Malignaggi says no one knows Khan in the U.S.
March 12th, 2010
By William Mackay: Paulie Malignaggi (27-3, 5 KO’s) sees himself as the main draw in his May 15th fight against World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s). In an article at the Guardian, Malignaggi says “[Khan’s] not known in the U.S. yet. He hasn’t fought in the U.S. yet, son how are they going to know him? Every time people come up to me and say Hey, Paulie, who are you going to fight? And I say Miguel Cotto or Ricky Hatton or Juan Diaz and the go ‘Wow.’ But when I say this guy’s [Khan] name, they say, ‘Who’s that?’ They ask is he a contender and I have to tell them he’s a world champion.”
Additionally, HBO will be showing Khan’s fights in the future, as long as he keeps winning and can get by Malignaggi. It’s easy to see why Malignaggi bristles at Khan getting treated well and getting a lot of the attention.
However, what Malignaggi fails to see is that Khan has been a big fish in a small pond in England for the past five years since he turned pro after winning the Silver Medal in the 2004 Olympics.
Malignaggi points out that Khan hasn’t even fought anyone in the U.S., and feels that he and Khan are at the same level because of his inexperience at fighting here.
Malignaggi is overlooking that Khan has a bit more power than him, and has a little bit better hand speed. But beyond those two things, there’s not much to separate the two fighters other than Malignaggi’s better experience at higher age. Malignaggi feels that Khan will be known after their fight on May 15th, and that next time people see him in the U.S., they’ll see him as the fighter that was beaten by Malignaggi.
Khan isn’t happy with the trash talking that Malignaggi has done and vows to take it out on Malignaggi in the ring when they fight. Khan realizes it’s gamesmanship by Malignaggi, but says he doesn’t want to get involved with that kind of thing.
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come on no one knows Khan? well he happened to have a championship belt that he won? obviously people that only know big name fighters are the one the overhear other peple talking about them and know them or they bet of the big fights are the one that do not know him and as oscar said Khan is the upcoming big thing pretty strong and quick…
@ Oli. 90% of fans will certainly not be cheering for Malignaggi, it’s just that your hatred for Khan clouds your judgement. Malignaggi has very little chance of beating Khan, why did you think Paulie was chosen for Khan’s first fight in the states?
@Bruno….no offense taken brother, Kahn is a young and upcoming fighter with good skills and maybe he might turn out to be something special in the future, I wish him all the luck in the world, he’s a young guy giving it his all. Haye on the other hand is offensive and a disgrace to any professional sport. There is some developing talent coming from over there and I as one welcome it very much, and that is not to forget the many great fighters the UK has given boxing and it is now just getting better for you guys, the future looks good for UK boxing.
That’s not accurate. Contrary to… uhmm… what’s his name???… says…. I give up…. I really don’t know who said it, but the fact is that Khan is more popular than this… what’s his face.
Patpump no offence meant. You do care about Haye and Khan as you keep mentioning them. I know you think Ruiz will beat Haye and Paulie will beat Khan and Chambers will beat Vlad. I think you might have a biased viewpoint here. I for one am not convinced.
Oh yeah one more thing BRUNO, No we don’t care about Kahn or Haye, they don’t mean anything over here.
@ Bruno….We as Americans allways looked at you English as Brothers….we lost too many good men in two wars over there for you to be talking like that……Lets argue boxing instead.
a skill corroded marco antonio barrera is still better than malinaggi,
i am no khan fan but he’s got way to much for paul ‘daniels’ malinaggi.
could amir khan go 12 rounds with “pre-margarito” miguel cotto with a fractured cheek and cut eye? amir khans fought n beat nothing but ex bouncers n part time plumbers…oh and a skill corroded barrera via headbutt, malignaggi’s resistance to punishment is far greater than khan’s who’s chin gave out in 57 seconds to bredis prescotts left lol….if… See more golden boy dont influence the scorecards/referee imma say malignaggi UD because malignaggi cant nessessarily beat elite power punchers but he can hang with em 12 consecutive rounds but amir obviously can’t because he’s been stunned n dropped by lighter hitters than malignaggi lmao
@Daud – you’re kidding yourself if you think Brits coming over here is for anythin other than money.
Also you need a history lesson! But not the warped propaganda the American school system pumps out. And before you ask I am a Brit living in America so I know exactly what I am talking about.
Anyway onto the fight – Im looking forward to it, got my ticket yesterday in the presale. Just need to decide who I want to win now!
Dont even bring that war sh*t up Us only entered when it suited em period
Look at what paulie has fought, then look at who khna has fought. To me there is still a large gulf in class and top level experience here. In new york paulie should outclass khan to a UD. But with Khans god awful chin, you CANNOT rule out Khan being stopped even by paulie.
