Paulie had an excellent game plan and stuck to it, and gained confidence (became more aggressive) as the fight went on.

Ndou kept acting like he was going to do something, but acted like he expected Malignaggi to let him get inside and then stand and punch before he started.

Paulie wasn't going to let that happen. Neither was the ref, apparently. That part was annoying but as stated probably didn't have an effect on the outcome.

Great fight by Paulie and I look forward to seeing more from him. I wonder, though, how he'll do against another boxer who has a strong jab and has more power than Paulie ... someone that could make Paulie have to come forward some of the time. Ndou just kept after him, and since Ndou wasn't scoring from the outside, Paulie could just keep moving away.

It was, interstingly enough, slightly similar to the Dirrell-Stevens fight that preceded it in except considerably better. In each, you had the puncher who pressed forward, and the boxer who kept moving. First round, I was afraid Paulie was going to replicate Dirrell's ultra-Mayweather performance, but he didn't. He used similar skills but actually fought the fight as well. Hope Dirrell was watching.