Malignaggi, the fighter I hate to love

[15rounder]

I don't want to like Paulie Malignaggi but I can't help it. The guy is such a trash talker and you can't help but watch his fights just to see what he's going to say to the crowd, how many tassles will be hanging off his trunks etc...But he's also got intangibles that I don't like very much about some fighters. The first thing is the extremely low knockout ratio. 5 knockouts in 23 plus fights and 3 of those came in his first 5 fights. I grew up in Houston and wanted Diaz to win that first fight against Paulie but he didn't deserve, no matter how you slice it. I'm glad Paulie got his second shot at him in a nuetral ring. Let me know what you think.

[salty trunks]

Hes not my favorite style of a fighter either, but throw him in with a monster that will hunt him down all night and Ill tune in. If they match him with a boxer forget it.

[15rounder]

Agreed Salty, and those are the fights he actually did lose (diaz excluded). The fights to Cotto and Hatton. Hunted him down all night and beat the hell out of him. Not to mention he couldn't hurt them with what he was throwing.

[salty trunks]

He wants to fight Marquez, but thats probably not a good fight Marquez. Marquez needs a guy thats going to come at him if hes going to fight at 140 pounds.

[Kel]

Agreed Salty, and those are the fights he actually did lose (diaz excluded). The fights to Cotto and Hatton. Hunted him down all night and beat the hell out of him. Not to mention he couldn't hurt them with what he was throwing.

I thought he gave Cotto a fucking hard nights graft.

[15rounder]

The only difficulty cotto had the night was running him down in spots. I think Paulie broke his left hand punching Cotto that night. Cotto was still breathing through his nose at the end of the night

[brucelee]

I don't want to like Paulie Malignaggi but I can't help it. The guy is such a trash talker and you can't help but watch his fights just to see what he's going to say to the crowd, how many tassles will be hanging off his trunks etc...But he's also got intangibles that I don't like very much about some fighters. The first thing is the extremely low knockout ratio. 5 knockouts in 23 plus fights and 3 of those came in his first 5 fights. I grew up in Houston and wanted Diaz to win that first fight against Paulie but he didn't deserve, no matter how you slice it. I'm glad Paulie got his second shot at him in a nuetral ring. Let me know what you think.

The guy's an ass.The thread should be titled, " the guy I love to hate"

[15rounder]

That's the whole point bruce. He's an ass but I'm still not going to miss one of his fights.

[Zilla]

I recognize him for the talent he is and despite being a fan of Diaz I was glad to see him get the win in the rematch. I won't go out of my way to see him, but if I sit on the remote and just so happens to turn the channel to his boxing match I might watch.

[Master]

Paulie is a fighter going no where.

[hitmanhatton]

Paulie is a fighter going no where.

like 95% of guys within boxing.....

[Master]

Paulie is a fighter going no where.

like 95% of guys within boxing.....

In terms of winning a title , he is a weak puncher and has to trash talk because he has nothing else to offer.

[15rounder]

No argument there

[Majesty]

Paulie is a fighter going no where.

like 95% of guys within boxing.....

In terms of winning a title , he is a weak puncher and has to trash talk because he has nothing else to offer.

yes because power means everything in boxing

[DatsiK]

The only difficulty cotto had the night was running him down in spots. I think Paulie broke his left hand punching Cotto that night. Cotto was still breathing through his nose at the end of the night

Paulie had him wobbled at least two occasions.. he also lost a fair amount of rounds to Paulie. You can say what you want about Cotto being weight drained at 140, but he hit Paulie with everything he had and Paulie still kept coming back for more.

I too am a big paulie fan.. good to see he finally got what he deserved against Diaz the first time around. I wanna see him go on to win back his title, but think he should stay well away from Marquez. I think a rematch with Hatton is also a good option, if he fights like he did against Diaz (granted Hatton is a different beast compared to Diaz) he could well outbox him and come away with the UD.