End of the day, 90% of fans watching this fight, British or otherwise, will be cheering for Paulie
@ all the Brits especially Bruno we don’t know where Britain is because we don’t need to. not never hear about American fighters trying to make it in Britain but the Brits want to make it here. fact is Americans don’t know about Khan and remember who saved who in WWII
Khan has the belt Paulie is the challenger. Your average American doesn’t know where Britain is. I don’t think that Paulie should receive more money because of that. It seems a bit strange to have so many world champions at that weight but who is responsible for that? Khan hasn’t fought a top grade US fighter yet, so it is a test. Paulie is trying to inject more interest into the fight so you can’t knock him for that. Just like David Haye would. This will also be a test for Paulie. Khan has good power as well as speed and has been sparring with Pacman. Salita being a friend of Paulie maybe could give him a tip or two.
i dont like malignagie,but hes got a hell of a chin.the fight against hatton should never have been stoped,and the shots he took from cotto prove it,and hatton and cotto have way more power than khan.if a ko gets scored it will be khan that get kod,if limond got robbed of a ko over khan,malignagie has as much of a chance.i cant realy see a ko happening tho in the end i think khan will win via a controversial decision.
you guys dont know what youre talking about, im no khan fan, but to call malignaggi average would be a very generous compliment. true khan has no chin, but malignaggi has no power and khan will be way too much for him, time to go back to the club circuit after this one pauly.
just shows how ignorant americans are
your so stupid…. why make comments that just arnt true”khan has a bit more power than mallignaggi”…… khan ko ratio 22 fights with 16 kos and mallignaggis ko ratio 27 fights with 5 kos….. your obviously either ignorant or just a cheap wrtiter trying to get a rise out of people like scot gilfoid. plus why does pauli gare ahos the biggest draw??? if he was a man and a warrior like he says he is surly he would just care about winning!!
LMAO @ dayyammmm
what did malignaggi do against ricky hatton he fought like a bum, khan too fast too strong khan all the way mate
People will know Khan in the US straight after he takes powder puff Paulie to school.
Paulie’s a tool, but he’s right on this. Khan isn’t known at all in the US. Hell, ask any average Joe on the street what comes to mind when you mention the name Khan, and they’ll probably tell you, “Star Trek?”
AMIR IS ALL HYPE.
unitll khan fights a top rier fighter with good power and speed and beats him, thats the only time i’ll say ok khan uv got it!
just because khan SPARS with pac man dont mean jack!
amir khan knock malignaggi take my word if u dont know amir u dont know boxing khan spar with pacquaio his speed fast like his buggati mannn telling u pauli u gatta watch kidd and stick youn under your mouth mann im telling its comming …
I really want paulie to win, i really dislike khan he is over hyped and over rated. They go on about oh paulie has only 5ko’s he’s a weak puncher but look at the boxers he’s faced he’s fought some pretty good boxers who can take a punch. Khan has fought pub fighter and part time taxi drivers hell i could even knock those boxers out who khan has fought.
I will be really shcoked if khan manages to knock paulie out, if cotto couldnt do it what chance has khan got! I can see khan winning on points but i’ll be cheering for paulie!!
I don’t like Khan, but Paulie is an idiot too. People don’t know him here in the states because he’s from another country. Unknown in the U.S. doesn’t mean not a good fighter. I would rather have Paulie win just because Khan ducked Maidana. I don’t like you Paulie, but I’ll be rooting for you to school Khan.
oops! double post
who cares what mallignaggi says or thinks, the guy is an absolute clown, he rambles on like a gossiping woman on the phone after taking a big bag of speed and watching eastenders, what a gonk
who cares what mallignaggi says or thinks, they guy is an absolute clown, he rambles on like a gossiping woman on the phone after taking a big bag of speed and watching eastenders, what a gonk
The khan i know got ko’d by prescot due to a weak chin this kid has. I bet that pauly with ko him late rounds, me knowing that he isnt a solid puncher, khan will get tired and eventually his chin wont hold long.
I could care less who wins this fight, but face it Paulie, youre the opponent. They wouldnt have selected you if they thought youd win. Accept it. Live with it and kick his but.
Khan is a very good fighter. If you don’t know who Khan is, obviously you don’t watch boxing that much….He might be unknown in the US since everyone only watch what’s on PPV…Paulie might be on top of his game but so does Khan…
what ever happens here i could bet my mortgage khan wont score a ko.
Paulie is too quick, too experienced and is on top of his game, Paulie wins by UD or late round TKO. and he’s right Kahn is unknown here and will stay unknown.
Really looking forward to this fight! I like paulie but i’m certain khan will put him away with ease. Also khan hasn’t fought in the US so he is obviously unknown, but in a few years he’ll be the main attraction!
Paulie will get the biggest surprise of his boxing career. Khan will knock him out in five rounds. If he keeps sticking out his tongue just like he did with Juan hes gonna look for it in the canvas. Amir is just too powerful for Paulie.