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Sold all those wolf tickets about whipping ass and then became a track star in the ring! Usain Bolt doesn't have a thing on Paulette!
Malignaggi, now a former two-division world champ, came out active and much more aggressive than usual, throwing a large amount of punches that mostly missed and/or struck Broner on the forearms and shoulders.
By the middle rounds, though, it became clear that there was only one fighter in the ring throwing real, scoring punches--- and that was the former lightweight champ from Cincinnati, Broner.
When Broner landed punches, they moved Malignaggi. When Malignaggi landed shots, Broner didn't budge -- although Malignaggi did last the distance against a fighter who has one of the highest knockout percentages among active titleholders.
According to CompuBox, Broner, who earned a career-high $1.5 million, landed 246 of 524 punches (47 percent), while Malignaggi, whose $1.125 million purse was also a career high, landed 214 of 843 (25 percent). Malignaggi was busy but largely ineffective, while Broner's blows were clean and doing more damage.
HTML:Malignaggi-Broner punch stats Malignaggi Broner Landed 214 246 Thrown 843 524 Pct 25% 47%
-- Statistical support from Showtime
"Adrien fought one of the best boxers," Schaefer said. "If Paulie would have some power in his punches, it might have become a difficult fight for Adrien. But at the same time, Adrien was in control and he did what he had to do."
By the eighth round, Broner was in total control. Malignaggi, whose hometown crowd chanted, "Paulie! Paulie! Paulie!" during the fight, was still firing and moving well, but he simply couldn't hurt Broner, who seemed to rattle Malignaggi with everything he landed.
Broner closed the ninth round with a strong right hand that had Malignaggi making faces at him, a likely sign he had in fact been hurt by the shot.
"He hit all arms," Broner said. "He couldn't hit me. He went straight to survival mode. He kept running, and I cut him off.
"He fought exactly how I thought he would fight. I did this for my fans. He couldn't hit me. He was shadowboxing."
looks like your boy myweather is getting in the ring with my boy from mexico in september...i know thats one i will be paying for...that mexican has serious power...won't be able to just outpoint him and not taste leather...mayweathers gonna pay for this win if he gets it...i love it
alvarez is a red headed monster...
Canelo will hand Mayweather his first loss. I've actually seen a few of his fights here in So Cal. The guy is a buzzsaw in the ring and his power will be felt. He's young and quick enough to keep up with Floyd's speed.
Canelo will hand Mayweather his first loss. I've actually seen a few of his fights here in So Cal. The guy is a buzzsaw in the ring and his power will be felt. He's young and quick enough to keep up with Floyd's speed.
looks like your boy myweather is getting in the ring with my boy from mexico in september...i know thats one i will be paying for...that mexican has serious power...won't be able to just outpoint him and not taste leather...mayweathers gonna pay for this win if he gets it...i love it
alvarez is a red headed monster...
Canelo will hand Mayweather his first loss. I've actually seen a few of his fights here in So Cal. The guy is a buzzsaw in the ring and his power will be felt. He's young and quick enough to keep up with Floyd's speed.