Quotes by Paulie Malignaggi - Page 2

I fought Miguel Cotto in Madison Square Garden on the eve of the Puerto Rican Day parade - it was like fighting the devil in Hell.
Paulie Malignaggi /
Garden
Madison
Eve
Fought
Parade
Puerto
Puerto Rican
Rican
Square
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In camp, you're supposed to get comfortable at being uncomfortable; you have to be ready for when you are being punched in the mouth.
Paulie Malignaggi /
Uncomfortable
Camp
Mouth
Punched
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Sometimes when you get older, you need to tone down the trash talking, and sometimes you need younger fighters to bring it out of you.
Paulie Malignaggi /
Tone
Trash
Fighters
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Ricky Hatton has no sense of anticipation of what's coming his way. You can teach him all you want, but he doesn't have those instincts.
Paulie Malignaggi /
Anticipation
Teach
Instincts
Coming
His Way
No Sense
Ricky
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Sometimes, when it comes to multiple-weight world champions, they have so much skill that it eliminates the excitement out of the fights.
Paulie Malignaggi /
Excitement
Champions
Skill
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To say 'I quit' brings a lot of criticism, but to get disqualified and say the ref was unfair and harsh, in denial - fans will jump on that.
Paulie Malignaggi /
Criticism
Denial
Harsh
Unfair
Disqualified
Jump
Quit
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As long as the crowd make noise, I will be in my element, whether it is booing or cheering. The main thing is I get a reaction of some kind.
Paulie Malignaggi /
Booing
Noise
Cheering
Element
Main Thing
Reaction
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American fight fans are in tune to Joshua because they know what he's done, especially to Klitschko, and there is nothing not to like about him.
Paulie Malignaggi /
Tune
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They put everything that's wrong with boxing in one room, did everything that's wrong with boxing in that room, and gave birth to Adrien Broner.
Paulie Malignaggi /
Birth
Boxing
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I'm sure Adrien Broner would jump at the opportunity to pick up two belts in one night, and I think a lot of big names would take that opportunity.
Paulie Malignaggi /
Belts
Jump
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In fights when I've had the odds stacked against me, I definitely perform better because it's like a challenge to me - and I always like a challenge.
Paulie Malignaggi /
Odds
Stacked
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I'm looking forward to a long, fruitful career now behind the mic, staying around the sport I love so much and the sport that changed my life for the better.
Paulie Malignaggi /
Looking Forward
Staying
Life Love Long
Fruitful
Mic
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If I know my showboating bothers you, I'll keep doing it. If playing with your mind is part of the arsenal, and I know it works, then I'm going to continue doing it.
Paulie Malignaggi /
Arsenal
Your Mind Keep
Bothers
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I think I should I have beaten Ricky Hatton. I never thought he was so great, I really think I have the style to beat him. I never thought he was that good, you know.
Paulie Malignaggi /
Beaten
Good Great Never
Ricky
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I do think Wilder can be a household name in America. He is a good fighter, and he has knockout power and has knockout potential, which is what you need as a heavyweight.
Paulie Malignaggi /
Wilder
Heavyweight
Household Name
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My mother really struggled when we were young. She was on food stamps and welfare. Looking back, I know we didn't have a lot, but I never felt I was at a loss for anything.
Paulie Malignaggi /
Food Stamps
Looking Back
Stamps
Welfare
Struggled
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I can't make it doing anything else, the amount of money. Obviously, anybody can go to work and make money, but the paycheck I make boxing, I'm not going to make anywhere else.
Paulie Malignaggi /
Boxing
Anywhere Else
Paycheck
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Once you come to America, you're fighting top fighters. They're not going to let you get away with the guys you're fighting in England: you're going to have to fight constant monsters.
Paulie Malignaggi /
Monsters
Fighters
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They call me the Magic Man because I'm a classy fighter, a master of my craft, a good-looking Italian kid from Brooklyn who came through a dark and gritty life to find something magical.
Paulie Malignaggi /
Brooklyn
Italian
Life Man Me
Classy
Craft
Master
Good-Looking
Gritty
Magical
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Everyone knows I love my fans. I wouldn't change them for the world. They have been by my side and haven't left me even when times have been tough. I try to chat with all my fans on Twitter.
