How in the world does Paulie continue to keep his job with Showtime? Lol

Don't get me wrong, I love the guy and I think he is an outstanding commentator. He has very high boxing IQ and is one of my favorites when it comes to analyzing fights. But on more than one occasion the guy has flat out said the judges scoring a fight were bought at worst and extremely bias at best. Tonight he went even further when he said that the shobox stats that show the number of punches thrown and landed are based on "the opinion of the guy pushing the buttons," in a way suggesting that those numbers can also be skewed at will if desired. I'm not doubting that some fights are fixed, I'm just shocked that a guy working for a major boxing network can constantly call it out and continue to be employed hah. More power to him though.

Comments (20)

Respect_Power

Thats his side job. Hes a Golden Boy fighter still being given big fights. Hes not going to HBO. Right. He's not going to hbo . But if they fired him as commentator .. His Golden Boy contrat will eventually expire. He's not going to be fighting too much longer but can commentate for many , many years and it doesnt have to be with Showtime.

12y ago

AVDB

Paulie is the man. Met him at Vegas before the Canelo fight. He's a really nice person too

12y ago

chiguy91

paulie is the most honest commentator in the sport right now. showtime made a great move hiring him. hopefully he's here to stay. the world of boxing needs more paulie malignaggis.

12y ago

Ray

Well because he is splitting out the truth. He hasn't said anything wrong IMO. He calls it like he sees it and I wish there are most commentators like him.

12y ago

DannYankee

He was doing something the other guys don't do...being honest and saying what he actually thinks. If you ask me what boxing needs is more Paulie's http://static.boxrec.com/wiki/a/a3/Paul.jpg

12y ago

Bigg_Rigg

Paulie keeps it a Bucky! That's my guy. No sense in making yourself look stupid and try to defend an obvious bs decision.

12y ago

damit305

Even before the first open scores were read Pauli was commenting on how it doesn't matter how good Herrera was doing it was more if they were going to allow anything other than a Garcia win in PR that night. It was pretty funny hearing the other two guys trying to just gloss over what he just said. Pauli knew what was about to happen, it happened to him against Juan Diaz in Texas and again when he fought an undefeated connected guy in Broner (I though Pauli won that fight but it was close) It's very ironic you say this. After the first lethargic punch Angulo threw vs Canelo we all knew what was going happen.

12y ago

Carpe_Diem

Paulie is the man. He doesn't take sides and has no hidden agenda, he tells it like it is.

12y ago

QballLobo

12y ago

MrP4P

Paulie does a great job and showtime knows this . If they fire him he could wind up across the street at hbo . Something they don't want . Thats his side job. Hes a Golden Boy fighter still being given big fights. Hes not going to HBO.

12y ago

Eskay

The thing is, if the judges scored it bad during the first 8 then that will also affect how each fighter fights for the remaining 4. So in open scoring, sometimes what you see in the last 4 is different than what you would get if neither fighter knew the score. Also, what Paulie was trying to say is that it was turning out to be a home town scorecard decision. So the last 4 rounds were all academic. Very good point. I think at that point he knew that Garcia was going to get the gift decision regardless of what happened for the remainder of the fight.

12y ago

damit305

It's boxing culture. Everyone points fingers and nothing gets done. I don't expect this to ever change.

12y ago

BigZigga

listen i know some don't like him but paulie takes after teddy atlas in that respect. i mean to me its obvious too. Teddy and Paulie calling fights together would be amazing But they would probably get kicked off the network instantly

12y ago

FrankieClutch

Paulie is the f.cking man!!! When keeping it real goes wrong.

12y ago

Accountoffline

Paulie is just a straight up unbiased commentator. Even if you whooped his arse in a fight and we're fighting where he commentated he would give you respect where it's due because he is simple a man of discipline and morals. Fcuk the judges and more importantly fcuk the people that make the hidden decisions in these fights

12y ago

ADP02

True. It also seemed like after 8, Paulie was going to score it for Herrera regardless of what happened over the last 4 rounds though, just so he could b*tch about how the judges got it wrong. The thing is, if the judges scored it bad during the first 8 then that will also affect how each fighter fights for the remaining 4. So in open scoring, sometimes what you see in the last 4 is different than what you would get if neither fighter knew the score. Also, what Paulie was trying to say is that it was turning out to be a home town scorecard decision. So the last 4 rounds were all academic.

12y ago

ADP02

He is a good commentator and he is honest whether it supports the organization or not. There are very few if any commentators anywhere like him and that alone makes him valuable, they won't cut him because of that alone, not to mention his personality is very animated and authentic. True ... and he has ring smarts as well. He analyzes the fighters quite well and gives a good picture of what's going on.

12y ago

mathed

12y ago

Russian_Crushin

listen i know some don't like him but paulie takes after teddy atlas in that respect. i mean to me its obvious too. Yes he usually does but you can tell he was under pressure to not call this fight a robbery. Instead he kept saying "the judges missed a great fight"

12y ago

icerob

I thought Danny's power shot stats were exaggerated as well

12y ago