Is it just me or is Paulie...

[GTL]

The thing that makes him limited is his power.

If he even had just a little bit of pop in his punches he could do something.

He is fast, can box, but lacks power to keep these guys off of him.
If he had some sort of pop he would be able to move forward and use his speed and combinations. But at the elite level he cant hurt them for the most part.

His jab looked good against Hatton early, and his right hand was decent. He even landed a few check left hooks, but Hatton was not even phased by them, and he was able to walk through them to Paulie.

If Paulie had any power, Hatton wouldnt be able to just walk in with wreckless abandon, and the fight would have been different.

Hatton would have still won, but it wold have been a bi more competitive.

You basically beat me to it

He has good boxing skills, but the lack of power makes it soo hard to compete at a high level.
I mean, I would keep comming if it didnt hurt, and thats what hatton and cotto did..

Hes got good skills but i think he actually was hurt in that fight tho.. he was always holding, and i think hattons power scared him a bit..

If paulie had pop he wouldnt won that fight tko/ko.. he landed the check hook about 7-8 times cleannn

hatton walked right thru it.. thats so discouraging.. he went into survival mode..

he did well in the fight round tho..

hes a good fighter, and lost to p4p champs..

all in all. good skills, and speed.. NO power..
he should kinda retire and chill now man..
he should promote

[Scott9945]

Hes clearly the second best 140 pounder in the world as of now....thats not that bad.

Uh, no. Not even close. Paulie barely makes the top 10. Prospects like Ortiz or Peterson would probably handle him. Champions like Kotelnik, Bradley, and Holt would win easily.

[COACH WEBB]

Uh, no. Not even close. Paulie barely makes the top 10. Prospects like Ortiz or Peterson would probably handle him. Champions like Kotelnik, Bradley, and Holt would win easily.

[Brandish]

Uh, no. Not even close. Paulie barely makes the top 10. Prospects like Ortiz or Peterson would probably handle him. Champions like Kotelnik, Bradley, and Holt would win easily.

great post paulie only got rasnked so highly due to hatton being with goldenboy. the fact that the ring had paulie as the #1 fighter at 140 is a joke. guy has no pop and limited defense and he gets rated over witter, bradley, holt and torres. more oscar politics. i am glad hatton shut him up and brought him back down to earth

[My Name Is...]

Uh, no. Not even close. Paulie barely makes the top 10. Prospects like Ortiz or Peterson would probably handle him. Champions like Kotelnik, Bradley, and Holt would win easily.

I have to disagree with this post.

Ortiz is a one trick pony, I think that Paulie boxes circles around him. It will be lke the Ngoudjo and NDou fight.

Peterson loses pretty convincingly.

I think Paulie beats all of those guys. The only one I see giving him fits is MAYBE Bradley and Torres. Holt is older, slower, and comes straight in. I think Paulie outboxes and holds his way to a small but unanimous decison.

[paiid-in-full]

Although Malinaggi lacks the power he is a very slick boxer & dangerous for anyone. Paulie is not elite, but he certainly is good.

[COACH WEBB]

Although Malinaggi lacks the power he is a very slick boxer & dangerous for anyone. Paulie is not elite, but he certainly is good.

really? I don't think so

[MELLY-MEL...]

good, but thats it. not elite.

[Southpaw16BF]

To be onest Paulie got were he is mostly due to his image etc loudmouth, flashy, the pretty boy image.Also his hands down flashy style gets attention, and plus Lou Dibella promoted him alot and for me made out he was alot better than he was and also Paulie has got heart, yes there are skills there but overall i do think he done well getting were he got especailly with his bad hands, but his only really convincing performance was against a good solid fighter in N'dou the first fight other than that his title reign was pour got a decsion against Herman Ngoudjo(who he called a f******g bum a few months earlier) in which i thought he lost, and his second defence he reamacthed N'dou in a fight which could of went either way,and then got stripped of the title.And in his other big fights showed heart against Cotto but got his face destroyed and lost a clear decision and went into survial mode after the first couple of rounds against Hatton before getting stopped(towl thrown in).So overall i think Paulie done well getting this far in the sport.

[El Dominicano]

..not a very good fighter? Its like he gets these fights and he sells out about what he is going to do to an opponent, then when he gets in the ring, he is VERY limited. Someone help me out here....

I wouldn't go as FAR as to say that. He is a really good fighter...problem being is he doesn't have respectable power. Maybe he should move down