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But the fallout quickly drifted beyond the Octagon.<\/p>\n
Topuria had previously called out Crawford for a boxing match, and \u201cBud\u201d saw the moment to twist the knife after the defeat.<\/p>\n
He posted on X: \u201cThis the guy that said he would knock me out and whoop me and Shakur [Stevenson] at the same time?\u201d<\/p>\n
Boxing and MMA fans quickly piled into the comments, but it was an unexpected show of support from Irish UFC icon McGregor that grabbed attention.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat the f**k are you saying?\u201d McGregor replied.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can wrestle, yet you are afraid of an MMA fight. That to me is pitiful.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe kid was beaten in an MMA fight, of which you don\u2019t have the courage for.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat the f**k was with all these little boxers at this show yet no MMA fighters? #TheseBoysAintManEnough.\u201d<\/p>\n
Conor McGregor and Terence CrawfordSource: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n
Crawford, regarded by many as one of the greatest pound-for-pound fighters in boxing history, wasted little time firing back at \u201cThe Notorious\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cShut yo drunk ass up and get ready for yo fight,\u201d he posted.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe got his ass whooped like you did running yo mouth.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t have to come and fight in the cage. That\u2019s the joy of boxing. Y\u2019all come to us. We don\u2019t have to come to y\u2019all.\u201d<\/p>\n
McGregor quickly returned serve, borrowing a famous line from MMA cult hero Nick Diaz.<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t be scared, homie,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n
Crawford wasn\u2019t done.<\/p>\n
\u201cStill to this day, no matter what y\u2019all say or how you feel, boxing is still and will forever be the hardest sport to do at a top level.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Irishman needed only five words in response.<\/p>\n
\u201cI guess we\u2019ll never know.\u201d<\/p>\n
The exchange continued as Crawford doubled down on boxing\u2019s standing in the combat sports world.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t care what sport you do, they all wanna learn how to box,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven the soccer moms wanna put the gloves on and do punch fitness. You don\u2019t see them training to do MMA for other sports.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are not the same.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I respect the hell outta y\u2019all, I\u2019m just saying.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Whether Crawford responds again remains to be seen. <\/p>\n
McGregor, meanwhile, is counting down the days until his own return, with the Irishman set to face Max Holloway on Sunday, July 12, in one of the most anticipated fights of the year. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor has once again found himself back in the headlines, going after ex-boxer Terence Crawford in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":739625,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-739624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=739624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/739625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=739624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=739624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=739624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}