Golden Boy to sign Paulie Malignaggi ?

Golden Boy has interest in signing former junior welterweight titlist Paulie Malignaggi, who once railed against the company for his treatment during promotion for his first fight with Golden Boy's Juan Diaz. "Paulie talked to [Golden Boy executive] Dave [Itskowitch]," Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer said. "[Signing him] has crossed my mind but we haven't done a deal. It's something I would be interested in for the right deal. I don't know what Paulie wants to do." Malignaggi and Itskowitch have a longstanding relationship dating back to when Itskowitch was the right-hand man for DiBella, who promoted Malignaggi his entire career until they split during the summer. Schaefer said Malignaggi was planning to attend Saturday's Golden Boy-promoted Shane Mosley-Sergio Mora card at Staples Center in Los Angeles, but as a fan and not because they have any meetings scheduled. Malignaggi, who plans to move up to welterweight, is coming off a May loss to junior welterweight titlist Amir Khan, who is with Golden Boy. Malignaggi is a New Yorker and could fit in with Golden Boy, which recently announced a three-year deal to promote monthly cards at the Barclays Center in Malignaggi's home town of Brooklyn. The arena, the new home of the New Jersey Nets, is due to open in 2012.

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I thought he was moving to Italy?

flapanther2001 wrote:

I thought he was moving to Italy?

That's what I heard Paulie was planning to do when he split with DiBella. Paulie said he was going to fight in Sciliy and make a run for the European Welterweight title, which is currently held by Mathew Hatton.

"Malignaggi is a New Yorker and could fit in with Golden Boy, which recently announced a three-year deal to promote monthly cards at the Barclays Center in Malignaggi's home town of Brooklyn. The arena, the new home of the New Jersey Nets, is due to open in 2012."

Paulie will be irrelevant by 2012. Paulie at 147 is a waste of time. He should just go through with his original plan of fighting overseas.

flapanther2001 wrote:

I thought he was moving to Italy?

He already lives in Bensonhurst.

If he wants to make a run at the european welterweight title, then he should do so. I don't see him making a run at the big time at 147 because of his lack of power (and he has been in a decent amount of big fights so the wear and tear is going to start to show).

Well there is those two welterweight trinket holders from Eeastern Europe, couldn't Paulie beat one of them ?

I don't know if he has enough left to beat the welterweight trinket holders. I doubt it. No power at 140 and some tough fights in the rearview.