Manny Pacquiao’s strength and conditioning training Justin Fortune believes that Conor McGregor does not deserve a fight with the WBA champion.
Pacquiao is due to fight Yordenis Ugas this weekend, but there had previously been talk of a fight between the 42-year-old Filipino senator and the former UFC champion.
Justin Fortune, speaking in an interview with Coffee Friend, said: “We’ll never see another Pacquiao again. Period. Manny has surpassed Floyd Mayweather.
"If Floyd wanted to prove a point he would have fought Manny again. We all know Manny had a shoulder injury. The offers were put out there for the rematch - he wanted nothing to do with it. Instead he chose to fight Conor McGregor and a frigging Youtuber. Boxing has done him good,
"Mayweather, now he’s gone and sullied its name. They are great if they’re exhibitions, people just cashing out - good luck to you. But don’t let them go on your record.”
He also claimed that McGregor’s resume and form does not justify any potential match between the two.
“It would have gone two rounds against McGregor - one round to warm up and one round to finish the guy. Or we could have warmed up properly in the changing rooms and it would have gone one round,” he explained.
"McGregor is not a boxer. It’s not his sport. Manny’s not an MMA guy, it’s not his sport. Put Manny against McGregor in MMA and McGregor destroys Manny. Manny against McGregor in boxing - Manny destroys him.
" It’s unfair to match them like that. Conor’s record is 1-5 in his last six fights. Why fight McGregor, McGregor does not deserve to fight Manny, why give McGregor the payday? What gives him the right to fight Manny, McGregor has loss after loss after loss.
“Fight Logan Paul for the money, big guy, deserves it, I like Logan Paul, he’s got some skills.
“These exhibitions are great for the guys on YouTube who are making a lot of money. But it’s all good until someone gets hurt. At the moment they’re making tons of money and no-one is getting hurt and that’s all well and good but if they start fighting serious guys - someone is going to get seriously hurt.”