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Malignaggi just had the wrong game plan all together. To his detriment he took a page from FMJ's playbook and continuously crouched in front of Hatton. Only difference is Malignaggi was getting hit more when he would do this. This is why Mayweather is such a great slickster and Malignaggi is not. Mayweather was able to avoid a lot of Hatton's assault by crouching so low and effectively dodging and tieing up Hatton and also countering. Malignaggi was doing none of this. He was completely ineffective on the inside.
I don't know who to fault for this Buddy McGirt or Malignaggi himself, but one thing is for certain. If you are going to beat Hatton you have got to have a good inside game as well. Malignaggi was effective from the outside in the first two rounds but the inside work and high workrate of Hatton completely took Malignaggi out of his game. In other words Malignaggi had nothing, I mean NOTHING for Hatton.
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Re: MAN DID YOU SEE THE WAY HATTON BEAT MALIGNAGGI?!!!
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Paulie would make a good trainer maybe. He knows the ropes pretty well. He just can't stick to a game plan. But he could be like Roach and preach to his fighters. "Hey if you don't learn how to protect yourself you're gonna be all herky jerky like I am".
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Paulie would be a great commentator. I like the way he talks. LOL!
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Re: MAN DID YOU SEE THE WAY HATTON BEAT MALIGNAGGI?!!!
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Glad to hear he's considering it.
I could see he's been holding the right back
more and more since the Cano fight even
during N'dou 1 which was a shutout.
I am glad he finally got the payday since
I knew his career would be shortened by
the hand injuries sooner or later.
He'd be good in boxing punditry, imo.
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Nov 26, 2008 6:06 PM
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Paul Malignaggi To Retire From Boxing?
GL: Can you give us some thoughts on your performance with Ricky Hatton and tell us what went wrong?
"I'm not a guy who likes to make a lot of excuses and I want to give Ricky a lot of credit. He did a good job on Saturday night and he won the fight. A lot of me thinks I just couldn't get off. People want to say it's because Ricky gave me new looks. At the end of the day it wasn't a different Ricky Hatton, I think after the last surgery I haven't gotten over it physchologically and that's why I wasn't throwing my hands. I think it's something that I'm going to have to get over if I plan to continue fighting."
GL: Does this mean there was no problem with your right hand, which for whatever the reason you weren't throwing at all?
Paul Malignaggi: "There was no problem with the right hand, but I fought like there was. Obviously this is a bad physchological problem here and it surfaced during the biggest fight of my career. A lot of it could have to do with the fact that I broke it back in May and this was my first fight since that particular fight, but the point is, I had a great camp. With big gloves on, I have no problem throwing my right hand. With the little gloves on, the doubts start to surface in my head and I don't expect anybody to understand it. I don't want anybody to feel bad for me, I ain't asking nobody to feel bad for me, I just know how I feel after having four surgeries on the same limb like I have. I didn't think this would happen, but it did."
GL: Your initial reaction to the stoppage was obvious after watching the fight on television. Has your position changed at all?
PM: "Not at all. The fight was obviously wasn't going my way. I wasn't getting off and I understand that I was not going to win the fight. But at the end of the day I'm better than getting stopped. You don't stop a Paulie Malignaggi fight unless it's being stopped by the referee or the doctor or if I'm knocked out cold. There's just no need to stop the fight, I'm better than getting stopped. I understand this was the worst performance of my career, and I believe a lot of it has to do with the physchological issues of me not throwing my hand, but still, you don't stop the fight."
GL: Are you and Buddy on the same page again?
PM: "Buddy's whole thing was he wanted me to fight another day, but there was really no difference from round 7 to round 11. If they were going to stop the fight they might as well have stopped it in the fifth round, because it was the same thing going on every round. In round eleven you might as well let me finish the fight. Ricky is not a big puncher and he wasn't punching as hard later in the fight as he was earlier and he's not a big puncher to begin with. I was never in any danger. I've had fights where I've won and had headaches, this one I had no headache, my face is almost all cleared up already and I didn't take a lot of damage. There was not a lot of action in the fight and I fougt a terrible fight. I didn't fight the fight I wanted to fight, but there was no need to stop the fight."
GL: Why were you holding so much?
PM: "I just couldn't get off man, I couldn't get off. I figured, if I can't get off I might as well have stayed on the inside. I held more than Ricky did and it's ****ing shameful for me to even say that. One thing I did find out in the fight is that I'm physically stronger than Ricky, which would have really been a pleasant surprise had I been able to be sharp on the outside like I wanted to be."
GL: So comparing Hatton and Cotto, Cotto was a diferent animal in terms of strength?
PM: "Yeah. But I don't want to knock Hatton because he did his job and he's a great guy with a bunch of great people of him. He did a fantastic job on Saturday night, but Miguel Cotto was the better fighter. I left the ring with Miguel Cotto thinking, damn even if I was at my best it would be a tough fight to beat this guy. With Ricky Hatton I didn't feel that way, I feel like I cheated myself out of performing my best and it's probably something I'm going to be kicking myself in the ass over for the rest of my life."
GL: Does Paulie Malignaggi ever see another fight of this magnitude with these physchological issues?
PM: "There's no reason for me to hold the right hand back, but how many fighters do you really know who got this far after four surgeries? I have to sit back and after the Holiday's figure out what I want to do. Not only might not I see a fight of this magnitude, I might never step into a boxing ring again. If I don't feel like I can get over this hump, there's no need for me to fight anymore."
GL: Does it bother you that the commentators made you look as more of a manufactured product than a champion worthy of million dollar payday?
PM: "Yeah. I haven't watched the broadcast yet, but I've been hearing all about it. What do you expect though? Larry Merchant has never been punched in his face though, so I don't expect somebody like Larry Merchant to understand the issues a fighter can have after four surgeries on the same hand, I really don't. The guy is basically a geek, so there's no way for him to understand."
