Comments Thread For: Paulie Malignaggi - The 'Magic Man' Decides To Call it a Day

[True-Boxing-Fan]

He won the IBF belt at 140 and the WBA belt at 147. C+ fighters do not hold WBC/WBA/IBF world championships in multiple weight divisions.

He beat Juan Diaz and Zab Judah, who were good fighters, and he went on the road to knockout Senchenko for the WBA Welterweight Championship of the World.

These are not things that C+ level fighters do.

Yes, he had had C+ level physical skills, but A+ heart and A+ intelligence.

Remember who he beat for the titles? A washed up N'Dou who was the absolute weakest 140lbs champ at the time and he beat Senchenko(who?) for the 147lbs title was the weakest at the time also and prolly the weakest 147lbs champ in history. How bad do you have to be to let a smaller guy with ZERO power beat you and stop you for the 147lbs title. WTF

Malignaggi was a C+ fighter at best but he did get a lot out of his major short comings, which is an accomplishment in itself.

[nycsmooth]

The 2 best things he had going for him was his mouth and speed other than that he was average nothing more I'd like to see him really be off TV ...

[Verus]

yes i agree he made the most of what he had but what people seem to ignore is that he was also handed a lot of opportunities that he de didnt deserve. anyone can get beat up by the best but why should the same guy keep getting beat up? they built him up with crappy fights in order to get another shot and he lost. repeat over 10 years. only difference this time he couldnt even beat sam eggington although in the past he couldnt beat ngoudjo or cano but they gave him the decision to keep that big fight beatdown in the bag. im sure if he did beat egginton he would be fighting thurman or spence next and everyone would be saying paulie is so tough, etc...eric crumble is tough and he did it for next to no money. anyone can get beat up for money.

Yep. Good points. He was beatable and marketable so he was a perfect tuneup and provided good visibility for the better fighters. He did trash talk his way into high profile fights and got a lot farther with his limited ability than better fighters did. As a reward, he took his beatings and got well paid. Unfortunately, TV is all about entertainment and only secondarily about boxing. Pauli is an entertainer. Better but inarticulate boxers got shoved aside. As my old man would say, "that guy was a talker."

[SUBZER0ED]

I always thought that Paulie was a very skilled fighter, who unfortunately had bad hands. Imagine being a fighter who can't punch, because it kills your hands! Still, he was able to make his mark in the sport. His love for & knoweldge of boxing should bode well for him during his commentator career.

[wileyhemi]

No disrespect but he was C+ level at best, never beat a good fighter during his career, was a stepping stone for the real fighters like Garcia, Porter, and Khan and that's about it

Yeah, stopping a guy who ko'd Rickie Hatton is ho hum for a C+ fighter

[daggum]

Yeah, stopping a guy who ko'd Rickie Hatton is ho hum for a C+ fighter

yes it is ho hum since hatton had been retired for 3 and a half years, was coming off a devastating ko loss, and fighting at 147 where he always looked terrible.

[yoshik]

Props to Paulie and what he did in boxing. Now if he could just put a muffler on his mouth...

[Sadiqkingofko]

Yeah, stopping a guy who ko'd Rickie Hatton is ho hum for a C+ fighter

A fat and three year retired Ricky Hatton coming off a KO loss to a flyweight??

[fightfanjoe]

Give the man his credit. And if you haven't heard his podcast, I recommend you check it out.

[TheCell8]

Paulie aka "The Last bum" , "The one true bum" and now the "Magic bum".