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Paulie Malignaggi | |
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Born | Paul Malignaggi November 23, 1980 |
Nationality | American |
Other names | The Magic Man |
Statistics | |
Weight(s) | Light Welterweight (140 lb) Welterweight (147 lb) |
Height | 5 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1.74 m)[1] |
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 36 |
Wins | 32 |
Wins by KO | 7 |
Losses | 5 |
Draws | 0 |
No contests | 0 |
Website | www.OfficialMalignaggi.com |
Paul "Paulie" Malignaggi (born November 23, 1980) is an Italian American professional boxer.[3] He is a former IBF Light Welterweight and WBA Welterweight Champion.
Boxing career
Light Welterweight
Malignaggi vs. N'dou
On June 16, 2007, Malignaggi defeated Lovemore N'dou via a 12 unanimous decision to win the IBF Light Welterweight Championship at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut. The bout was one sided with one judge awarding the bout a 120–106. Lennox Lewis, who was commentating at ringside for HBO, described Malignaggi's performance as a "boxing clinic." After this win and the victory over Edner Cherry earlier in the year, Malignaggi was awarded the Ring Magazine comeback of the year award at the end of 2007.
Malignaggi vs. Ngoudjo
On January 5, 2008, Malignaggi defended his title against Herman Ngoudjo in a highly competitive match held at Bally's Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Malignaggi controlled the fight with his jab until he was stunned in the 7th round, but Ngoudjo failed to finish the job. After the seventh, Ngoudjo became ineffective with his aggression and came up short and lost a wide unanimous decision, which although fair, did not reflect the competitiveness of the fight.
Malignaggi vs. N'dou II
On May 24, 2008, Malignaggi beat Lovemore N'Dou in a rematch by split decision to retain his IBF title at the City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester, England. Malignaggi was in control for the first half of the fight, boxing behind his faster and crisper jab.[4] Prior to the fight, Malignaggi was sporting hair extensions which proved to be a problem throughout the fight until his trainer Buddy McGirt cut them off in his corner between rounds eight and nine. Malignaggi appeared sloppy in the second half of the fight as N'Dou came back to make the fight close. In the end, Malignaggi pulled out a close victory and also suffered a fractured right hand in the fight.[5] Malignaggi vacated his title on September 19, 2008.[2]
Malignaggi vs. Hatton
On November 22, 2008 in the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Malignaggi fought the The Ring and IBO Light Welterweight Champion Ricky Hatton. It was billed as the boxer against the brawler. Hatton dominated and won every round bar the first. Hatton rocked Malignaggi in the second and several other times during the fight, leaving Paulie to hold on, doing exactly what he publicly said Hatton does. With Malignaggi way behind on points, his trainer Buddy McGirt threw in the towel during the 11th round.
Malignaggi vs. Díaz I & II
On August 22, 2009 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. Malignaggi fought former lightweight titlist Juan Diaz for the vacant WBO NABO Light Welterweight title at a catch-weight of 138½ pounds. Unofficial HBO scorer Harold Lederman scored the fight 115–113 for Malignaggi, but none of the three judges saw the fight this way. Gale Van Hoy had it by an 118–110, Raul Caiz had it 115–113 and the other Judge, Dave Sutherland scored it 116–112, all in favor of Juan Diaz. In the post fight interview of the Juan Diaz fight (interviewed by Max Kellerman, HBO boxing analyst), Paulie was furious, stating that "boxing is full of shit." He also stated that the only reason he is continuing to fight is because of the good pay day.[6]
A rematch with Juan Diaz occurred on December 12, 2009 in Chicago on HBO. This rematch went in Malignaggi's favor when he defeated Juan Diaz by unanimous decision. All three judges scored the fight 116–111 in favor of Malignaggi. In the fight, Malignaggi threw more punches but only landed 21% of them while Diaz landed 28% of his, but threw less.
Malignaggi vs. Khan
Malignaggi's next fight was against Amir Khan in Madison Square Garden in New York on May 15, 2010. The press conference took place in London, England on March 12 while another press conference was held in New York City, United States on March 16. Malignaggi was stopped in the eleventh round by the referee. As the fight progressed, Malignaggi began to fall behind on points and the result began to get comfortable for Khan. He was very overmatched throughout the fight.[7] On September 28, 2010 it was announced that Malignaggi signed with Golden Boy Promotions.[8]
Welterweight
Malignaggi vs. Senchenko
On April 29, 2012 Malignaggi fought against WBA Welterweight Champion Viacheslav Senchenko took place in Donetsk, Ukraine. Malignaggi won by ninth round technical knockout.
Malignaggi vs. Cano
Malignaggi then went onto defeat Pablo César Cano via controversial split decision on October 20, 2012, on the undercard of Erik Morales and Danny Garcia rematch.
Malignaggi vs. Broner
Malignaggi then accepted a challenge made by Adrien Broner (who had called Malignaggi out after a fight between Broner and Ricky Burns failed to ever come to fruition) to be his first opponent outside his natural weight limit between 130–140 (between the boxing weight divisions of super featherweight and junior welterweight), jumping up all the way up to 147 pounds (the boxing weight division of welterweight) with his objective being to see how he would match up against a bigger world-class opponent who was in an incredibly healthy state physically. The fight (which was hyped up by a lot of personal trash-talk talked by both fighters in the period of time leading up to their fight) was eventually finalised in detail, and set for a confirmed confirmation date of June 22, 2013. In a close fight that saw Broner conserve his energy in a majority of the rounds before unleashing a quick and vicious punching attack, and Malignaggi out-box Broner whenever he was conserving energy too inactively, Malignaggi lost the fight via split decision. After the fight, Broner claimed "I came to his hometown and took both his girlfriend and his title."
Professional boxing record
Acting and other media
Malignaggi has done print clothing ads that have been featured in magazines such as Esquire magazine, Playboy magazine, and Frank 151 magazine. He also had a small role in the movie Undefeated featuring John Leguizamo, and had a feature documentary on his life leading into his fight with Miguel Cotto titled "Magic Man," which later aired on Showtime. Japanese video game company Nintendo used him as the model for their character Little Mac in the new sequel Punch-Out!! for the Wii, and also featured him in the commercials as well. Malignaggi is a featured fighter in EA Sports' Fight Night Round 4 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
References
- ^ "Paul Malignaggi's Boxing Record". BoxRec. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
- ^ What’s Next For Bensonhurst Boxer Paulie Malignaggi
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- ^ Watt, Craig (2008-05-25). "Hatton delights his 56,000 fans!". Fightnews.com. Archived from the original on 2008-05-27. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
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(help) - ^ "Paulie just wants a payday". Sky Sports. February 20, 2009.
- ^ http://boxing.fanhouse.com/2010/05/15/amir-khan-vs-paulie-malignaggi-live-round-by-round-updates/
- ^ http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&id=31345
- ^ http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=052984&cat=boxer
External links
- The Official Website of Paul "The Magic Man" Malignaggi
- Paul Malignaggi Official Fan Store
- Biography of Professional Boxer Paulie Malignaggi
- Official Sponsors of "The Magic Man" Malignaggi
- Boxing record for Paulie Malignaggi from BoxRec (registration required)
- Interview
- Magic Man Film Review
- Becoming a People's Champ