Wait....Paulie Malignaggi Speaks Spanish?!?!?!

[Tay Roc]

As if anybody needed any more reasons to like Paulie Malignaggi.

This times juan million.

[KingTito]

A good businessmen move IMO, now I wonder if he can speak Italian
I was kind of confused when it said he was going to be on there because I thought he'd be standing around smiling and nodding

He speaks Italian. He was the translator for Branco's corner in the Cotto fight.

[MikeRo1972]

Impressive...

[La_Vibora]

I am not surprised I already knew he was fluent in Italian from this video:



Italian is pretty similar to Spanish, in fact I actually understand Italian fairly decently due to my knowledge of Spanish. Speaking of which, I have been going back and forth on which language I want to take up, Portuguese or Italian.

[Bretty Poy32]

spanish, french, english, italian, portuguese, german, etc they all have similarities with different pronunciation.

two, dos, deux, due, zwei

[HandsOfPlaster]

Damn, I seriously had no clue. I know he's full blooded Italian and there are some similarities, but he speaks better spanish than some Spanish fighters trying to speak English. Props to him

In a recent interview, Paulie said after Cotto caught him with a left hook, he suddenly was able to speak Spanish and dance Salsa. He called it the "hand of Padre."

[Tay Roc]

In a recent interview, Paulie said after Cotto caught him with a left hook, he suddenly was able to speak Spanish and dance Salsa. He called it the "hand of Padre."

Sup with that AV? I think you need to type no **** or pause after every post.

[_original_]

That caught me off guard, Paulie's a cool guy.

[HandsOfPlaster]

Sup with that AV? I think you need to type no **** or pause after every post.

No need... I am biggin up myself in one of my many home videos with unsuspecting Dominican big-assed freaks. "The Dialator Vol. VI

[RL_GMA]

It's still not impressive. Italian and spanish are quite similar languages so if you're already fluent in italian and is interested in learning how to speak spanish then it's not very hard.

That's not entirely true. I speak fluent Spanish and can understand "a bit" of Italian, but there is quite a difference when you're dealing with the actual vocabulary and how certain words / phrases are expressed. Similar yes, but two genuinely different languages with different dialects especially dealing with how South Americans and Caribbean people speak Spanish (much different than Italian). I have no doubt Paulie had some teaching as he's aiming at a Full time career as a Commentator after he retires, but I don't think he knew Italian and just said "Yea I know Spanish cause I'm Italian".