Everywhere I look everyone is talking about about the "controversy" of saturday's fight. I don't know why there is such a public outcry for Malignaggi losing the decision saturday night to Juan Diaz....the main thing we have to look at here is if he loses, then chances are his next few fights do not get televised....so we the boxing fans benefit from that. Let's all be happy and celebrate his loss and reap the rewards of network free Paula for a little while. I personally scored the fight 115-113 for Diaz...ok yes the 118-110 score was bad, I'll admit that much at least. But I cannot stand the guy at all and when a round is close I cannot give it to the guy who runs and avoids all contact. You gotta give it to the guy who is the aggressor and at least trying to make a fight out of it. It is after all a fight...its not a lets run and avoid each other match. Can you imagine what kind of fight it would have been if Diaz did not move forward? Judges and fans do not want to watch someone run for 12 rounds, there is no entertainment value in that. De La Hoya found that out when he lost his decision to Trinidad for running the last 3 rounds. There is something called boxing, which is giving good movement and angles, but still "fighting"...then there is just jabbing and running which Paula has perfected because he lacks the ability to hurt an opponent. I can enjoy watching guys like Pernell Whitaker fight, and Winky Wright and Chris Byrd, those are boxers who still know how to fight. I have a question for the Paula supporters out there....would you really reach down into your pockets and pay to watch him fight next time?No no....don't shake your head yes just yet, I want you to think about it. Be honest with yourself, would you pay to watch him fight? Actually I shouldn't say watch him fight, would you pay to watch him in the ring? I highly doubt it....and why is that? Because he bores everyone! Here is another question, would you ever watch one of his fights a second time? Like when Juan Diaz fought Juan Manuel Marquez earlier this year in what has probably been the best fight so far this year...I have seen the fight at least 3 times....because it is a fantastic match between two real fighters. Has anyone ever sat down and popped in a DVD to watch a Malignaggi fight a second time? I already know the answer to that without having to ask. Watching him live was dreadful enough, who could sit through it again?? I would rather watch John Ruiz fight a clone of himself than ever watch Paula fight again. Everytime he opens his mouth I like him even less, and that's hard to do. The guy has fought 3 good names now in his career, and lost to all 3 of them. So good riddance to you Paula Malignaggi....maybe you would have gotten that decision if you were a "fighter"....but I am glad you didn't.
Would I pay to watch him fight?.. No probably not. It pains me to say it because I love boxing, but I would not pay to watch the majority of today's crop of boxers. The sport is hurting. But I digress.
ReplyDeleteWith all due respect, I think your own dislike and bias is hurting your judgment here.
Malignaggi fought the fight he wanted more than Diaz fought his own. Diaz usually is able to rip off massive salvo's, something he barely was able to do Saturday. Paulie didn't really run per se, but rather kept a certain distance advantageous to his height. Whitaker and Byrd were not rangy and therefore had to fight in a tighter defensive manner. De La Hoya though he lost the last 3 rounds to Trinidad still I thought won the fight. You can't compare two offensive machines in Marquez/Diaz to this fight for all out action. Its a different kind of fight.
The fight on Saturday was close for sure, But with the many cards stacked against him, did reasonably well and likely won.. I was pleasantly surprised to kind of enjoy Malignaggi that night. Still not a fan, but he surprised me and it was nice to enjoy boxing again rather than only the UFC these days.
You are right...I do dislike Paula very much... and I am biased towards him but for a very good reason. Some of the sports hurt could be blamed on boxers like that...nobody wants to pay to watch Paula, especially if they are only casual viewers. But I'd pay to watch Diaz everytime...and I would not even consider myself a Diaz fan. Paula did what he wanted to do saturday night beacause what he wanted to do was avoid getting into a fight. He should have started running at the contract signing so then I wouldn't have had to waste that hour watching him. And I had commented to people before the fight how Paula was making excuses in the interview already before the fight...so he could have something to complain about after. Of course he saw that coming...because he had no hope in hell of KOing Diaz so he knew it would go to a decsion most likely and people would be frowning upon his horrible style...
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