Broner vs. Malignaggi on June 22nd

By Boxing News - 03/11/2013 - Comments

malignaggi34By Steven Ocallaghan: It looks like the proposed fight between WBA welterweight champion “Magic Man” Paulie Malignaggi and Adrien “The problem” Broner is nearly done and rumored to take place on June 22. Malignaggi 32-4 is a relatively light puncher with only 7 stoppages in his career while Broner 26-0 with 22 stoppages does hit heavy. The thing with both guys is that even though they are both fast , they are both quite easy to hit, which I think will play into Broner’s hands.

There is not a lot of height difference between them and weight wise, even though Broner is jumping up a couple of classes they again will be pretty much suited.

This fight for me is the easiest fight for Broner to pick up another belt. Malignaggi is a decent skilled fighter but there is no KO punch. Any time Malignaggi has took on a high class opponent he has came up short.

His last 2 wins for me were fairly unimpressive. Pablo Cesar Cano, who only about 18 months ago lost to the well past his best Eric Morales, and Vyacheslav Senchenko, who was down on all scorecards when he managed to stop a very ring rusty Rick Hatton.

Broner hasn’t been fighting high class names with the exception of Daniel Ponce de Leon and Antonio Demarco, in fairness after a slightly controversial win over Daniel Ponce de Leon he easily and skilfully took care of Antonio Demarco.

This fight for me could see Broner go into the last quarter of the fight when I think he will KO Malignaggi. Broner only really works hard for about a minute in every round. Maybe conserving energy or because of the effect of cutting weight but at least this time there is not really anything to cut and that for me could prove the difference.

Broner is very heavy handed and in the end will stop Malignaggi, who can take a decent shot but does take to much punishment.

All in all Broner will pick up another belt by late KO or stoppage and in turn become a 3 weight world champion.



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