Team Malignaggi is upset about Friday’s weigh in being held at 1 PM, rather than the traditional 5 PM start, for Saturday night’s WBO light welterweight title match at Madison Square Garden between defending champion Miguel Cotto (26-0, 22 KOs) and Paulie “The Magic Man” Malignaggi (21-0, 5 KOs). Malignaggi’s manager, Sal LoNano, questioned the weigh in time being so early. “This is a disgrace,” he fumed. “Why is it at 1 o’clock? I’ve never heard of such a thing. It’s usually at 5. I’m concerned about the safety of my fighter. By the time Paulie steps into the ring, he’ll be fighting a super middleweight. I was even willing to do it at 3, but that’s not an option. It (early weigh in) gives Cotto an edge; four extra hours to put weight back on, and four less hours of starving himself to make weight. It’s just not fair and I’m very upset about this decision. I think we should consider asking a few doctors for their opinion about the potential safety and health issues of an early weigh in.”[/b]
A 1:00 weight in is early but not unheard of. Was it changed or were thay just not infornmed to begin with? It sounds like Paulies people just assumed it was five
Most fighters drain themselves the morning of the fight to make the weight on time. the earlier time means that Cotto can melt to 140 for the weigh in.. but the 4 extra hours give him about 32 hours before fight time instead of 28. In those 32 hours Cotto may be coming in at 160 the night of the fight :o
I don’t think Miguel will want to come in too over weight,and it sounds as if team Malignaggi are already making excuses for their impending defeat. I mean,think about it,the more over weight Cotto comes in,surely the more advantage Malignaggi has?? I’m getting pretty excited about this fight,especially as my boy should be going to 147 straight after!!!
Paulie Malinaggi can cry me a fukin river. CC Miles. This is a built in excuse, Malinaggi knows he is gonna get his lil ass beaten by Cotto. Miguel should come into the song from “The Warriors”, …“nowhere to run to baby, nowhere hide…” O0
I think Team Malignaggi voice a real concern. I remember watching Cotto fight Corley awhile back and he packed on 17 pounds since the weigh-in and Corley only put on 3. The power difference was readily apparent as soon as Cotto landed the first punch. And Corley still was able to shake him up in the third. Malignaggi better be careful.
I thought paulie was so confident it didn’t matter what Cotto did he would win, I guess he knows he is going to get hit, and dosen’t want to get hit by a guy out weighing him by 20lbs. It dosen’t matter Cotto will knock him out no matter what time the weigh in is.
hahah,Um Hulk,was that CC for me or Miles? Miles didn’t post here dude!! As long as Cotto does not come in ridiculously over fight like the Corley fight,it should be ok
if Mallinaggi wins everyone owes him alot of respect too!!!..paulis gonna have to box that big ape of a peurto rican that ‘Chop-chopped’ corely …cotto was 157 for that fight …thats alot of weight classes
