A biography for Paulie Malignaggihasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“You've got to be really hurt to stop a fight, especially to stop a championship fight.”
“I'm proud of my Italian roots, and I've always believed that I would get the chance to fight for the belt.”
“I was an angry kid, and boxing kept me out of trouble.”
“I want to win at everything I'm doing. It doesn't matter what it is. I want to beat the person that I'm competing against.”
“I've got a really good job commentating and watching great fighters fight ringside.”
“I have the experience to beat Hatton. I've been on the big stage.”
“I wasn't exactly born with a silver spoon in my mouth.”
“I am a welterweight, so do I want to fight Mayweather or Pacquiao? To be honest, it has not entered my head.”
“Jose Miguel Cotto may not have the resume of his brother, but he's a good fighter.”
“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.”
“My whole life, nothing was handed to me. I had to go out in the world and get it.”
“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.”
“Dealing with my first pro loss was the toughest adversity of my career.”
“You can be taught so much, but the sense of anticipation cannot be taught.”
“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.”
“I am a competitor, so I only want the best fighters in the world.”
“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.”
“Being the champion and getting a unification fight in your house gives you certain advantages.”
“People say I don't punch hard, but I say, 'Get in the ring with me and see if it hurts.'”