Paulie Malignaggi vs. Adrien Broner: who wins?

[Ringlife]

Malignaggi gets caught by Broner in this one. Broner by KO.

[SouthPawAngle]

It'll be interesting to see how Broner deals with the movement and speed but also how he deals with the weight gain.

I think Paulie has slipped a bit recently and his defense is no longer as good and he's just generally not as sharp. I'll take Broner by unanimous decision 8-4 right now. He'll find his rythmn and begin to land hard shots towards the end. He has nothing to fear from Paulie I don't think.

He was 150 in the ring vs Rees...There will be no weight gain lol. He's just not going to cut as much. This is great for Broner so he won't need a fat camp to get down to weight before he starts training.

[4Corners]

To be completely 100% honest, I expect Paulie's movement and high volume jab to cause Broner some problems for the first few rounds. Broner won't stop Paulie, I think we'll see a significant decrease at 147 in Broner's power. He'll still have enough to hurt you, but not like it did at 130-135. Broner by UD, 9-3 or so.

[yuppie]

What? They are fighting, it's quite an obvious thread to make.

The only thing that's silly is the poll option Malignaggi by KO

Paulie has two stoppages at welter, dont be hating on his power.

[RichCCFC]

Broner is pretty flat footed and not great at boxing from range.

Paulie WILL give him trouble but you got to expect Broner to win.

[freudianslip]

Pillow fists from a few years back might have had a chance to keep it competitive, I don't see Paulie doing much to deter Adrien Broner at this point. Paulie will keep things interesting for a few rounds but Broner ultimately walks through him and wins a lopsided UD thus winning against the weakest champ at 147. Once he wins I hope he goes on to tougher oposition, maybe (though unlikely, I see him forcing the 140 guys to go up and fight him instead of the other way around) drop back down to 140 for big fights.

[Ryn0]

He has two TKO victories at WW, and another ref might've stopped the Cano fight due to the cut (a Klitschko doc definitely would) so it's unlikely, but not impossible.

As to the fight, I genuinely don't know who is going to win. Broner is obviously the favorite but there's no telling if his power carries up and how he handles the two class weight jump.

I don't think he stops Malignaggi but even if Malignaggi wins by decision I don't think he gets the decision.

Paulie makes too many defensive mistakes and doesn't have the right hand to keep Broner's defence busy.

The Hatton/Khan fight shows good feet and a solid jab give Paulie major problems, Broner is far more defensively gifted than Hatton/Khan. I don't think Power will play into it too much for Broner even if it doesn't carry. But he will be hitting Paulie inside far too much, Broner doesn't have the best feet but he certainly has enough to give Paulie headaches.

If Paulie wants to win he has to expose Broners wide stance, he doesn't have the movement Mayweather had when he was younger. But it needs consistancy through 12 rounds. Paulie is very on/off. Against Cano he looked frankly awful, we'll see but I think Broner is going to win this handily.

EDIT: after watching a bit more footage I'm more hesitant. I think Paulie has a shot if he can move consistantly over 12 rounds.

[turkas]

I'd love to see Paulie take this one, hell he's one of my favorite fighters out there.

However, this is a really tough match up for him. I'll be rooting hard for him, but it'll be extremely tough for him.

[Barry Halls]

Broner but i think Malignaggi give a good effort.

9-3 or 8-4 kind of decision. No stoppage.

[Divine Hammer]

easy opportunity for broner to become a three weight world champion.