It May Be TV, But It Ain't HBO

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New York-based promoter Lou DiBella, who numbers rapper Damon Dash as one of his partners and is thus also known as Diabolical L.O.U., will be going straight from promoting a charity roast for veteran matchmaker Johnny Bos on Thursday night to promoting a boxing show at the Hammerstein Ballroom on Saturday night, one that features his junior welterweight, Paul Malignaggi, his junior middleweight, Sechew Powell, and his hard-hitting welterweight, Andre Berto.

It's really not a bad show, if you're in the neighborhood that night. A couple of the fights seem competitive. Malignaggi, who showed guts before getting stopped by Miguel Angel Cotto in a WBO title fight last June, may face an interesting challenge from Edner Cherry, a native of the Ba***** who lives in Florida and holds the NABF title at 135 pounds. Cherry's got a couple of good wins to his credit, over people like Jaime Rangel and Daniel Alicea. And he almost boxed his way into the IBF's #2 spot but was beaten on a majority decision by Ricky Quiles. Malignaggi, in terms of his outside-the-ring personality, actually does a one-notch-above-pedestrian imitation of, I don't know, maybe a Hector Camacho; that is, if anybody cared enough to pay attention. [details]

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paulie didn't get stopped by cotto did he?....i thought it was a UD win for cotto.....

[Mr. Ryan]

paulie didn't get stopped by cotto did he?....i thought it was a UD win for cotto.....

Paulie lost a unanimous decision that night.

[Mr. Ryan]

That was a very entertaining article. I don't agree with his stances on Malignaggi, but they are hard to argue with. Malignaggi has no recognizable names on his ledger and has been carried by his personality thusfar. He does have good skills and true heart, but you need to show it on the big stage. Cherry is the one with the better ledger, he brings that to the table as a real threat.

Berto is being matched easy here tonight, Tackie would've been a real test.

[neils7147933]

Good article, but with promoters and pay-per-views and all the boxing networks and legal contracts and declining ratings - it's only reasonable that some "lesser" fights are going to make their way to pay cable.

Unfortunately, one of these lesser fights hasn't risen to a FOY candidate recently. 2007 hasn't been a very good year yet, but there's plenty of chances during the rest of the year. One never knows when they're going to tune into an undercard or a match between "second-tier" fighters and be treated to a classic. Just because someone has a big name doesn't mean that their fight on pay cable or PPV is going to be memorable, or even entertaining.

Remember, the second best fight of 2005 was on the UNDERCARD of Morales-Pacquiao I...