As of yesterday (Thursday), both Paul Malignaggi, the WBA welterweight champion, and Adrien Broner, the WBC lightweight champion, had signed their contracts to face off, on June 22 at Barclays. When that fight was floated, the reaction of many pundits and fans' initial reaction was that Malignaggi, the 32-year-old Brooklyn-born hitter who now lives in LA, would have trouble with the speed-strength package of Broner.
Paul Malignaggi has signed to fight Adrien Broner on June 22 at Barclays Center, the WBA welterweight champion told NYFightblog today. Broner is making the leap from 135 pounds to 147 and Malignaggi tells us he will be too strong for the young Cincinnati-based hitter who holds the WBC lightweight title and calls himself "Mr.
Not long after I chatted with George Foreman about the new boxing promotion he is forming with his sons, and we touched on how Big George might handle a fighter under the Foreman umbrella who shows troublemaker tendencies outside the ring, word got out that Adrien Broner had been arrested in Miami.
Paul Malignaggi will defend his welterweight crown on June 22 at Barclays Center against the hottest young gun in the game, Adrien Broner, who is so sure of his talent, he's making the leap from 135, past 140, to the 147-pound class.
Paul Malignaggi flew in from the West Coast for the Hopkins-Cloud fight and at Barclays Center reported to NYFightblog that it is looking like his next fight will be against Adrien Broner, June 22, in Brooklyn at Barclays.
Sounds like we got a fight, or at least the main ingredients for one. Adrien Broner's trainer Mike Stafford said he'd love to have his kid fight Paul Malignaggi, and got the trash-talking parade marching when he took a couple shots at the Brooklyn boxer.
Get ready for trash-talk gold. It's looking a lot like Paul Malignaggi could face off against the newest "it" kid in boxing, Adrien Broner, this summer. The WBA welter champ Malignaggi told NYFightblog that if Broner says yes, they could fight either in Abu Dhabi (on May 18) or at Barclays Center in Brooklyn (on June 22).
Promoter Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy has given Paul Malignaggi until the end of this weekend to come together on a May 18 fight against either Diego Chaves or Humberto Soto in Abu Dhabi. If it doesn't, Malignaggi (32-4; age 32) told NYFightblog, then Plan B will go into effect.
Paul Maliganngi is still in a holding period, waiting for all the elements of a deal to fight in Abu Dhabi on May 18, against Argentine Diego Chaves, to jell. "Supposedly, everything is agreed to in principle," he said.
WBA welter champ Paul Malignaggi has received a bout agreement, to fight WBA No. 1 contender Diego Chaves in Abu Dhabi, with a tentative date of May 18, the fighter told ESPN NY. The promoters, a group of Brits and businessmen in Abu Dhabi, are firming things up with the Chaves side, the 32-year-old Brooklyn-bred boxer said.
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