Every one is bragging up his heart. Oh he didnt quit, Oh he fought hurt. Your supposed to fight hurt its the pain buisness. Whares the props for Cotto. I just do not like Paulie that much (Yet) Growing up Gotti Wanna be. And I’m glad he had the heart to take 12 rnds of beat down. I dont see him as a champ because of his lack of power, He’'l always be beat by an equel boxer with power. Cotto needs better D, But his power keeps him in there. GOOD JOB COTTO.
pauli showed great Ring generalship against a man almost 20 lbs heavier ..and he coulda let the DR. stop it but insisted otherwise …Nomatter what u cant take those 2 things from him
he will win a title in the future …its definate hes no slouch or club fighter even
Yea, give Malignaggi credit, if people give it he deserves it, stop trying to belittle what he did. And you don’t need power to win fights as Malignaggi showed in the round he boxed Cotto. And if another Cotto fan says that Cotto “takes rounds off” then they must also acknowledge that he’d never beat Hatton then :lickish:
:coolclick: well said!
Obviously you do need power to beat someone like Cotto :). Now lets all stop bickering and let Magalini go back to fighting bums in Brooklyn.
exaclty…Cotto should be fighting at 147-154 at the minimum…No way should a fighter put on over 15lbs in less than 2 days…Paulie fought a middle weight!!! That takes balls!!!
Before the fight I had no time for Paulie but he did go out and back up his talk to a certain degree. He deserves credit for fighting on though as many would have quite in the same circumstances. Also would say that Cotto won the fight and deserves most of the plaudits as that’s the aim of the game. I can see how the cotto fans are frustrated with more talk of Paulie than the champ but both fighters deserve credit for putting on a good show for us all. Agreed that it is a pain game and that is why any boxer that steps in a ring and fights is worthy of praise no matter what.
Paulie proved a hell of a lot of people wrong myself included…he used the ring excellantly and showed good heart and fast hands…i hope to see more of him in the future.
with a little malibu’s most wanted thrown in 
with a little malibu’s most wanted thrown in
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hahaha ;D
Regardless of Paulie’s arrogance/attitude…he did a hell of a good job against Cotto.
Cotto dropped Corley & stopped plenty of World Champ caliber fighters…Paulie did damned fine for his step up. He took on one of the better fighters of 140lbs & he stood his ground.
Respect to Paulie for that.
CC in 24 wack ;D
Paulies biggest problem that he cant fix in the gym is that he is frail. Plain and simple he might be mentaly durable and strong but he is not physically. That aint his fault but it wont help hi when hes in with world class comp.
Are you talking about his power? That it?
Not his power but his makeup ang bone structure. He has serious hand problems and if you saw his face lately it aint pretty. He has ok power but he isnt strong enough imo to keep guys like Cotto, or hatton off him.
I don’t think you can judge he’s frail, he was in the ring with cotto
True, but he has either fractured or broken hs hands in almost all of his fights. That is a big problem for him and also why he has such a low ko rate and why he isnt always active. Cant blame him for it, but it is going to hurt him in big fights
yea but the fact that he’s only lost one shows you the grit already didn’t it
Cotto was the only world class fighter he fought. His speed and skill won him his other fights, not grit. Thats the first war hes beeen in Dont get me wrong i like Paulie and want him to do well but he is too injury proned
I think the main point this post is making is that everyone is making it seem like this is about Paulie. Cotto is the one that won and all everyone is talking about is Paulie. Cotto just proved something too. That he can convincingly beat a speedy, slick boxer. Give that man his respect and stop acting like it was a walkover fight. So many people started to believe the hype and picked Paulie to win and now those same people are asking why Cotto didn’t finish him. 1) Paulie was holding on to survive. 2) He’s just a tough fighter with alot of pride that refused to fall short of finishing the fight. That being said, Cotto won and he looked impressive. End of story. I have never seen the loser seemingly getting more props than the winner before. Wake up people.