Malignaggi seems to have a short memory??

[BoomBoom]

Jookie, I gotta agree with you about that. Although boxing has its problems, boxing is not "shit." It has a few bad apples but all in all, at least from my experience in the sport, people in the boxing community generally have alot of respect for each other. I do think that a lot of what he said was because his emotions were running high, but it is never a good idea to bite the hand that feeds you. Boxing has been VERY good to Paulie for the most part.

[ElTerribleMorales]

Jookie, I gotta agree with you about that. Although boxing has its problems, boxing is not "shit." It has a few bad apples but all in all, at least from my experience in the sport, people in the boxing community generally have alot of respect for each other. I do think that a lot of what he said was because his emotions were running high, but it is never a good idea to bite the hand that feeds you. Boxing has been VERY good to Paulie for the most part.

thing is all in all what he said isn't too far from the truth, i love boxing, but the politics aspect of the sport are a joke, all the bad scoring, reffing, and even stripping fighters of their titles over retarded technicalities is getting ridiculous, it's been good to him cause he's worked his ass off to get to where he is, nothing has been handed to him, he's had to make himself into a sellable name due to his defensive style and lack of punching power, same as many others, but there are the few (Chavez Jr), who basically are made to be good for TV and hyped beyond belief yet can't fight for shit

[BoomBoom]

Jookie, I gotta agree with you about that. Although boxing has its problems, boxing is not "shit." It has a few bad apples but all in all, at least from my experience in the sport, people in the boxing community generally have alot of respect for each other. I do think that a lot of what he said was because his emotions were running high, but it is never a good idea to bite the hand that feeds you. Boxing has been VERY good to Paulie for the most part.

thing is all in all what he said isn't too far from the truth, i love boxing, but the politics aspect of the sport are a joke, all the bad scoring, reffing, and even stripping fighters of their titles over retarded technicalities is getting ridiculous, it's been good to him cause he's worked his ass off to get to where he is, nothing has been handed to him, he's had to make himself into a sellable name due to his defensive style and lack of punching power, same as many others, but there are the few (Chavez Jr), who basically are made to be good for TV and hyped beyond belief yet can't fight for shit

I just think that if hes only doing it for the payday, like he says, and that boxing is garbage, he shouldnt get another payday. That would make him a hypocrite. He was saying how unfair boxing was when he signed to fight Diaz, but he did anyways. Thats tells me that the pros outweight the cons for him. Boxing has problems that need to be fixed. But there are a lot of people whio hate their jobs.If all those people went to work and went on a rant in their boses office and said "this place is shit, this job is a joke..." and then said "....but Ill see you tommorow cause I like the paycheck." To me that isnt productive. If I was his boss, id tell him to clean out his desk. If Paulie wants to help change boxing he has to take a better approach. And Im all for that. But If I was Golden Boy, I wouldnt want him on my show again.

[ElTerribleMorales]

Jookie, I gotta agree with you about that. Although boxing has its problems, boxing is not "shit." It has a few bad apples but all in all, at least from my experience in the sport, people in the boxing community generally have alot of respect for each other. I do think that a lot of what he said was because his emotions were running high, but it is never a good idea to bite the hand that feeds you. Boxing has been VERY good to Paulie for the most part.

thing is all in all what he said isn't too far from the truth, i love boxing, but the politics aspect of the sport are a joke, all the bad scoring, reffing, and even stripping fighters of their titles over retarded technicalities is getting ridiculous, it's been good to him cause he's worked his ass off to get to where he is, nothing has been handed to him, he's had to make himself into a sellable name due to his defensive style and lack of punching power, same as many others, but there are the few (Chavez Jr), who basically are made to be good for TV and hyped beyond belief yet can't fight for shit

I just think that if hes only doing it for the payday, like he says, and that boxing is garbage, he shouldnt get another payday. That would make him a hypocrite. He was saying how unfair boxing was when he signed to fight Diaz, but he did anyways. Thats tells me that the pros outweight the cons for him. Boxing has problems that need to be fixed. But there are a lot of people whio hate their jobs.If all those people went to work and went on a rant in their boses office and said "this place is shit, this job is a joke..." and then said "....but Ill see you tommorow cause I like the paycheck." To me that isnt productive. If I was his boss, id tell him to clean out his desk. If Paulie wants to help change boxing he has to take a better approach. And Im all for that. But If I was Golden Boy, I wouldnt want him on my show again.

other people that hate their jobs have the luxury to go and look for the same job at another place, he doesn't have that luxury, and well i compare it to this, one guy puts in all the work and goes leaps above what is expected from him, and yet the promotion goes to the companies owner's son, i dunno if you get what i mean but well if as a fan i'm tired of all the bullshit in boxing, imagine how it must feel as a fighter

[BoomBoom]

I actually agree with a lot of what Paulie is saying and he is rightfully mad. But hes not directing his anger at the right people. There does need to be a lot of changes in boxing because it is hard enough being a fighter without having to worry about getting screwed by a boxing politician sitting ringside. But Golden Boy in itself is not to blame. The issue is with the commisions. Each state benifits from its fighters doing well. A national commision could potentially be good, but a lot of pople would never go for it, Im not even sure if I would, and definately not if the government had its hand in it. A non-federal commision of joint states where judges are randomly appointed from anywhere in the country could help in getting more fair results. The problem is each state right now wants to have its own commision so it can help its fighters along. It is wrong, but it is what happens all the time. State commisioners dont want a national commision nd unfortunately they all have too much power to get around them. Maybe if enough people can get on board this thing can be tackled.