“McGregor Has Influenced So Many Young People”: Undefeated Irish Boxing Prospect Opens Up on the Enormous Fan Following of Conor McGregor in Ireland

Conor McGregor rose to superstardom from the streets of Dublin. McGregor has struggled a lot to reach the position he is in. The Irishman made sure that he worked tirelessly to achieve a place in the world’s biggest MMA promotion. As soon as the Irishman began to fight in the UFC, he started to attract a lot of attention. His antics and trash talk made him an interesting fighter. Many believe that ‘The Irishman’ is someone who has brought out the entertaining aspect of MMA. Now, he has a net worth of $200 Million. However, success didn’t come to ‘The Notorious’ overnight. It was his years of hard work that made him one of the most popular athletes in the world.

Many young athletes from Ireland admire McGregor for the athlete he is. The 22-year-old boxer Callum Walsh is one of them. Walsh, who hails from Ireland, considers McGregor his biggest inspiration. In a recent interview, he detailed how McGregor is a huge inspiration for young athletes back in Ireland.

Callum Walsh details Conor McGregor’s stardom in Ireland

Callum Walsh is a surging boxing star whose current record stands at 7-0. As an undefeated Irish athlete, Walsh is a huge fan of Conor McGregor. In a recent interview with Cageside Press ‘King’ said, “McGregor has influenced so many young people to fight. I’ve been watching McGregor since was 12 years old. I used to stay up late at night to watch his fights and the first time I actually ever met McGregor, you know this was only a couple of weeks ago or a couple of months ago at the Jon Jones fight.” 

Talking further on the topic, Walsh added, “McGregor walked in. I was sitting on my seat. He was sitting two rows ahead of me and he walked in. He kind of looked around and he saluted me and thought ‘Oh that’s Conor McGregor you know’ and I went around the front to get a photo with him and he looked at me and he said, ‘Oh Callum you know I support you all the way. I love your boxing.” The young boxer admires McGregor for inspiring Irish youths to fight.

Conor McGregor cheers up Callum Walsh

Even though Conor McGregor is notorious for being a trash talker, he often does some great things too. The Irishman always came forward to support young athletes from Ireland. McGregor has supported Katie Taylor to become a great boxer. Later, the Irishman also motivated Callum Walsh to make their country proud.

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Ahead of Walsh’s seventh boxing match, McGregor sent him a heartfelt message. In the message, the Irishman mentioned that he has complete faith in Walsh’s abilities. He further added that Walsh is in safe hands and that he has nothing to worry about. Before the young boxer’s crucial bout, McGregor didn’t forget to boost his confidence.

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