Diaz vs. Malignaggi

By Peter Wells: With Paulie Malignaggi taking on Juan Diaz tonight in a much anticipated rematch, both fighters came in under the 140lb weight limit, Paulie being 2 ounces heavier. Malignaggi is 26-3 while Diaz is much better at 35-2. It has been very heated and both fighters are raring to go, and so are [...]

By Richie Doyle: Looking through the betting on next weekends fight between Paulie Malignaggi and Juan Diaz, I can’t help but smile that most bookmakers have Paulie Malignaggi at 13/10 to beat Diaz on Saturday night and 2/1 to win by points. To me these are great odds as on further inspection of his last [...]

By Eric Thomas: Former International Boxing Federation light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (26-3, 5 KO’s) and former IBF/WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Diaz (35-2, 17 KO’s) will be fighting a rematch on December 12th at the UIC Pavilion 525 S Racine Ave , in Chicago, Illinois. The last fight took place in Diaz’s home city of [...]

By Eric Thomas: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer made his own comments about the back and forth talk between Juan Diaz and Paulie Malignaggi, saying “Let the facts be the facts, Juan Diaz won the first fight.” Schaefer represents Diaz, who won by a controversial 12 round unanimous decision over Paulie Malignaggi on September [...]

By Liam Santiago: Former world champion, Paul Maliganggi, has reacted angrily after being denied a rematch against Juan Diaz. Diaz’s camp were not happy with the weight demands from Malignaggi, along with money issues. HBO offered £750,000 for the fight to take place, yet, the Diaz camp would not have it.

By Jim Dower: Former lightweight champion Juan Diaz (35-2, 17 KO’s) has reportedly turned down a rematch with Paulie Malignaggi (26-3, 5 KO’s), according to latest news in the boxing world. Apparently, Diaz, 26, has turned down a deal set up by his promoter Golden Boy Promotions to fight Malignaggi in a badly needed rematch [...]

By Dave Lahr: HBO is reportedly interested in putting together a rematch between light welterweight contender Paulie Malignaggi (26-3, 5 KO’s) and Juan Diaz (35-2, 17 KO’s), according to the latest boxing news. However, before a fight between the two could be arranged, a number of things would have to be ironed out, such as [...]

By Eric Thomas: Never-mind that Juan Diaz (35-2, 17 KO’s) was given what many boxing fans consider to be a gift decision by the hometown judges over visiting Paulie Malingaggi last Saturday night, in Houston, Texas. What really concerns me is how shot Diaz looked as a fighter.

By Eric Hernandez: Here we go again another black eye for boxing, yesterday debacle between Paulie “magic man” Malignaggi might have just sent a few more fight fans to MMA. The fight itself was entertaining enough with Malignaggi reminding everyone of Hector Camacho and Juan Diaz playing the part of boom boom Mancini. The fight [...]

By Sam Gregory: Juan Diaz, coming off a ninth round stoppage loss in his last fight with Juan Manuel Marquez in February was back at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas last night for the third time in a row to face Paul Malignaggi in the main event of HBO’s Boxing After Dark triple-header.

By Jason Kim: In a battle of fringe light welterweight contenders, Juan Diaz (35-2, 17 KO’s) defeated former International Boxing Federation light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (26-3, 5 KO’s) by a controversial 12-round unanimous decision. However, Malignaggi appeared to win the fight by at least two rounds.

By Giancarlo Malinconico: Paulie “Magic Man” Malignaggi will have his hands full on August 22 when he faces the “Baby Bull” Juan Diaz in Houston; the fight will be aired on the HBO Boxing After Dark series. Manny Pacuqiao has been criticized for wanting a catch weight in the Cotto fight, but Diaz seems to [...]

By Jim Dower: According to FNF, former lightweight champion Juan Diaz (34-2, 17 KO’s) will be fighting former International Boxing Federation light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (26-2, 5 KO’s) on August 22nd, a fight that will likely take place in Houston, Texas. It’s unknown what weight the fight would occur at, but perhaps 140, which [...]