Boxing Champ Accuses McGregor Of Editing Sparring Footage

Ahead of his UFC 202 rematch bout with Nate Diaz, UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor is doing everything he can to better prepare himself in a second go-around with the Stockton native in August, and that includes brushing up on his boxing ability.

McGregor recently held a training session with former boxing champion Chris Van Heerden in May while rumors where running rampant on a possible ‘Boxing vs MMA’ fight between Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather and McGregor:

“Conor comes with a boxing background. I was surprised how well he could handle it. His boxing is really not bad. I’d say after a full training camp where the focus is 100% boxing, he might just shock a lot of boxing fans,” Van Heerden said.

Van Heerden also gave some constructive criticism to the Irishman on what he could improve on to better develop his boxing technique:

“I’d say he needs work on his footwork. Placing of feet and balance and knowing when to throw the right punch; not just throw anything out there.

He has a very good eye for timing and counter punching. I can tell you this, he will give a few boxers out there a really good go.”

The following video is the sparring session that went down between McGregor and Van Heerden:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq9P0B6PtAM

Now Van Heerden has taken to Twitter to accuse McGregor of editing the video to make himself look better:

Van Heerden later admitted he may have spoke prematurely and apologized for his comments:

After a Good Sleep you all made me think!! I Apologize for my Tweets should have kept it to myself Conor .M did me a Fav in the End #Sorry

— Chris van Heerden (@TheHeat001) July 5, 2016

McGregor will meet Nate Diaz in the main event of UFC 202 live on pay-per-view (PPV), from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on August 20, 2016.