Paul "Paulie" Malignaggi is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2017 and has since worked as a boxing commentator and analyst.
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46 Facts About Paul Malignaggi
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Paul Malignaggi held world championships in two weight classes, including the IBF junior welterweight title from 2007 to 2008, and the WBA welterweight title from 2012 to 2013.
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Paul Malignaggi was particularly known for his hand speed, boxing ability, athleticism, and durable chin.
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Paul Malignaggi then lived with his grandparents until he got his own home years later.
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Paul Malignaggi regularly got involved in street fights, using knives and sometimes guns.
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Paul Malignaggi was eventually expelled from high school for street fights and ditching classes.
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Paul Malignaggi's grandfather took him to work each day until Malignaggi asked that he be allowed to take up boxing.
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Paul Malignaggi was given the chance, marking Malignaggi's transition into boxing.
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Paul Malignaggi fought for his first world title, the WBO light welterweight title against Miguel Cotto.
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Paul Malignaggi suffered a fractured right orbital bone and his jaw was injured, he was taken to Roosevelt Hospital after the fight's outcome was announced.
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Paul Malignaggi got back on track with a unanimous decision victory over Edner Cherry at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, February 17,2007.
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On June 16,2007, Paul Malignaggi defeated Lovemore N'dou via a 12 unanimous decision to win the IBF Light Welterweight Championship at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut.
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On January 5,2008, Paul Malignaggi defended his title against Herman Ngoudjo in a highly competitive match held at Bally's Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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Paul Malignaggi controlled the fight with his jab until he was stunned in the 7th round, but Ngoudjo failed to finish the job.
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On May 24,2008, Paul Malignaggi beat Lovemore N'Dou in a rematch by split decision to retain his IBF title at the City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester, England.
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Paul Malignaggi was in control for the first half of the fight, boxing behind his faster and crisper jab.
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Paul Malignaggi appeared sloppy in the second half of the fight as N'Dou came back to make the fight close.
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On November 22,2008 in the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Paul Malignaggi fought The Ring and IBO Light Welterweight Champion Ricky Hatton.
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Paul Malignaggi was going to fight Mike Alvarado but Mike suffered an elbow injury and withdrew from the fight set for June 27,2009.
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Paul Malignaggi's next fight was against Amir Khan in Madison Square Garden in New York on May 15,2010.
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Paul Malignaggi won by ninth-round technical knockout to take the title.
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Paul Malignaggi then went on to defeat Pablo Cesar Cano via split decision on October 20,2012, on the undercard of the Erik Morales vs Danny Garcia rematch.
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Paul Malignaggi started the fight fast and aggressive, throwing many punches and applying his jab often.
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Paul Malignaggi landed 120 jabs throughout the fight, but only 94 power punches.
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Paul Malignaggi got up and went to dominate the remainder of the fight en route to a unanimous decision victory.
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Paul Malignaggi was scheduled to face Danny O'Connor on May 29,2015 on the Amir Khan vs Chris Algieri undercard when he was forced to withdraw due to a deep cut above his eye he suffered in training.
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Paul Malignaggi was cut above his right eye by the third and had a large welt beneath the right eye by the sixth.
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At the time of the stoppage, at the 2:22 mark of the ninth round, Paul Malignaggi was absorbing a succession of blows as referee Arthur Mercante Jr.
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Paul Malignaggi was supposed to fight 47-year-old Gianluca Branco, however that fell apart after Branco reportedly pulled out of the fight.
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Paul Malignaggi defended his 'King of Brooklyn' belt and local bragging rights.
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Paul Malignaggi said he would be retiring with this being his last fight.
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On March 6,2017 Paul Malignaggi officially announced his retirement from boxing at the age of 36, calling an end to his 16-year professional career.
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In retirement, Paul Malignaggi joined the Team McGregor camp following the announcement of Conor McGregor's August 26,2017 boxing bout against undefeated Floyd Mayweather.
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Paul Malignaggi disputed the rumors and announced on Aug 3,2017 he would be leaving Team McGregor.
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Paul Malignaggi called for the full video of the sparring session to be released to show what actually took place, claiming he was pushed and never knocked down during the 12 round session.
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Paul Malignaggi claimed that in fact over the 12 rounds of sparring he had dominated Conor McGregor.
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Paul Malignaggi was part of the Showtime broadcast team, before being removed over race comments related to a former statement by boxer Devin Haney.
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On March 7,2019, news surfaced that Paul Malignaggi had signed an exclusive contract with Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship and he made his debut in June 2019 against Artem Lobov.
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Paul Malignaggi has history with Lobov's training partner, Conor McGregor, and the bout between Lobov and Paul Malignaggi was billed to be a "grudge match" and took place at BKFC 6 on June 22,2019.
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Paul Malignaggi has featured in print clothing advertisements that have been published in magazines such as Esquire and Playboy.
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Paul Malignaggi had a small role in the 2003 film Undefeated, and had a feature documentary on his life leading up his fight with Miguel Cotto, entitled Magic Man, which later aired on Showtime.
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Paul Malignaggi is currently an award-winning boxing commentator for Showtime, Fox Sports 1, and British network Sky Sports.
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In 2015, Paul Malignaggi featured in the Blue Bloods episode "Home Sweet Home".
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