Roach: Malignaggi was a handpicked opponent

"Paulie isn't a slick mover, he is very easy to hit. N'Dou and Ngoudjo were getting to him without even using a jab. Paulie has looked like garbage his last two fights. Paulie is losing this fight. Tell me what he does well besides jab."

Here's the thread were I posted this.

http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=77118&highlight=Hatton+Malignaggi

 

I was just coming back to say, after reading more of your posts, that I must have been wrong and I apologise but you didn't give me chance, ya *******!

Anyway, yeah, I was sure you were one of the ones picking Paulie as a definite but I'm obviously wrong, so I do apologise for saying you had said the opposite to what you actually were saying.

Many apologies and appy poly logies <embarrassed>


To try and dig myself out of my hole a little though, I have seen people post after the fight that Paul never had any chance, mismatch etc etc when I know for a fact they were claiming the opposite for weeks before the fight.

EDIT: Although... saying that... you posted that during the fight. It was obvious in round three that Ricky was all over him and it looked for all the World that there would be a knock out at anytime. Paulie would have defo gone down three times if he hadn't given Ricky's hips a biiiiig hug as soon as his legs wobbled. I'd like to see what you had to say in the days before the fight...

Nah. I'll take your word for it that you never thought Mali ever had a chance.

 

It's no problem. I just want to make it clear that I never thought Paulie was going to win and that I didn't think much of Paulie before the fight. I'm not a Hatton fan, but I do recognize that he has talent. I'm even picking him to beat Pacquiao. However, I don't think much of Paulie and I do believe that team Hatton handpicked him.

 

That post was from July, look at the date.

 

Much as with the DLH fight, Roach is merely speaking as much crap as possible to help hype it up. I don't know how much he believes himself or not, but that's almost irrelevant, he'll say what he needs to say to pump Pacman up and boost the hype.

Expect a lot more gum-flapping to come.

 

Does anyone know if Malignaggi has a fight signed?

If so, can you tell me who against and when and where it will be, please?

If he hasn't got anything signed, then has he been talking about anyone in particular and when can you see him fighting next/who against?

Or maybe that loss to Ricky has really made him rethink his career. He did make some noises to suggest he thought his body (hands particularly) just could not take many, if any more big fights.

I would feel sad for him if he had to retire at his age. He was a very skilled kid but his flaws are obvious.
And although I couldn't stick the guy before the fight, with his stupid hair, stupid expression and obnoxious attitude, I really saw him differently afterwards and he came across as a really nice guy.

Poor ****er.

Reg. I edited that earlier post. I left what I posted in but I stuck in an "EDIT:" and said that I was wrong to say you put Mali down for a win. Just in case anyone reads that and doesn't bother reading the rest of the thread, so they wont think you were backing Paulie, mate.

 

True. I am just hoping posters don't jump the gun and start unnessasary threads. He just hyping and marketing. Like what just happened today with BigReg. Some posters do bull****, but in time, knowledgable posters will know better. I know BigReg had to dig deep to find that thread which sucks and is time consuming.