here's a portion of his interview day before the fight... http://edmulholland.com/galleries/paulie_interview/malignaggi_inter.html "But I'm very pissed off at the way I was treated for this fight. A few months ago Richard Schaefer assured me that if I fought Juan Diaz he would get all neutral officials and he didn't get neutral officials. They have a judge from Texas, they have a judge from Oklahoma and they have Raul Caiz Sr. who is from California but he is Mexican. "Besides from being Mexican he (Caiz) is basically Golden Boy's gopher. He's the guy that was the referee for the Victor Ortiz fight that took him to the doctor knowing that Victor was quitting on the spot trying to cover up for him and for you to try to cover up for one of Golden Boy's fighters already shows you're in their pocket. "And then, on top of that, him (Caiz) and Gale Van Hoy were both judges for the (Rocky) Juarez and Chris John fight. They both scored that fight a draw. OK? "So more so than that they're a Golden Boy gopher and a hometown Texas guy and they're both known for doing what they're not supposed to do. "But yet, when we complained about them, we look like the bad guys. We look like we're trying to tell everybody what to do. At the end of the day we have factual proof. "I have one more thing about proof about Raul Caiz. He judged the Zahir Raheem versus Erik Morales fight a few years back. He was one of the judges. Out of three judges, two scored it 118-110, Caiz Sr. scored it 115-113. So not only did he go for the Mexican he also obviously likes the aggressive guy and doesn't appreciate the boxer in general. "We've given many, many pieces of proof to show we need the judges changed. They didn't do it. "At the end of the day boxing, as corrupt and as much of a joke as it has become, Golden Boy tries to masquerade themselves as this new promoter that tries to help their boxers and fix the sport. Yeah, you're helping your own boxers, which I'm totally OK with but not at the expense of f***ing everybody else either. And that's basically what I feel like I'm going through with this fight.
He saw the trainwreck coming from a ****ing mile away and still couldn't dodge it. Props to Golden Boy for instituting the perfect screw job. It shouldn't be that easy to have your man pitching a shutout in a fight he lost, but I'm always guilty of underrating how ****ing dirty things are. I don't know if everything's bigger in Texas, but if the scores that come out of there are any indicator, it'd be tough to argue differently.
When i heard that van oy was judging the fight in the pre fight interview. I knew paulie was getting jobbed. That's what happens in boxing when you can't punch. You'll never fight at the highest level and win.
wow... Man...we all laugh at his hair, his trunks, whatever... but he's right. How long until WE, the real hardcore fans, quit the sport?