By Marcus Henry
Marcus.henry@newsday.com
Paulie Malignaggi has never been one to admit his fears publicly. All of that changed after his split-decision victory over Lovemore N’Dou last Saturday. The 27-year-old IBF junior welterweight champion admitted the broken right hand he suffered during the fight could bring forth an early end to his boxing career in an interview on the nationally syndicated radio show “Through the Ropes” last Thursday.
Several rods were placed in his right hand during a recent surgical procedure. It’s the fourth time Malignaggi (25-1, 5 KOs) has broken the hand. “I want to be able to use my hand after boxing,” he said during the interview. “But if I keep breaking it, that could cause some real problems down the road.”
The hand injury shouldn’t do anything to prevent him from fight Ricky Hatton, however, according to promoter Lou DiBella. No fight date has been set, but as usual, Malignaggi was not at a loss for words regarding Hatton.
“Even though he comes forward, if you look at him, Ricky Hatton does not like to get hit,” said the Brooklyn native. “I promise you, if I have two good hands, I will beat him badly. It won’t even be close.”
Comments (1)
Cass,
i just watched the Pavlik fight against that piece of meat from Whales rocket Lockett...
you gotta be kidding me........
talk about a show case who does he fight now Glenn Appel?
he will fight anyone and no one is stepping up to fight Pavlik?
i would like him to fight Calzaghi and shut the why is is he fighting Roy Jones and not Pavlik ...
i will never figure this game out...
Louie Vag out!