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.
52 Facts About Paulie Malignaggi
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Paulie 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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Paulie Malignaggi was particularly known for his hand speed, boxing ability, athleticism, and durable chin.
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Paulie Malignaggi spent most of his early days in Syracuse, Sicily.
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Six years later, after Paulie Malignaggi's brother Umberto was born, the family decided to settle back in Brooklyn, but Paulie Malignaggi's father stayed for only a few weeks before returning to Italy.
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Paulie Malignaggi then lived with his grandparents until he got his own home years later.
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Paulie Malignaggi regularly got involved in street fights, using knives and sometimes guns.
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Paulie Malignaggi was eventually expelled from high school for street fights and ditching classes.
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Paulie Malignaggi's grandfather took him to work each day until Malignaggi asked that he be allowed to take up boxing.
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Paulie Malignaggi was given the chance, marking Malignaggi's transition into boxing.
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Paulie Malignaggi fought for his first world title, the WBO light welterweight title against Miguel Cotto.
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Paulie 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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Paulie 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, Paulie 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, Paulie 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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Paulie 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, Paulie 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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Paulie Malignaggi was in control for the first half of the fight, boxing behind his faster and crisper jab.
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Paulie 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, Paulie Malignaggi fought The Ring and IBO Light Welterweight Champion Ricky Hatton.
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Hatton rocked Malignaggi in the second and several other times during the fight, leaving Paulie to hold on, doing exactly what Malignaggi had publicly criticized Hatton for doing, while promoting the fight.
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Paulie 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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Paulie Malignaggi's next fight was against Amir Khan in Madison Square Garden in New York on May 15,2010.
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Paulie Malignaggi was stopped in the eleventh round by the referee.
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On September 28,2010 it was announced that Paulie Malignaggi signed with Golden Boy Promotions.
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Paulie Malignaggi won by ninth-round technical knockout to take the title.
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Paulie 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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Paulie Malignaggi started the fight fast and aggressive, throwing many punches and applying his jab often.
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Paulie Malignaggi landed 120 jabs throughout the fight, but only 94 power punches.
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Paulie Malignaggi then faced five-time champion and fellow Brooklyn native Zab Judah at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on December 7,2013.
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Paulie Malignaggi got up and went to dominate the remainder of the fight en route to a unanimous decision victory.
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Paulie 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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Paulie Malignaggi took on Danny Garcia at Barclays Center, Brooklyn, August 1,2015.
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Paulie 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, Paulie Malignaggi was absorbing a succession of blows as referee Arthur Mercante Jr.
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In front of a sold out crowd of 550, at the Teatro Principe in Milan, Paulie Malignaggi won on points after 8 rounds.
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Paulie 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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Paulie Malignaggi defended his 'King of Brooklyn' belt and local bragging rights.
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At the time of the stoppage, Paulie Malignaggi was ahead on two of the judges' scorecards.
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Paulie Malignaggi said he would be retiring with this being his last fight.
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On March 6,2017 Paulie 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, Paulie 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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Paulie Malignaggi disputed the rumors and announced on Aug 3,2017 he would be leaving Team McGregor.
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Paulie 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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Paulie Malignaggi claimed that in fact over the 12 rounds of sparring he had dominated Conor McGregor.
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Paulie 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 Paulie 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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Paulie Malignaggi has history with Lobov's training partner, Conor McGregor, and the bout between Lobov and Paulie Malignaggi was billed to be a "grudge match" and took place at BKFC 6 on June 22,2019.
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Paulie Malignaggi has featured in print clothing advertisements that have been published in magazines such as Esquire and Playboy.
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Paulie 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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Paulie Malignaggi is currently an award-winning boxing commentator for Showtime, Fox Sports 1, and British network Sky Sports.
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In 2015, Paulie Malignaggi featured in the Blue Bloods episode "Home Sweet Home".