Paulie Malignaggi /
Love Change World
Chat
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We both do a lot of similar things with speed and boxing ability, but I think I've got some tricks up my sleeve for Zab. Zab will probably tell you he's got some tricks up his sleeve for me.
Paulie Malignaggi /
Boxing
Speed
Tricks
Sleeve
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Every year, you hope that boxing can provide some of the best fights possible. I think 2018 was one of the better years for boxing. A lot of good matchups were made, and a lot of tickets were sold.
Paulie Malignaggi /
Boxing
Tickets
Best Hope Good
Sold
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My grandfather and my uncle took me to the gym. I was kinda wild; they thought that boxing would teach me a lesson, but I don't think in their wildest dreams they could imagine the success I would have.
Paulie Malignaggi /
Boxing
Grandfather
Wildest Dreams
Dreams Success Me
Wild
Lesson
Uncle
Wildest
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You don't have to like me as a person - I understand that I can get on people's nerves with the antics I do in the ring. This is not a popularity contest. I'm trying to do whatever I can to win the fight.
Paulie Malignaggi /
Nerves
Popularity
Popularity Contest
Fight Me People
Ring
Contest
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At training camp, you brainwash yourself into thinking every,day is the same, no weekends or holidays. It's all the same - a work day. You develop a mental state to just work hard and get ready for the fight.
Paulie Malignaggi /
Holidays
Weekends
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For me, that is what made Leonard-Hearns stand out, because they made adjustments on each other, and it went back and forth continually. One had the advantage, then the other, then back to the first one, and so on.
Paulie Malignaggi /
Adjustment
Continually
First One
Forth
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I wouldn't be surprised if I knocked Ricky Hatton out. It's something that people are going to read and think I'm ridiculous, but if you look beyond what you see with naked eye, every time he gets hit clean, he's hurt.
Paulie Malignaggi /
Naked
Time Look People
Naked Eye
Ricky
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You get the reality checks during the course of your adult life and your career, and you realize that as good as the money in boxing is, most of the time people most don't make Ray Leonard or Oscar De La Hoya money, even if you make very good money.
Paulie Malignaggi /
Boxing
Checks
Life Time Good
Adult Life
La
Oscar
Ray
Time People
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I'm not complaining. I've made a very good living from boxing, better than any living I possibly could have done. Having said that, you don't live the rest of your life off the money you make in boxing. You still have to create positive forms of income.
Paulie Malignaggi /
Boxing
Complaining
Good Living
Income
Positive Life Good
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When I was part of McGregor's sparring camp, I struggled to find words to compliment him; I knew he couldn't fight from the first moment we sparred. It's very hard to find nice things to say about his skills. Perhaps his best attribute is his intensity, but he has to do it cleanly.
Paulie Malignaggi /
Compliment
Intensity
Nice Things
Sparring
Attribute
Struggled
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There was a time in Amir Khan's career when you had to fight him; you couldn't really box him. You wouldn't see Amir take beatings: if he lost, he would just get caught and stopped. It was hard to catch him clean and keep up with him in the ring because he was such a dynamic fighter.
Paulie Malignaggi /
Caught
Ring
Catch
Dynamic
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Sometimes it's kind of strange, and it's definitely something I have to work on in the future, but when I'm big favourite in fights, it's almost like I try too hard and try to force things to happen. That always seems to take a bad turn and makes my performance look bad, even if I win.
Paulie Malignaggi /
Favourite
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I thought I would make so much money and be the next Ray Leonard. Maybe it was farfetched, but I thought I could be a megastar. I could fight, and I had a lot of crossover appeal that was necessary to promote myself. I thought I'd make a ton of money and live off of it the rest of my life.
Paulie Malignaggi /
Crossover
Life Money Myself
Appeal
Promote
Ray
So Much Money
Ton
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My father took my mother, me, and my brother from Sicily to New York. He got us one-way tickets but booked himself a return flight. He dumped us with my mother's parents, who had just arrived from Italy, and abandoned us. That was 1986. I didn't see or speak to him for another 12 years. That's cruel.
Paulie Malignaggi /
Abandoned
Dumped
Flight
One Way
Tickets
Mother Me Father
Booked
Cruel
Me Father New
Father Me Parents
Italy
Sicily
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