Paulie Malignaggi A Hypejob or A Boxing Master?

[daggum]

The main reason Paulie got the love he did was because of his big personality and his being Italian-American. When a white American comes onto the scene and has success, they have a big potential fanbase they can tap into. You still see it today - Caleb Plant did huge numbers on Fox, when the guy is one of the least interesting boxers out there. Hell, look at Vito Milnecki Jr or whatever his name is - big crowds to see him fight cab drivers.

Paulie's accomplishments as a troll/boxing personality eclipse what he did in the ring - his prime was an email title and a pathetic string of defenses. I give him more credit for the Senchenko fight than anything else, even though Senchenko was exposed and never once beat a decent opponent (yes, 2012 Hatton included).

Mungia definitely has a better resume than Paulie - a lot more wins over good fighters.

Well plant actually earned a Canelo fight. Paulie had fought no one when he got the cotto fight, lost, and became a star for "doing well" even thoigb he lost 8-4 with a knockdown and the red literally told him to run paulie run.

Then he parlayed that loss into many more losses while picking up a couple mid wins along the way against guys ripe for the picking.

[djtmal]

He's the thinking man's Rocky

[QueensburyRules]

Did you know he legitimately only beat 2 top 10 ranked(ring) opponents his entire career: lovemore ndou(twice) and senchenko. whats the deal with this guy? he hung around for so long. how? why? and he blatantly robbed ngoudjo and pablo cesar cano along the way as well.

his signature win appears to be...juan diaz? juan diaz moving up in weight coming off a ko loss? what the heck is that. thats not good, thats not good at all in retrospective. do you think guys like malignaggi deserve to be clogging the spotlight while others get passed up? hell i think munguia has a better resume no joke

- - Well now, the Popcorn Paulita is currently attached permanently to Loony Teddy so they can vacuum the + trillion emails in the web trying to find that smoking gun proving Manny was a drug cheat.

What else is a feather duster once KOed by Conor McGregor to do after such a monumental feat?

[QueensburyRules]

paulies activity won him the fight IMO, ponce de leon laid tbe blueprint to beat broner throw 4-5 punch combos and broner shells up. broner never hurt paulie.

- - Little Ponce didn't just beat All About Billions Flushed, he beat him up to the point of humiliation...

[daggum]

paulies activity won him the fight IMO, ponce de leon laid tbe blueprint to beat broner throw 4-5 punch combos and broner shells up. broner never hurt paulie.

Activity means what? Throwing but not landing clean? Means nothing. Quality matters

[Ryn0]

Well plant actually earned a Canelo fight. Paulie had fought no one when he got the cotto fight, lost, and became a star for "doing well" even thoigb he lost 8-4 with a knockdown and the red literally told him to run paulie run.

Then he parlayed that loss into many more losses while picking up a couple mid wins along the way against guys ripe for the picking.

Cotto was hardly a big name at the time, Paulie wasn't a boxing master but he didn't have any power and was able to make things v competitive against a host of good fighters. Picked up a few decent wins and belts. Could sell a fight and was a decent talker and somehow despite having no power wasn't a boring fighter to watch.

I'd much rather someone like Paulie than someone with more ability and power avoid the best fights. Some guys are just middle of the road, he was never a hype job because people saw him for what he was, a good limited fighter who was fun to watch and listen to.

[PBR Streetgang]

I was wasn't Paulie was on any kind of pedestal in regards to his career. He had pretty decent boxing skills but no power whatsoever ever. I read that he suffered quite a few hand injuries in the amateurs that exacerbated the power outage.

He came to prominence because he was a loud-mouthed, Italian American from NY. He played the part with flamboyant hair and boxing trunks. Paulie had a pretty good career and parlayed that into a relatively successful role as a commentator and industry personality.

[Southpawology]

Activity means what? Throwing but not landing clean? Means nothing. Quality matters

When the other guy is doing nothing except sitting there with his earmuffs on it means something. Also paulie was the champion at the time youre supposed to take it from the champ broner did not do that. But of course at the time Broner was HBO’s golden child so they gave him the decision

[dan_cov]

A gatekeeper to world level really. He got far more opportunities than he should have due to his mouth.
If he beat you forget your world title hopes, if you beat him you likely belonged at world level.

I think he did decent considering he only really had heart and a pretty decent jab.
His reflexes was meh, average speed, my 11yr old niece probably hits harder. Did well with what little he had to work with.

[daggum]

Cotto was hardly a big name at the time, Paulie wasn't a boxing master but he didn't have any power and was able to make things v competitive against a host of good fighters. Picked up a few decent wins and belts. Could sell a fight and was a decent talker and somehow despite having no power wasn't a boring fighter to watch.

I'd much rather someone like Paulie than someone with more ability and power avoid the best fights. Some guys are just middle of the road, he was never a hype job because people saw him for what he was, a good limited fighter who was fun to watch and listen to.

Cotto was headlining HBO cards and did 17k at the garden. That's a big name. He was slightly competitive against cotto but not at all vs khan Hatton porter garcia etc...and he also should have taken losses to guys who were fringe level like ngoudjo and cano. He was just a guy. I could see giving him 1 big fight but it was ridiculous