Paulie Malignaggi Boxing News

By William Mackay: At the recent press conference with WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan and Paulie Malignaggi to announce their May 15th fight at the Madison Square Garden in New York, Golden Boy Promotions president Oscar De La Hoya was positively gushing over his new Golden Boy fighter Khan, saying “We strongly feel Amir [...]

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 [...]

By William Mackay: World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) believes that he could have stopped Juan Manuel Marquez if the 36-year-old Mexican fighter had opted to fight him instead of deciding not to fight the 23-year-old Khan. In an article at Rte Sport, Khan says “Malignaggi was the first choice [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Amir Khan probably has a long ways to go before he’s seen as a premier mega fighter like Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. Khan may never reach that level for one reason or another. Khan will have to face a lot of tough fighters for him to get to that level, [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan will be holding a press conference in London on Friday along with Paulie Malignaggi to announce their May 15th bout at the Madison Square Garden, New York, New York. This will be the 23-year-old Khan’s debut fight, and he wants to make a favorable impression on [...]

By William Mackay: With two months to go before the May 15th bout between WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s), few boxing fans are giving the 29-year-old Malignaggi much of any chance at beating Khan in this fight. It seems that few people think that Malignaggi can win this fight despite how [...]

By William Mackay: Former International Boxing Federation light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (27-3, 5 KO’s) says he wants a rematch with Ricky Hatton, who defeated Malignaggi by an 11th round stoppage in November 2008. The loss, a bitter one for Malignaggi, has stuck to his craw, because he felt that the one-sided fight shouldn’t have [...]

By William Mackay: Despite World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan having never fought in the United States before, there is already a big demand for tickets to his fight against former IBF light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi on May 15th at Madison Square Garden, in New York. In an article at the Guardian, [...]

By Chris Williams: I don’t know about you but I can’t figure out why HBO has opted to show the fight between WBA light welterweight title holder Amir Khan against Paulie Malignaggi on May 15th, yet won’t be showing the March 20th bout between IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko vs. Eddie Chambers. It seems to [...]

By Sean McDaniel: The whole it seems in WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan being put in with former IBF light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi for Amir’s debut fight in the United States is for the British fighter to look good in winning, so as to pick up a bunch of new fans. But will [...]

By Eric Thomas: In his Twitter page, World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) says that his May 15th bout against former IBF light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (27-3, 5 KO’s) is official at the Madison Square Garden, in New York, New York. In his Twitter page, the 22-year-old [...]

By William Mackay: In an interview at Fightfan, Freddie Roach, the trainer for Manny Pacquiao, has some harsh words about former International Boxing Federation light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi. Roach says “We have to fight challengers out there. Mayweather didn’t happen and we couldn’t pick Paulie Malignaggi. You know he’s a little stiff.” Roach probably [...]

By William Mackay: Former International Boxing Federation light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (27-3, 5 KO”s) went into a long rant about WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (27-1, 26 KO’s) on the Leave-it-in-the-ring radio show, saying “People think Khan is ducking Maidana to fight me. When you look at it from this perspective, I’m [...]

By Chris Williams: Although the contracts still haven’t been signed for the proposed fight between World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) and Paulie Malignaggi (27-3, 5 KO’s), it’s looking like this fight will be taking place on May 15th at Madison Square Garden, New York, New York. This will be [...]

By Eric Thomas: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) feels that his planned next opponent Pauli Malignaggi (27-3, 5 KO’s) isn’t as good as him in terms of skills. Khan says “He’s [Malignaggi] not at my level. He has a few good wins in America, but it’s another fight for me and [...]

By William Mackay: World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) was filled with excuses as to why he’s not facing the knockout artist WBA light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (27-1, 26 KO”s) next on May 15th, saying in an article at the Sportinglife “Marcos Maidana was the mandatory, but the WBA [...]

By Eric Thomas: World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan is looking at fighting former IBF light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (27-3, 5 KO’s) on May 15th. Khan had been linked with a fight against 36-year-old Juan Manuel Marquez. However, Marquez’s trainer Nacho Beristain gave an interview yesterday, saying that he didn’t want Marquez [...]

By Chris Williams: Dan Rafael of ESPN is reporting that World Boxing Council welterweight champion Andre Berto (25-0, 19 KO’s) could be facing former IBF light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (27-3, 5 KO’s) on April 10th, possibly at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Berto, 26, was supposed to have fought WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley [...]

By Kirk Jackson: Paulie Malignaggi seems to be one of the more hated fighters in the sport of boxing, or at least by the common boxing fans that actually know of the Magic Man. Actually, there are plenty of people that want to see him disappear. Many may find him repulsive, arrogant, annoying, overly obnoxious, [...]

By Liam Santiago: During their recent spat on social networking website ‘Twitter’, World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan warned former IBF light welterweight champion Paulie Maliganggi not to ‘pus*y out of fighting the Bolton man. The argument between the pair is still being kept alive by Malignaggi on facebook. Khan wrote on twitter, [...]

By Jim Dower: According to Dan Rafael of ESPN, a fight between World Boxing Council welterweight champion Andre Berto and former IBF light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi is being considered for April 10th. That would be an interesting fight except that Berto already fought a light welterweight in his last fight, beating Juan Urango [...]

By William Mackay: It’s still unclear who World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) will select for his next fight on April 17th. The WBA wants Khan to defend his title against WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (27-1, 26 KO’s). However, Khan’s new promotional company Golden Boy Promotions, including [...]

By William Mackay: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN, is looking at matching World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) up against one of the following opponents for his debut fight in the United States on April 10th: Juan Manuel Marquez, Paulie Malignaggi, or [...]

By Sean McDaniel: World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan will be fighting on the undercard of the fight between 40-year-olds Bernard Hopkins vs. Roy Jones Jr. on April 17th, according to news. Khan will either be facing WBA interim champion Marcos Maidana (27-1, 26 KO’s), a knockout artist from Argentina and who boxing [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: It’s looking like WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan is going to sidestep around World Boxing Association interim champion Marcos Maidana and take a safer fight against Paulie Malignaggi. Although this hasn’t been officially confirmed as of yet, it’s looking that’s what the case may. We have various reports that Khan will [...]

By Eric Thomas: According to the Daily Star, World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) will be vacating his WBA crown, and fighting former IBF light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (27-3, 5 KO’s) on May 1st at Madison Square Garden, in New York. Khan was supposed to be facing WBA light [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Former IBF light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (27-3, 5 KO’s) would like nothing better than to fight World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan in the near future. In an article at the Manchesterevening news, Malignaggi had this to say about the prospects of fighting Khan: “My team told me Amir [...]

By Eric Thomas: According to Dan Rafael of ESPN, unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. could be facing a number of potential boxing opponents such as Nate Campbell, Paulie Malignaggi, Kermit Cintron and Timothy Bradley. One opponent that Mayweather won’t be fighting is Matthew Hatton. Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer said there was no truth in the [...]

By Shaun Campbell: Boxingnews24 today reported that Manny Pacquiao is likely defend his WBO welterweight title against Ghanaian Joshua Clottey. The former International Boxing Federation champion Clottey will no doubt be thrilled with the announcement that Pacquiao’s proposed “super fight” with Floyd Mayweather fell through. For boxing fans though it’s a totally different story. [...]

By Kirk Jackson: Amidst all the controversy that has been surrounding the sport of boxing the past couple of months over the whole steroids issue involving Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather and others, the name Paulie Malignaggi has also risen to the surface. Propelled to the front pages of boxing popularity, mainly due to his stance [...]