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Brooklyn, New York- The career of the ‘Magic Man’ Paulie Malignaggi (33-7, 7 KO’s) may have ended last night against Danny Garcia. Malignaggi was stopped in the ninth round by Garcia and is likely calling it a career. Malignaggi says the rigors of training camp and the level he wished to compete on are factors on him considering to likely retire.
<p>NEW YORK – Danny Garcia and Paulie Malignaggi were both looking to the future – with vastly different visions.</p> <p>Garcia stopped Malignaggi in the ninth round of their welterweight fight Saturday night at Barclays Center to remain undefeated.</p> <p>Garcia improved to 31-0 with his 18th knockout. Malignaggi dropped to 33-7.</p> <p>“Keith Thurman and Shawn Porter are great fighters in this division, and they’re both represented by Al Haymon,” Garcia said. “So, if they want we can make it happen.”</p> <p>Following the fight, Malignaggi acknowledged he may be close to retirement.
BROOKLYN - Danny "Swift" Garcia (31-0, 18 KOs) kept his perfect record intact Saturday with a ninth-round TKO of two-time world champion Paulie "The Magic Man" Malignaggi (33-7, 7 KOs) on Premier Boxing Champions on ESPN from Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Garcia was able to control the fight with lead rights and counter left hooks that kept the agile Malignaggi from landing anything significant. The punishment took its toll on Malignaggi as a cut opened up on his right eye in the third round.
WBA 'regular' welterweight champion Keith 'One Time' Thurman (26-0, 22KOs) would love to get a fight with Danny Garcia (31-0, 18KOs), who recently moved up from the junior welterweight ranks where he held the WBC and WBA world titles. Thurman was ringside at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, where Garcia moved up to the welterweight division and stopped former two-division champion Paulie Malignaggi.
BROOKLYN - Danny "Swift" Garcia (31-0, 18 KOs) kept his perfect record intact Saturday with a ninth-round TKO of two-time world champion Paulie "The Magic Man" Malignaggi (33-7, 7 KOs) on Premier Boxing Champions on ESPN from Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Garcia was able to control the fight with lead rights and counter left hooks that kept the agile Malignaggi from landing anything significant. The punishment took its toll on Malignaggi as a cut opened up on his right eye in the third round. Despite being the crowd favorite in his native Brooklyn, Malignaggi was unable to land multiple punches on Garcia and put him in real danger. In the ninth round Garcia's crisp blows finally proved to be too much for Malignaggi as the ref stopped the fight at 2:22 into the round.
NEW YORK – Danny Garcia and Paulie Malignaggi were both looking to the future – with vastly different visions.</p> <p>Garcia stopped Malignaggi in the ninth round of their welterweight fight Saturday night at Barclays Center to remain undefeated.</p> <p>Garcia improved to 31-0 with his 18th knockout. Malignaggi dropped to 33-7.</p> <p>“Keith Thurman and Shawn Porter are great fighters in this division, and they’re both represented by Al Haymon,” Garcia said. “So, if they want we can make it happen.”</p> <p>Following the fight, Malignaggi acknowledged he may be close to retirement. </p> <p>“I’m probably not fighting again,” said Malignaggi, who also works as a television commentator. “My career started in Brooklyn 14 years ago. If it ends in Brooklyn tonight then at least I ended it at home where I’m from and in front of the greatest fans in the world.”
Mauricio Herrera, who recently won the vacant NABF junior welterweight title in a technical decision over Hank Lundy, gave his thoughts on tonight's Premier Boxing Champions clash between Paulie Malignaggi and his former foe, Danny Garcia, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Malignaggi has not fought since April 2014 when he was knocked out by Shawn Porter in four rounds. The odds looked stacked against the New Yorker, but Herrera believes he could yet pull off a victory.
Former two division champion Paulie "The Magic Man" Malignaggi (33-7, 7 KOs)admits that he may never fight again, after getting stopped in nine rounds by Danny "Swift" Garcia (31-0, 18 KOs) in the main event of Premier Boxing Champions on ESPN. The fight took place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The loss was the second consecutive stoppage defeat for Malignaggi, who was coming back from a long layoff after suffering a brutal knockout at the hands of Shawn Porter.
By Victor Salazar - Brooklyn, New York- Fighting for his fifth time as the headliner at the Barclays Center, Danny Garcia (31-0, 18 KO’s) made a successful move to the welterweight division with a ninth round stoppage of hometown fighter and former two-division world champion Paulie Malignaggi (33-7, 7 KO’s). A lot was said about this fight when it was made; with many viewing the match as an easy grab for Garcia for his 147-pound debut. A lot of boxing insiders believed Malignaggi, if his legs were still there, would create issues for the undefeated Philly fighter. However, Garcia promised that he would no longer be a flat-footed fighter and planned to focus more on his boxing ability. The crowd of 7,237 seemed to be split with their support. Early on the fight had moments where Garcia was the aggressor and Malignaggi boxing well on the outside with punches landing in quick spots. In the third round, Garcia opened up a cut around the left eye of Malignaggi. Garcia followed that up in the fourth by connecting with a nice barrage that made Malignaggi do a dance at the end of the bell.
His family and friends were adamantly against it, but Paulie Malignaggi made the difficult decision to return to the ring in large part because he didn’t want his fourth-round knockout loss to Shawn Porter to be the final fight of his career. Malignaggi’s motivation for fending off retirement was among the things the 34-year-old boxer/broadcaster revealed in an essay he wrote for The Players’ Tribune, the Derek Jeter-owned website that published it Friday. Malignaggi (33-6, 7 KOs), a former junior welterweight and welterweight champion from Brooklyn, will fight for the first time Saturday night since Porter knocked him out 15 months ago in a 12-round main event against Philadelphia’s Danny Garcia (30-0, 17 KOs) at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center (ESPN; 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT).