Comments Thread For: DiBella Sees Garcia-Malignaggi As ‘Very Tough Fight’

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Lou DiBella knows as well as anyone that underestimating Paulie Malignaggi’s ability to upset Danny Garcia on Saturday night would be a mistake.

DiBella promoted Malignaggi for much of the brash Brooklyn native’s 14-year pro career and closely watched him overcome odds numerous times on his way to becoming a two-division world champion. The 34-year-old Malignaggi (33-6, 7 KOs) hasn’t fought since Shawn Porter (26-1-1, 16 KOs) knocked him out in the fourth round of their April 2014 welterweight title fight in Washington, D.C., but DiBella believes he’ll still give Garcia (30-0, 17 KOs) trouble in their 12-round main event Saturday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn (ESPN; 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT).
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[beast702]

Can Paulie outbox Danny? Yes but will he? No. As much as I'd like to see Garcia lose this isn't the fight. I'll take Garcia by KO. He definitely has something to prove. Too bad it isn't someone that's still in their prime.

[285Kid]

Danny need to end this quick

[King_]

[Bring It On]

LOL @ retired Paulie being "real-deal welterweight".

[BrometheusBob.]

They trying to make sure they got the very tough fight story well prepared when this turns out to be another Garcia/Peterson or Garcia/Herrera. Would have just looked better to fight someone with a pulse.

[Fetta]

So do I.

Garcia has problems with boxers and Paulie is just that.

Like both fighters so im excited

[bigdunny1]

This is a lose lose situation for Danny. By picking such a weak opponent who is feather fisted and coming of a long layoff and a complete embarrassing beatdown loss if he wins nobody will care people will still say he should of lost to Herrera and Peterson and why ain't he giving those guys rematches. And if he struggles with Paulie he will get crushed by fans.

This is what happens when you have a string of robberies and fight bum fighters.

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

A retired, shot to **** Paulie.... yea sure.

All those people saying this could be a tough fight for Garcia are just setting up the damage control just in case he does struggle.

If Garcia struggles with Paulie then he might as well hang them up.

[Eff Pandas]

I think that quote got cut short. "(Garcia vs Malignaggi) is a very tough fight to sell".

Respect to both guys. Like them both as people & boxers, but wtf man if this ends up being a compelling fight it just says more about Garcia's future then this particular fight.