How many of you thought Malignaggi was the real deal before he faught Cotto?

[The Scientist]

Malignaggi still is the real deal. So what if he lacks power, he is still exciting to watch. He has tremendous speed & heart, but that gains you no respect with some people around here.
The night of the Hatton fight he didn't seem like himself at all. He seemed the be afraid to throw his mangled right hand. I think he realizes that he is entered a point in his career where he just has to let his hands go or hang it up. I have faith in him and I'm looking forward to his fight with Juan Diaz in August.

Unfortunately his delicate hands have always been his bane. The fella has heart there is no denying that as demonstrated in his fight against Cotto. I just think the sequential injuries to his hands are what keep him from unleashing productive offense, and that obviously hurts his performance.

[TredKiller]

i thought he was an OK boxer,

but he looked like a pretty boy who had
never had a fight in his life.

[COACH WEBB]

I had heard a lot about the guy, but when I saw him fight all the stuff that I heard didn't seem to match up. As a matter of fact, I made a few threads about the guy some time back because I was asking WHO was he. He did a lot of talking leading up to that Cotto fight, but I will commend him for being tough. Cotto basically killed the guy, but he never quit and he fought to the end. So, he has earned my respect as being a tough guy.

[daggum]

why does this guy get so much hype. look at his resume.

he lost to cotto but put up a good fight and hatton dominated him
best win and performance is over lovemore ndou in the first fight
razor close fights against ngoudjo and lovemore ndou(second fight) guys who aren't even top fighters

bradley already beat 2 top 5 guys in witter and holt and yet malignaggi still lands big fights on hbo cause he's a ****y new yorker who pretends he's good.

at least juan diaz will beat him into retirement.