paulie malignaggi

[generalbulldog]

I think Paulie needs to retire before he gets hurt. He was thrown to the wolves too many times

Hatton and Cotto weren't necessarily wolves, they were HUGE PAYDAYS.

Especially for a fighter with no punching power and somewhat of a boring style. Malinaggi should thank Lou Dibella, his ex-promoter, for getn him those fights.

That's true. But unfortunately I remember a few months ago when he left for GBP he shitted on Dibella. Dibella did a great job with a feather fisted puncher that doesn't have a crowd pleasing style. The guy is already a multi-millionaire he should thank his lucky stars and just retire before he really gets hurt.

[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.

[Spicoli]

He'd make a great commentator with some fine tuning when it comes to working with a 'team'. As a fighter he's just about shot his bolt and is now marketed on charisma and scalp. He's taking to much punishment. He was to sly and mobile to now be affixed with "yeh but he has tons of heart and a good chin"...just means he's proven that point more and more.

[Mar]

How does a guy hurt his hands when he doesn't really even hit anything very hard. Paulie is what he is. I'm more curious as to what and who he's gonna blame when this current attempt at another title fails. His hands, his trainers, the waterboy, the car wash workers....it'll be someone. Not sure how anyone hates or loves any of these fighters personally when they don't know them but ah well.