Conor McGregor coach Owen Roddy is helping another MMA fighter make the transition to boxing – and avoid its pitfalls.

Nine months after McGregor’s splash into boxing with “The Money Fight,” Roddy will corner MMA fighter Jack McGann for a boxing match on the preliminary card of Tyson Fury vs. Sefer Seferi on June 9 at Manchester Arena in Manchester, England.

McGann and Roddy’s partnership began several years ago in Dublin, before McGregor blew up as an international star. McGann is the son of Wolfslair MMA co-founder Anthony McGann, who began working with Roddy in 2013.

Roddy cornered Jackson McGann for several MMA fights and volunteered his help when McGann was approached by boxing promoter Frank Warren.

After a head-kick knockout loss in June 2017, Roddy said the younger McGann wanted to make a change in his career. From the start of their relationship, the coach saw similarities between McGann and McGregor.

“He’s a very smart striker,” Roddy said. “He doesn’t get caught in many brawls. He’s very good at maintaining range and controlling his opponents with his lead hand, and then ultimately landing his rear hand and putting people away. He’s got devastating power.”

The challenge now for McGann is shaping that force into a sustainable attack. Roddy learned well from his experience with McGregor that power isn’t the ultimate factor in boxing success. When the Irish star couldn’t knock out Mayweather in early rounds, he faded quickly as the fight went into deep waters, leaving him a sitting duck for Mayweather’s precision punching.

“I thought we did very well in the fight, but Floyd was very, very smart in how he switched up his game plans throughout the rounds,” Roddy said. “Obviously, that’s what got him the win. Looking back over the fight, I’m seeing where we made some small mistakes, and I’m relaying that to Jack to make sure he doesn’t make those same mistakes.”

Roddy said McGann is slowly upping the number of rounds he spars and is looking sharp in the ring. The indicators are a positive sign of what’s to come in McGann’s first fight.

“Not everybody can make the transition, but I look at Jack, and obviously of what Conor was capable of doing, and I see similarities,” he said. “I see that they’re both very competent boxers and they’ve both got extreme power in their hands, and they’ve got a great understanding of striking.”

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