Malignaggi considering retirement, talks about Khan loss

By Jim Dower: Just days after being stopped in the 11th round by World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan last Saturday night, Paulie Malignaggi is now sounding like he’s considering retirement from boxing. On his Twitter page, Malignaggi had this to say about the fight and his future: “I honestly don’t know what I will do now, I have a lot of thinking to do, I will take along vacation and re-evaluate life. I’m just happy and blessed that my life turned out the way it did. Will see where the light at the end of the tunnel takes me.”

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Impressive Khan shows his true potential

by Liam Fitzgerald: Before Saturday’s fight in New York, I was one of the people who were failing to get excited by the prospect of a Khan-Malignaggi bout. I thought speed vs. speed would make for a dull contest in which Khan would easily roll over Paulie. To a great extent this is what happened but though he didn’t blow Malignaggi out quickly and spectacularly, there were some elements of Khan’s performance that have led me to think he could become a great fighter.

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How come Khan looked so tired and marked up against Malignaggi?

Image: How come Khan looked so tired and marked up against Malignaggi?By Scott Gilfoid: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) stopped Paulie Malignaggi (27-4, 5 KO’s) in the 11th round last Saturday night in Khan’s debut fight in the United States. After only one fight in the U.S. against the fading Malignaggi, Khan’s trainer Freddie Roach has already declared that Khan can beat the other 140 pounders in the division. I don’t know if I agree with that. While Khan did get the win over the light hitting Malignaggi, Khan looked really tired by the 10th round and his face was badly marked up by Malignaggi’s weak shots. I don’t know about what Roach thinks on this matter, but I don’t see this as a good sign.

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Khan says he wants to fill stadiums in America

Image: Khan says he wants to fill stadiums in AmericaBy William Mackay: After beating light welterweight contender Paulie Malignaggi last Saturday night by an 11th round stoppage, WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) is looking into the future at bigger things, saying “I hope they [American boxing fans] love my style and I want to fill stadiums and arenas like I did in the UK.” Khan appears to be putting the cart before the horse in his eagerness to become a huge star in the United States. He just beat Malignaggi, a good B+ fighter, and already Khan is talking about huge things like filling stadiums.

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Roach thinks Khan is great for America and great for HBO

Image: Roach thinks Khan is great for America and great for HBOBy Chris Williams: Trainer Freddie Roach is starting to sound like a politician in speaking about his fighter WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) after his 11th round TKO win over Paulie Malignaggi (27-4, 5 KO’s) last Saturday night. Roach, who trains Manny Pacquiao, Khan and a number of other stars in the boxing world, had this to say about Khan’s win over Malignaggi in an article at Sportinglife, “I think Amir was great for HBO, great for an American audience and it was great for him as a man. It was a long, tough fight and the experience will guide him to bigger and better things. You need fights like this.”

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The View From U.K Corner: Khan, DeGale, Mitchell, Katsidis, More!

Image: The View From U.K Corner: Khan, DeGale, Mitchell, Katsidis, More!By Sean Pollock: No matter what corner of the world you were watching from on Saturday night- it was a great night of boxing! We seen some classy exhibitions of ‘the sweet science’ and some ruthless displays of raw power, each as enjoyable as the other.

Destination- Upton Park, London, UK:

The night started well for Olympian James DeGale (7 –0-0) with a brutal KO in the 5th of Sam Horton (15-1-0) for the vacant ‘WBA International super middleweight title’ and he looks to be maturing nicely into the very competitive division. The stadium was then buzzing with anticipation for the main event after Derek Chisora (13-0-0) made light work with a 2nd round TKO of the Mike Tyson conqueror Danny Williams (41-9-0).

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Khan defeats Malignaggi, says he wants Maidana next – News

Image: Khan defeats Malignaggi, says he wants Maidana next – NewsBy Scott Gilfoid: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) defeated former International Boxing Federation light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (27-4, 5 KO’s) last Saturday night at Madison Square Garden. Khan, 23, basically wore the 29-year-old Malignaggi down with jabs and right hands until the fight was ultimately stopped by referee Steve Smoger in the 11th at 1:25 of the round. Ideally, the fight should have been stopped in the 8th round, as Malignaggi was no longer competitive by this stage of the fight.

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Khan and Ortiz both win but its Victor that gives the fans the more exciting fight

Image: Khan and Ortiz both win but its Victor that gives the fans the more exciting fightBy Peter Wells: Last night at Madison Square Garden, New York, two Junior Welterweights won their fights as expected, but it was the co-feature that was a 10 rounder that seemed the most exciting. That contest was between young Golden Boy hotshot Victor Ortiz and tough veteran Nate Campbell. I may have criticised Ortiz too much in my preview, I believed he would fight a boring style, and said that he wasn’t going to hit the big time. After about 3 rounds my opinion had totally changed, he fought brilliantly all fight on the back foot.

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Khan stops Malignaggi in 11

Image: Khan stops Malignaggi in 11By Sam Gregory: In the main event on the May 15th edition of HBO’s Boxing After Dark from Madison Square Garden in New York City, Paulie Malignaggi 27-3 with 5 KO’s of Brooklyn, New York challenged Amir Khan 22-1 with 16 KO’s of the U.K. for the WBA world light welterweight title in a scheduled 12 round bout in the 140 pound junior welterweight division.

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