'He came in wearing football boots and just started hitting the bags' - Conor McGregor's first foray into boxing

Jack O'Toole & Ian Begley
Crumlin boxing coach Stephen Kavanagh recalled the first time that Conor McGregor ever set foot into Crumlin Boxing Club, McGregor's first boxing gym.
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