Thankfully....Diaz gets the Decision!

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.

Another Beating for Paula...

I am looking forward to tonight's junior welterweight fight between Juan Diaz and Paula Malignaggi, not because I am expecting a fantastic brawl, or great fight, but because I will enjoy watching Paula take another beating and with a little luck he'll retire and we will not have to be tortured with his fights ever again. How Malignaggi has any following outside his immediate family is beyond me...why is that George?? I feel that in boxing, while it's not important to score a KO every time you are in the ring, you still need to have some punching power to make your opponent think twice before just walking in on you. Paula simply does not possess any power whatsoever, which makes me wonder what made him want to be a fighter?? He has 5 knockouts in 27 fights, and has not scored a TKO since 2003! The only fighter I find even remotely as boring as him is of course John Ruiz. Tonight I am expecting Diaz to just walk straight through those feathery fists and break Paula down until the ref or his corner has to mercifully stop the fight in the later rounds. Diaz is very tough, showed it in his last fight which was a war with Juan Manuel Marquez, and he is a volume puncher that just keeps on coming and throwing non stop for 12 rounds. Diaz is not much of a power puncher himself but makes up for it with volume and breaks down his opponents. Should be how it will play out tonight and even though Diaz doesn't hit like Cotto, Paula might look like this when it's all over:


The undercard has 2 interesting fights featuring hard hitting middleweight prospect Daniel Jacobs, and former world champion Robert Guerrero is fighting for another junior lightweight title. Usually I'd say don't blink when Jacobs is in the ring, but the last time I said that the fight went to an 8 round decision, but the guy can punch. He is Malignaggi's opposite! Guerrero is also a very good fighter, and while I am not too familiar with the champion Malcolm Klassen, I am expecting Guerrero to get the win.

I haven't had alot to say lately, all the big fights this summer were either cancelled or rescheduled but we have Floyd Mayweather and Juan Manual Marquez coming up next month and later this year I am looking forward to Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto, David Haye and Nicolai Valuev, the super middleweight tournament, and even Vitali Klitschko and Chris Arreola. I only want to see that last fight since Klitschko will finally expose Arreola and stop everyone from thinking he is the next great thing. I'll analyze the other fights as they get closer.