Re: Garcia vs Paulie
The mileage that Malignaggi accumulated over his fights didn't quite show against Judah because he was facing another old lion that was slowing. The Broner performance was probably Paulie's last hurrah. Porter went buzzsaw on Malignaggi and showed his legs couldn't get him out of the way and his punch couldn't even make porter's nose itch.
Without his legs, Malignaggi has nothing to keep Garcia off of him because he is ridiculously outgunned. So for Garcia, even though Malignaggi will be billed as a sage and a wily veteran, this is like a updated version of Salka. Garcia will throw less punches than porter but Paulie's not big by any means... and once Paulie's legs give out, he's a sitting duck and as Porter showed, Garcia doesn't have to be accurate or even flawlessly technical to rip into him.
I know everyone sees garcia as lazy and confused in his past couple of wins so its his fight to lose... but the way this fight was set up, he's always just a blitz away from the beginning of the end. Though it will be interesting to see Malignaggi lose a close decision and see if his mouth goes loose cannon against Haymon, the hand that feeds him.
They want your @$$ beat because upsets make news. News brings about excitement, excitement brings about ratings. The objective is to bring you up to the tower and tear your @$$ down. And if you don't believe that, you're crazy.
Roy Jones, Jr. "What I've Learned," Esquire 2003
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