How can a boxing champion lose to MMA guy with a negative record?

[Greg House]

The other dude had 3 tko in 29 fights, t-rex arms and a negative record on MMA. Paulie couldn't have found someone easier to beat from the MMA world. Even if it's not boxing, bare knuckle boxing is still much closer to boxing than to MMA. No knees, kicks, elbows, takedowns, trips, jiujitsu, etc...

And I know he is retired and past his prime but the other dude is literally a bum even by MMA standards. A negative record. He was never good and never will be. What if he had faced a good MMA fighter instead? Paulie was at some point one of the best in his division. Where did all the technique go? Is that giant gap in technique between boxers and MMA strikers nullified by just clinching and not using gloves? Or is that "gap" not as giant as we thought?

[IceTrayDaGang]

it's just punching man, aint no secret to it. if we're both punching, we're bound to hit each other. not sure why the boxing experts on here was making such a big deal like paulie was gonna go in there and completely school the mma guy.

if you can throw a punch then you will most likely land on your opponent at one point in the fight. yes, boxers does have better technique at throwing a punch but the boxing experts was making it seemed like its some sweet science shiiet on how to throw a punch lol.

[Eff Pandas]

With some fairness to Paulie his story does check out. He won the 1st round. He won the 2nd round. He broke his hand in the 2nd round. And he was done & didn't win another round after he broke his hand. \

But yea there is no arguing this isn't a awful look for Paulie specifically & to a much lesser degree boxing.

You gotta give this new sport respect doe. This isn't boxing. This isn't MMA. This is a whole new thing & to some extent Paulie & Artem were just the canary in the coolmine of BK fighting strategy, risk potential, upside & future for others in this sport. Paulie probably took too much of a risk & this was more of an opportunity for the still searching for a name of his own outside of McConor's towel boy so this was a no lose situation for him. And things often work out for a guy with something to prove over the guy with a name who's in it for the money when its in some new sphere. Its not as extreme as Toney going to the UFC, but its not that different either.

[Worick]

It's easy, you just have to be paulie

[JERMELL_CHARLO_]

The other dude had 3 tko in 29 fights, t-rex arms and a negative record on MMA. Paulie couldn't have found someone easier to beat from the MMA world. Even if it's not boxing, bare knuckle boxing is still much closer to boxing than to MMA. No knees, kicks, elbows, takedowns, trips, jiujitsu, etc...

And I know he is retired and past his prime but the other dude is literally a bum even by MMA standards. A negative record. He was never good and never will be. What if he had faced a good MMA fighter instead? Paulie was at some point one of the best in his division. Where did all the technique go? Is that giant gap in technique between boxers and MMA strikers nullified by just clinching and not using gloves? Or is that "gap" not as giant as we thought?

Lobov has been in shape / training until being released by the UFC early 2019 last fight was a year ago while Paulie was inactive for like 2 years + Too much running during the fight, should of jabbed @ least if his right hand was broken & wasted it when it was healthy by not going after the weakest parts of the head.

[TRTboy]

Cause people dont know **** about fighting period.

How anyone didnt see a dude who hits like a 10 yr old girl who has breaks his hand the moment it makes contact with a pillow win in a bareknuckle fight is beyond me.

I dont even know what people thought was going to happen. Malignaggi is weak as baby ****. I'd take a bunch of UFC girls in a bare knuckle fight against him for real

[Robbie Barrett]

Punch like a girl and have brittle hands, that's how. A boxer with a bit of power would have ****ed Lobov up with the 1-2 Malignaggi landed in the 2nd.

[Blue54]

Paulie is well past it and like they said before he has weak punching power. He has been in some brutal fights over the years and is finnished but he was never a true elite to begin with honestly he C+ or maybe just maybe B- if that.

[ShoulderRoll]

Paulie broke his hand and stopped throwing punches. That's how.

Even then some people still felt he did enough to win anyway.

[PRINCEKOOL]

I want to see a rematch, Malignaggi should do the rematch.