against Floyd Mayweather, former dealer Johno Frazer said McGregor refused to join his line of work and opted for the safer route of plumbing.
He also relayed a story about one violent encounter with the man who would go on to become the UFC’s first duel-weight champion: “I gave Conor a few slaps. I was in a gang. Conor wasn’t in a gang. He went walking up the Crumlin Road with a girl I was with, and I hit him.”
This article will be updated to provide more information on this story as it becomes available.
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