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The fight that i just watched was a complete surprise. We all thought that Broner was going to take this easily. How wrong was we? Paulie fought in his own way like a true champion and a veteran. I honestly thought before the fight started that Broner would finish Maliginaggi with in 6 rounds so i was clutching at straws for Paulie (see my first post). Part of me feels pitiful towards the guy who has least chance in a fight so i usually side towards the underdog, I dont know why but i just do, like way back in school i stood up for the victims of bully's.

We all knew that Broner was going to win. But after watchin this fight and reflecting on it for a while I cannot see how he won this. Malignaggi came out in the first 3 rounds steaming, Broner landed nothing, round 4-5 Broner looked better, he landed a few solid shots all the while Paulie on the back foot but keeping the jab and the 4 sometimes 5 shots landing to the body and head, granted not much power but still scoring. Broner started looking stronger in round 6-7 and was catching Paulie with some nice clean shots and at this point i thought Malignaggi was out of gas and was sure to start loosing. Paulies punch rate and avoidance looked consistent throughout the fight untill i think rd 11 where Broner looked better. Broner was behind on points and i think he knew it from his performance in the last round.

To take a belt from a well weathered fighter in his home town at the ridiculous decisions on the cards that we saw i think is stupid.

I will watch the fight again when its available and have a closer look but from what i saw, Decision was complete bollox
This is not amateur boxing. The strenght of the punch is key. Landing 1 or 2 solid punches wins a round over Paulie glancing Broners arms, gloves, shoulder a hundred times in a round. Its effecting punching and Paulies punches just werent effective.
Right, but if the volume of his punches control the pace of the round, then volume wins the round. Broner has a low output of punches, and gets hit a lot. It's clear he is choosing opponents that can't punch, Paulie & Rees, because he gets hit a good amount for a good who is supposed to be the next Floyd Mayweather.