For a fight that has been nearly swallowed up by trash talk, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that even the trainers are getting involved in voicing strong opinions. That’s what happened on Tuesday during a public workout for the welterweight title bout between Paulie Malignaggi and Adrien Broner when Broner’s trainer, Mike Stafford, predicted that Broner would do away with Malignaggi before the final bell on Saturday.
“I don’t see him going over six,” Stafford said of Malignaggi. “He might be lucky. As you know, Adrien’s knockout ratio is among the highest today.”
In response, Malignaggi barely winced.
“Come get it,” Malignaggi said at the same public workout at Gleason’s Gym in Brooklyn.
But when Broner hinted that he was sleeping with a former girlfriend of Malignaggi’s, even calling her on his cell phone during a press conference last month in Las Vegas and putting her on speaker, it seemed to annoy Malignaggi and elevate the trash talking to a new and painful level heading into their fight on Saturday at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn for Malignaggi’s WBA title. [Click Here To Read More]
“I don’t see him going over six,” Stafford said of Malignaggi. “He might be lucky. As you know, Adrien’s knockout ratio is among the highest today.”
In response, Malignaggi barely winced.
“Come get it,” Malignaggi said at the same public workout at Gleason’s Gym in Brooklyn.
But when Broner hinted that he was sleeping with a former girlfriend of Malignaggi’s, even calling her on his cell phone during a press conference last month in Las Vegas and putting her on speaker, it seemed to annoy Malignaggi and elevate the trash talking to a new and painful level heading into their fight on Saturday at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn for Malignaggi’s WBA title. [Click Here To Read More]
Comment