paulie malignaggi

[djcione]

I don't think he's made that much $$$. Has he ever been the house fighter on PPV ?

He made about 400k for the Khan fight, and his biggest purse, by far, was 1.2 mil for the Hatton fight. The Cotto fight was his first big main event and it was back in 2006. He was just another fall guy for Cotto so I don't think he made big bucks on that fight. He lost all 3 decisively, so I doubt that he gets any more big fights unless it's a suicide match against Manny that was being talked about not that long ago.

Other than those 3 fights, I don't believe that he had any big purses, and remember that these figures are the gross- not the net. De Bella took 25% off the top, plus trainers, cut men, taxes,etc., and he probably pocketed way less than a million over 5 years. I all of those big fights he was much smaller than the guys he fought,who were well known for their heavy punching power, but he showed a lot of heart and took tons of punishment that he will surely feel for the rest of his life.

I say he more than earned what little he made. He looked old and slow against Khan so he should move on and try to use his name to make some decent money without the heavy physical punishment.