Malignaggi Makes Peace With Corner

1stcontact · Nov 23, 2008

http://www.sportinglife.com/boxing/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=boxing/08/11/23/BOXING_Hatton_Malignaggi.html

By Simon Lewis, PA Sport, Las Vegas
Ricky Hatton's victim Paulie Malignaggi has played down talk of a row with his corner and insists he will stick with his team for future fights.
Trainer Buddy McGirt brought what Malignaggi felt was a premature end to his challenge to Hatton this morning when he stepped onto the ring apron just 28 seconds into the 11th round and asked referee Kenny Bayless to stop the fight.
Malignaggi was furious with the decision, pushing McGirt away as his trainer tried to console the 27-year-old New Yorker, who was being stopped for the first time in his professional career having gone the distance with Miguel Cotto in 2006 when he had suffered a fractured jaw and broken hand earlier in the fight.

"The disappointment of the whole night, apart from losing, is that I think I'm better than getting stopped," Malignaggi said.
"I was a lot worse in the Miguel Cotto fight. Miguel's a bigger puncher than Hatton. I'm not saying who's better now, I'm just saying I felt like I was hurt worse in the Cotto fight.
"I figured I had a round and a half left. I understand I'm behind on the scorecards and I might not have won the fight but it's a TKO (technical knockout) on my record and I shouldn't be stopped. I'm better than that.
"I think I pulled up once, in the second round, but other than that he landed a few shots but nothing that bothered me."
The American added: "I understand nobody wants to get hurt and nobody wants to see anybody get hurt.
"I've had 27 pro fights, I understand the situation. If they had stopped the Miguel Cotto fight two years ago I would have been mad but I would have understood.

"I can't understand this time. I've been hit with harder shots and won fights so I feel I should and could have finished the fight."
The defeat took his record to 25-2 (five knockouts) but speaking after the post-fight press conference, Malignaggi insisted that although the decision and the defeat still hurt, the rift with his camp was all water under the bridge.
"From the outside I guess it looks different but I love Buddy, I love all my guys and there's no hard feelings," he said.
"They're looking out for my best interests, I just don't think it should have been stopped.
"It's on my record now and even in 50 years it will say I got stopped in this fight. That's always going to stay with me, always going to bother me."

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catasyou · Nov 23, 2008

Buddy just didn't want him to take anymore punishment.He did the right thing.

KillerKella · Nov 23, 2008

why is this guy crying over spilt milk. a lost is a lost and taking your beatings like a MAN

boxbox · Nov 23, 2008

That was PRIDE talking, and honestly, he had a point! Having losses in your record but not ever being stopped says something abut a fighter.

kirk · Nov 23, 2008

yes but the fans will also know the context of the stoppage paulie... your one tough sob!

achillesthegreat · Nov 23, 2008

boxbox said:

That was PRIDE talking, and honestly, he had a point! Having losses in your record but not ever being stopped says something abut a fighter.
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agreed

ayala · Nov 23, 2008

thunder said:

Buddy just didn't want him to take anymore punishment.He did the right thing.
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i agree he wasn't doing anything and he was losing bad. cotto was taken punishment and he did the right thing on not continuing taken a beating there is always a future after the fact

fatcity · Nov 23, 2008

Cotto did more than break his jaw.He took Paulie's career with it.PM hasn't looked since that beating.Buddy knows this as well.

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