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Paulie: Ward a more complete fighter than Pacquiao
January, 3, 2012
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By Michael Woods
Boxing fans love to waste time debating the answer to a question which can never be determined: who is the best fighter in the world, pound-for-pound. NYFightBlog asked Paulie Malignaggi if he had a problem with a P4P list which had Andre Ward, the super middleweight standout, at No. 2, behind Floyd Mayweather.
"I think Ward has a very good claim on number two," he said. "It's a mythical thing, an opinion thing but he's got a great claim to that."
Malignaggi thinks Ward might not get as much love from some fans and media as he should because he's not an aggressive stalker type.
"I think he's a more complete fighter than Manny Pacquiao," Malignaggi said. "Pacquiao is more offensive, but he can't fight going back. He's more of a killer offensively, and I think a lot of people fall in love with offensive killers. They see a guy who's an offensive killer and automatically assume he's a complete fighter. Of course, Pacquiao has generated a lot of positive press for our sport and that is something no one can complain about. But Ward can fight going forward, backward, inside, outside."
http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/box...-than-pacquiao
January, 3, 2012
JAN 3
5:05
PM ET
EmailPrintComments
By Michael Woods
Boxing fans love to waste time debating the answer to a question which can never be determined: who is the best fighter in the world, pound-for-pound. NYFightBlog asked Paulie Malignaggi if he had a problem with a P4P list which had Andre Ward, the super middleweight standout, at No. 2, behind Floyd Mayweather.
"I think Ward has a very good claim on number two," he said. "It's a mythical thing, an opinion thing but he's got a great claim to that."
Malignaggi thinks Ward might not get as much love from some fans and media as he should because he's not an aggressive stalker type.
"I think he's a more complete fighter than Manny Pacquiao," Malignaggi said. "Pacquiao is more offensive, but he can't fight going back. He's more of a killer offensively, and I think a lot of people fall in love with offensive killers. They see a guy who's an offensive killer and automatically assume he's a complete fighter. Of course, Pacquiao has generated a lot of positive press for our sport and that is something no one can complain about. But Ward can fight going forward, backward, inside, outside."
http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/box...-than-pacquiao
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