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Too late. Hatton was the "make or break fight" for Paulie.
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Paulie, your already BROKEN.
This isn't a "make or break" fight, its a bum because these are the only guys you can beat.Comment
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Salim Hernan (i htink thats how you spell it) is the new trainer.
This is a make or break fight, even if it was a world title fight, but its against a guy with the record of Fernandez you lose, you just got to retire.
I think he will put 2008 behind him, was a pooor year and go on to the world titles fights by the end of the year.Comment
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He lost to Cotto fired his trainer and then he lost to Hatton and fired his trainer. I hate Buddy, but Paulie's got no argument here.Comment
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i hope paul can get back on track after the hatton fight. Maybe a move to 147 in the near future. If he wins a few fights at 140 which he is soposed to win then he should be in line for a couple fights against the best at 147. Berto, Urango, Collazo. Cintron.Comment
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Paulie's boring and worst of all he can't punch. He is a C level fighter at this point. I don't see how McGirt is to blame. He can't force Paulie to let his hands go...Comment
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I don't think Malignagi will ever get a belt again. It's too bad he didn't have some power. If he had a really good punch to add to his arsenal, he'd be awesome.Comment
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Hey jexy , nice avatar i made that graphic.
I've worked with a member or two of Team Malignaggi fer 2 years just prior to the Hatton fight. Did his ******* site, helped with things like that. I didnt collect no money or nothin just did it because i was able and Paulie is one of my favorite boxers. I remember having conversations with a member of his team on various occasions talking about Paulie wanting the Hatton fight when i first started. Paulie really wanted Hatton. In fact i talked alot with one of his team members and it was always about Boxing, and rarely about what kind of work they needed me to do for them. Paulie looked real good against Edner and great in his first fight against N'dou. From there he had sub-par performances leading up to the Hatton fight. I knew how bad Paulie wanted Hatton but could tell he wasn't ready. He wasn't throwing his right hand nearly enough no body work, he was trying to win his fights on jabs, and some occasional combos. He just lacked to show any sort of ability to keep Hatton at bay. The first round of the fight it looked like Paulie could mos def beat Hatton. And we all saw what happened from there. I ironic as it was, went away during the fight fer some trouble i got into and couldnt help the team at the time. And i remember making a phone call the next day to find out what happened, and i always had hope and thought paulie COULD beat Hatton. But i wasnt suprised when i heard the news. I watched the fight later on. Bottom line, Paulie has come up short to World Class opposition. Hatton and Cotto. I wouldn't call his Wins from Bums. Thats clearly ignorant. He beat some good prospects soundly working up to the Cotto fight and earned that fight. He showed a ton of heart and determination in that fight. Beat Edner Cherry a solid gatekeeper, contender as is/was Lovemore N'dou. And Herman Ngdoujo was a hot prospect when Paulie fought him. Beating Jose Luis Castillo(well should have) as well as Randall Bailey. My question is where is the Paulie that faught Miguel Cotto? If he is broken, thats where it happened. Paulie not only showed tremendous heart. He threw punches. Right hands, uppercuts. He boxed extremely well. Cotto was dried out at 140 but thats neither here nor there. Paulie just hasn't shown what it takes to be what he wants to be since that Cotto fight.
Paulie has what i think is the best jab in boxing or at least top 5. But he needs to throw that right hand, he needs to put combos together again, and throw behind the jab like he used to. He don't have power we know this. But he can box with the best. Paulie was at the least discouraged in the Hatton fight. Fighting a "bum" like this is what Zab Judahs been doin inbetween getting starched by belt holders. And he's still gettin title shots. Judahs a washed up punk. Paulie talks, thats Paulie. But he's a humble dude. I would think hes re-evaluated where he's at, otherwise Paulie would have called it quits. He obviously believes he got somethin left, i think so to. Buddy McGirt ruined Gatti's career and as "Great" of trainer as he is has ruined many. I knew this was a bad move from the get go. So all you haters wanna throw Paulie under the bus. Thats fine. I'll watch on 4/25. And decide after.Comment
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