Hate him or love him I don’t think many can’t deny he was one of the best commentators in boxing in the past 20 years. Problem with Paulie is he says what he wants and can’t be bought, which is why he may be having trouble finding commentating gigs and has to resort to bare knuckle boxing.
Rough stuff, anyone who spends any amount of time in BK ends up with a ruined face. He’s already got a lot of scars compared to when he stopped boxing! Probably better than the brain damage he’d get trying to compete in boxing as an aging athlete, but still kinda sucks to see!
i dunno...i get the impression that paulie prolly still has some boxing money left and will say what he thinks cause **** you if you don't like it. i think he bare knuckle fights because he still likes to get into situations where his butt puckers a bit because he's good at that kinda' thing and doesn't want to give it completely up just yet.
Last year he was talking about needing enough cash to move to Sicily. I don't know if that's still the case.
Thing is that BKB or specifically BKFC will dosh out quite a bit for aged out but semi socially relevant Boxers and Mixed Martial Artists. Probably more than a boxing promoter would pay for a guy very past his prime and not a household name. It also lends some credibility to BKB when they have notable former fighters from reputable sports and promotions on their fight card. So realistically for where he’s at BKB isn’t too bad of a gig.
Good answer. My first thoughts were because he wants to and because he can. Who are we to question his decisions, its not as if he is a broken down fighter who can't take his own decisions? To quote an immortal movie line, 'leave the kid alone'...
Ye nah. I think he would do boxing just to scratch his itch but would not be stupid enough to get his face permanently disfigured in bare knuckle unless he was desperate for money. His face needed months to properly heal from a previous fight, and he got knocked out badly in his last fight. This is a man desperate for money not doing it for fun.
