
Video: Cunningham Talks Mayweather-Cotto, Malignaggi
Ryan Burton catches up manager/trainer Kevin Cunningham to discuss the next move for welterweight contender Devon Alexander, and more.
Paulie Malignaggi: record, next fight and profile →

Ryan Burton catches up manager/trainer Kevin Cunningham to discuss the next move for welterweight contender Devon Alexander, and more.

With all the boxing stars in attendance at this weekend’s ‘Ring Kings’ event in Las Vegas, Brooklyn’s Paulie Malignaggi has still stood out in drawing a special kind of buzz. This past weekend, Malignaggi pulled off a notable upset as he traveled to Vyacheslav Senchenko’s hometown of Donetsk, Ukraine and captured the WBA welterweight championship with a one-sided 9th round TKO.

Kevin Cunningham, the manager/trainer of welterweight contender Devon Alexander (23-1, 13KOs), would love to see his fighter get matched with the new WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (31-4, 7KOs).

MGM Grand, Las Vegas - The stars are starting to pour into Las Vegas for this Saturday's big junior middleweight fight between undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26KOs) and WBA 154-pound king Miguel Cotto (37-2, 30KOs). Some of the star witnessed walking around include unbeaten heavyweight Seth Mitchell, WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi, WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward and several others.

It was a packed scene at the weigh-in for Saturday night’s ‘Ring Kings’ event at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, headlined by the Floyd Mayweather-Miguel Cotto junior welterweight title fight. Such luminaries as Bernard Hopkins, Erik Morales, Roy Jones Jr., Paulie Malignaggi, Andre Ward, Harold Lederman, Roger Mayweather, Devon Alexander, Zab Judah, and several others were on hand to make for a lively environment.

Former IBF welterweight champ Jan Zaveck has called out newly crowned WBA 147-pound beltholder Paulie Malignaggi. "Paulie, respect for the fight! Do you have enough courage to take me for your next opponent?" Zaveck asked via Twitter.

WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi does not view Miguel Cotto (37-2, 30KOs) as a hopeless underdog on Saturday night, when the Puerto Rican superstar defends his WBA junior middleweight title against Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26KOs).

Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer doesn't understand why promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport is consistently calling for fights with Golden Boy promoted boxers, through the press and social networks, but never actually initiates any direct negotiations.

Welterweight Paulie Malignaggi has only just set foot back in his native New York following his WBA title victory over Vyacheslav Senchenko in the Ukraine and the ‘Magic Man’ is already finds himself a wanted man after becoming a two-weight world champion.

One of the most colorful characters in the sport of boxing had a memorable Saturday as Paulie Malignaggi claimed the WBA welterweight championship after scoring a 9th round TKO over Vyacheslav Senchenko in his opponent’s hometown of Donetsk, Ukraine.