The weigh-in for Paulie Malignaggi’s Italian debut was held today at Dixieland Cafè in Milan. Tomorrrow the former super lightweight and welterweight world champion Malignaggi (33-7) will fight against Hungarian Laszlo Fazekas (27 wins, 21 losses, 1 draw and 1 no-contest) over the 8 round distance in the main event of a show promoted by Principe Boxing Events and OPI 2000 at famed Principe Theater in Milan.
The theater is the Milanese version of New York’s B.B. King Blues Club and Grill: it has a capacity of 550 people, 300 seats on the first floor and 250 people standing up on the second floor and the charm of being a historic venue for boxing.
From 1949 to 1961 it hosted the fights of many great Italian fighters. In 1960 it was also the set of a movie that made history: “Rocco e I suoi fratelli” directed by Luchino Visconti and starring future French legend Alain Delon.
The official weights:
Welterweights
Paul Malignaggi 67,100. kg [147.9-pounds]
Laszlo Fazekas: 67,800 kg [149.4-pounds]
Welterweights
Antonio Moscatiello: 67,400 kg
Jozsef Gerebecz: 66,300 kg
Super lightweights
Renato De Donato: 62,300 kg
Gyula Tallosi: 62,400 kg
On the undercard of Malignaggi-Fazekas, welterweight Antonio Moscatiello (18 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw) will fight Jozsef Gerebecz (7-13-2). Super lightweight Renato De Donato (15-3) will fight Gyula Tallosi (9-5). Opening the show, four professional fights over the 4 round distance.
