Meet Conor McGregor: the 'mummy's boy' with fury in his fists

 

According to his mother, Margaret, Conor McGregor “was born with his fists clenched”.

That fighting spirit - which was kindled on July 14, 1988, when he was born in Dublin’s National Maternity Hospital - has fuelled his rise from a trainee plumber on the dole to earning over $80 million in a boxing bout against Floyd Mayweather in Las Vegas. 

The man himself has recalled a neighbourhood “synonymous with gang culture, there were grenades getting put through people’s letterboxes, we were in a rough estate with a lot of crime”.

Tony McGregor, Conor’s father, paints a different picture of life in the semi-detached house in Clonmacnoise Road. “We had great years living in Crumlin,” he told The Telegraph. “Conor was born and spent his formative years there. There are some great people in Crumlin. You just have to be streetwise.