The Moment: Danny Garcia vs Paulie Malignaggi
Danny Garcia was controlling the fight through six rounds against a fading Paulie Malignaggi, who was being brutalized to the body and bled from cuts above and below his right eye.
For Brooklyn’s Paulie Malignaggi, the road likely ends in the same place it started
Paulie Malignaggi was hurting, no doubt about it. In what might have been the final fight in the two-division champion’s career Saturday night, he certainly had the look of defeat all over him.
Danny Garcia makes strong statement in 147-pound debut
Even though he won both fights, Danny Garcia’s mood at Barclays Center was significantly more upbeat Saturday night after beating Paulie Malignaggi than it was after he defeated Lamont Peterson in April at the same venue.
Danny Garcia dominates in TKO win over Paulie Malignaggi
Danny Garcia had no trouble stepping up in weight to 147 pounds Saturday night.
How Paulie Malignaggi became boxing’s most flamboyant fighter
If he had a different last name, Paulie Malignaggi might never have once arrived at a weigh-in wearing only a stuffed elephant over his crotch. And he probably wouldn’t have shown up at another weigh-in a few years earlier slathered in superhero body paint, looking like he was auditioning for a role in a porno spoof of a Marvel flick (“XXX-Men,” anyone?).
Talented trio ready for return to Barclays Center
Three fighters who fought on the first boxing card at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, on October 20, 2012, will be competing there again Saturday night. And each one of them hopes it goes as well as it did the first time around.
It's no acting: Rosie Perez to bring passion, knowledge to ESPN broadcast
It’s sometime around 1974 and a 10-year-old Rosie Perez is in the backyard of her New York home. Her half sister brought her around to strap on the gloves. Let the boxing lessons begin.
Daniel Jacobs, Paulie Malignaggi share Brooklyn roots
They’re seven years apart in age, but Daniel Jacobs and Paulie Malignaggi share a hometown connection that transcends any kind of generational cohort.