
Video: Pablo Cesar Cano on The Malignaggi Defeat
Bill Emes catches up with Mexican boxer Pablo Cesar Cano to discuss his close split decision loss to WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi.

Bill Emes catches up with Mexican boxer Pablo Cesar Cano to discuss his close split decision loss to WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi.

In the opinion of WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (32-4, 7KOs), Mexican boxer Pablo Cesar Cano (25-2, 19KOs) did not try to make the weight on Friday - when Cano stepped on the scale and he was over the welterweight limit. "In my opinion, I think they took a different approach as far as when they handled the time to make the weight. I don't think they really tried to make the weight after they had time to make the weight," Emes said. "I think figured 'let's not weaken ourselves, let's just try to get a win over Malignaggi instead because a win over Malignaggi is still a win over a name and we don't have a win over a name yet. If we try to make the weight we may weaken ourselves.'"

Paulie won the fight with his jab- at least according to two judges. Paulie landed an avg. of 13 per round (double the wgt. class avg.), throwing 54 per round. Cano landed 44% of his power shots (165 of 378- 14 landed per round), dropping Paulie in round eleven with a chopping right hand. Cano landed 12 power shots per round vs. the then-35 yr. old Erik Morales (9/17/11), losing on a tenth round tko due to cuts.

WBA interim-junior welterweight champion Pablo Cesar Cano (25-2-1, 19KOs) wants a rematch with Paulie Malignaggi (32-4, 7KOs), the WBA's welterweight champion. On Saturday, Malignaggi won a twelve round split decision over Cano, but many of the fans in attendence and some of the ringside reports had scored the fight in favor of the tough Mexican. Cano is not expecting to get a second opportunity against Malignaggi, who is angling to get a lucrative rematch with Ricky Hatton.

Bill Emes catches the post-fight press conference to the Danny Garcia vs. Erik Morales rematch. Hear from Garcia, Richard Schaefer, Paulie Malignaggi, Pablo Cesar Cano, Peter Quillin, Devon Alexander, Randall Bailey, Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam and more.

Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York - WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (32-4, 7KOs) won a very close twelve round split decision over Pablo Cesar Cano (25-2-1, 19KOs). The scores were 118-109 for Cano, 114-113 for Malignaggi and 114-113 for Malignaggi.

67% of Paulie Malignaggi's thrown punches were jabs. He landed nearly double the weight class average. Pablo Cesar Cano is effective with his jab as well and landed 41% of his power shots - against limited opposition other than Erik Morales.

All signs point to go, even if four title fights are now three with Pablo Cesar Cano blowing a title opportunity on the scales. That, of course, is not the real story. The real story is Erik Morales, the future Hall of Famer, testing positive on at least one testing date for a banned diuretic. The show appears to be going on with later clean tests, but the date will rage. For now, we have a fight. We have four.

(From Left to Right) Former world title contender Daniel Jacobs, former Two-Time World Champion Devon Alexander, undefeated #1 rated WBO Middleweight Contender Peter Quillin, WBA Welterweight World Champion Paulie Malignaggi, Unified Super Lightweight World Champion Danny Garcia, President of Golden Boy Promotions Oscar De La Hoya, former Four-Division World Champion Erik Morales, WBA Interim Super Lightweight World Champion Pablo Cesar Cano, unbeaten WBO Middleweight World Champion Hassan N’Dam and IBF Welterweight World Champion Randall Bailey pose on October 18, 2012 in Brooklyn, New York at the final press conference for their October 20, 2012 fights at the brand new Barclays Center where Garcia will defend his world titles against Morales, Malignaggi will defend his world title against Cano, N’Dam will defend his world title against Quillin and Bailey will defend his world title against Alexander, all of which will be televised live on SHOWTIME and Jacobs will face Josh Luteran which will be televised live on SHOWTIME EXTREME. Photos by Rich Kane/Hoganphotos.

At the final press conference, Bill Emes catches up with WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi to discuss his upcoming defense of the belt agains Pablo Cesar Cano.