GL: Do you feel like you have more to give the sport?
PM: "I don't know. Like I said, that's something that I'm going to have to take the Holiday's to decide. At this point in time my legacy is I lost the two biggest fights of my career and I'm not sure I'll be able to get to another fight like that, so we'll wait and see what happens. I'm not busy anymore, I doubt myself before I throw combinations and these issues have gotten worse with each surgery."
GL: Did Hatton hurt you in the second round?
PM: "The second round was the only time he hurt me. I recovered quickly, but I was hurt. I won't deny it."
GL: Closing thoughts?
PM: "I want to thank ********** for the interview. I'm not sure what's going to happen with the rest of my career, if there is a rest of my career."
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Re: MAN DID YOU SEE THE WAY HATTON BEAT MALIGNAGGI?!!!
Nov 25, 2008 2:59 PM
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> I look forward to seeing DLH KO'ing his ass.
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I'd rather see someone in his own division
do it if it happens.
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Nov 25, 2008 2:57 PM
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> Next up for the dreadful, dreadless one: Junior
> Witter. 
These guys instead:
Zab Judah
Andre Berto if he campaigns at 140
Kendall Holt
Ricardo Torres
Herman Ngoudjo
Timothy Bradley
Vicious Victor Ortiz
Marcos Maidana
There's nothing wrong with this division except
a shortage of good fights at the championship
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Re: MAN DID YOU SEE THE WAY HATTON BEAT MALIGNAGGI?!!!
Nov 25, 2008 12:48 PM
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> What a GODAWFUL fight!!! Surprisingly, Paulie held
> more than Ricky"HOLDMAN" Hatton. Paulie got what he
> deserved. How stupid of him to not box and engage in
> Hattons' style of wrestling. He was more upset with
> having a KO loss on his record than the way he
> fought. I think I seen like three clean punches
> landed the whole fight. Hattons' still a bum and
> Paulie's even worse!!!
Agree wholeheartedly.
Hatton's still a bum....a very aggressive bum - But a bum nonetheless.
I look forward to seeing DLH KO'ing his ass.
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Nov 25, 2008 12:27 PM
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What a GODAWFUL fight!!! Surprisingly, Paulie held more than Ricky"HOLDMAN" Hatton. Paulie got what he deserved. How stupid of him to not box and engage in Hattons' style of wrestling. He was more upset with having a KO loss on his record than the way he fought. I think I seen like three clean punches landed the whole fight. Hattons' still a bum and Paulie's even worse!!!
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Nov 25, 2008 10:35 AM
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> I've never put Paulie on the level of Floyd Jr. But I
> did think he had the boxing skills to beat Hatton. I
> still do.
Well you're probably the only one.
Ricky beat him b/c he's simply in a different level, plain and simple. He's stronger, just as fast, and even when it comes to clinching Ricky is better at it.
I thought Ricky could have stopped Paulie if he just fought smarter and not just jumped in. Paulie does not take punches very well anymore. He could have a good commentator career in front of him, he should follow that.
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Nov 25, 2008 9:01 AM
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:::::Thanks Jack! That sounded like praise to me.:::::
Not sure why you are thanking me for 'praising' Richard's performance?
There is help available to remove your lips from his sack you know...
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Nov 24, 2008 6:34 PM
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> :::::I've never put Paulie on the level of Floyd Jr.
> But I did think he had the boxing skills to beat
> Hatton. I still do.:::::
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> Gun,
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> Even after you see the evidence with your own eyes
> you can still say that? How much worse did the
> beating need to be mate?
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> Hatton was catching Paulie inside and out! Where did
> Paulie show his superior skills?
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> It is possible Paulie was a one handed fighter that
> night, but if it were so, considering the current
> outcome, he should have canceled the bout!
Thanks Jack! That sounded like praise to me.
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Nov 24, 2008 11:27 AM
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:::::I've never put Paulie on the level of Floyd Jr. But I did think he had the boxing skills to beat Hatton. I still do.:::::
Gun,
Even after you see the evidence with your own eyes you can still say that? How much worse did the beating need to be mate?
Hatton was catching Paulie inside and out! Where did Paulie show his superior skills?
It is possible Paulie was a one handed fighter that night, but if it were so, considering the current outcome, he should have canceled the bout!
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Next up for the dreadful, dreadless one: Junior Witter.
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Nov 24, 2008 7:53 AM
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> I've never put Paulie on the level of Floyd Jr. But I
> did think he had the boxing skills to beat Hatton. I
> still do.
Malignaggi was completely dominated & thrashed. Hatton is too good for Paulie- always was & always will be. If Hatton chose to do so, I guarantee he can box better than Paulie ever could....it's just that Hatton has the ability to hurt some people, so he tries to do just that.
Malignaggi was exposed.
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Nov 24, 2008 1:00 AM
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Congratulations Naz and Sensetalk.
I'm always looking for a Tommy Loughran to
show up on the scene and it looks like
Bernard Hopkins is the one to qualify.
I liked Ricky's ring entrance, btw....he was fit.
Looks like I'll have to hitch on as a Hatton fan.
I hope that Malignaggi spends that half million
that he probably wound up with wisely. He's
gone as far as he can with those busted up
hands.....That's why his corner threw in the towel.
I'm actually surprised that he made it thru the
fights that he has on one left hand.
And I think Ricky has a decent chance with Judah
if he'll take Floyd senior's good advice and try not
to balloon up between fights. The guy's obviously
got a good ticker to get back in shape so fast.
But it will catch up if he keeps over indulging
between fights.
Now some of the guys I work with get to win
some of their money back.
See you next week sensetalk.
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