Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by Paulie Malignaggi
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Last updated on September 17, 2024.
I can't make it doing anything else, the amount of money. Obviously, anybody can go to work and make money, but the paycheck I make boxing, I'm not going to make anywhere else.
Kevin Johnson is the kind of guy that gives guys trouble. He gives a lot of guys trouble. He gave Vitali Klitschko trouble.
Preparation in Miami is always good because of the weather.
I am a welterweight, so do I want to fight Mayweather or Pacquiao? To be honest, it has not entered my head.
It is tougher to control range on a guy who is as tall, lengthy, and busy as Amir Khan, who has a very good jab.
I'm a boxer by nature, so, obviously, the jab is always key - but it is nice to know you've got a right hand behind it.
I'm sure Adrien Broner would jump at the opportunity to pick up two belts in one night, and I think a lot of big names would take that opportunity.
You've got to be really hurt to stop a fight, especially to stop a championship fight.
People say I don't punch hard, but I say, 'Get in the ring with me and see if it hurts.'
I would love to fight Ricky Hatton.
We both do a lot of similar things with speed and boxing ability, but I think I've got some tricks up my sleeve for Zab. Zab will probably tell you he's got some tricks up his sleeve for me.
Guys get hurt in fights. It doesn't mean you stop a fight every time somebody gets hurt.
I just try to be the best fighter I can be.
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.
I have the experience to beat Hatton. I've been on the big stage.
American fight fans are in tune to Joshua because they know what he's done, especially to Klitschko, and there is nothing not to like about him.
I wouldn't be surprised if I knocked Ricky Hatton out. It's something that people are going to read and think I'm ridiculous, but if you look beyond what you see with naked eye, every time he gets hit clean, he's hurt.
I have got better over the years, and I know what sort of fighter I am.
Pacquiao has generated a lot of positive press for our sport, and that is something no one can complain about.
Once you come to America, you're fighting top fighters. They're not going to let you get away with the guys you're fighting in England: you're going to have to fight constant monsters.
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.
Ricky Hatton has no sense of anticipation of what's coming his way. You can teach him all you want, but he doesn't have those instincts.
I'm looking forward to a long, fruitful career now behind the mic, staying around the sport I love so much and the sport that changed my life for the better.
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.
I'm proud of my Italian roots, and I've always believed that I would get the chance to fight for the belt.
They call me the Magic Man because I'm a classy fighter, a master of my craft, a good-looking Italian kid from Brooklyn who came through a dark and gritty life to find something magical.
I have always admired Zab's skills, and his resume speaks for itself.
I do think Wilder can be a household name in America. He is a good fighter, and he has knockout power and has knockout potential, which is what you need as a heavyweight.
UFC has unbelievable fans, and boxing has unbelievable fans.
The Hatton fight left a bad taste in my mouth.
Range control is a big part of Floyd Mayweather's arsenal.
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.
The Americans love Carl Froch. He has brought nothing but excitement to these shores in those Super Six victories he produced.
Sometimes, when it comes to multiple-weight world champions, they have so much skill that it eliminates the excitement out of the fights.
In camp, you're supposed to get comfortable at being uncomfortable; you have to be ready for when you are being punched in the mouth.
I think I should I have beaten Ricky Hatton. I never thought he was so great, I really think I have the style to beat him. I never thought he was that good, you know.
I don't really have the desire, as far as love of the game. It's more about the paycheck I can make.
A lot of people in barber shops all over Brooklyn talk about Paulie Malignaggi v. Zab Judah.
My grandfather and my uncle took me to the gym. I was kinda wild; they thought that boxing would teach me a lesson, but I don't think in their wildest dreams they could imagine the success I would have.
Sometimes it's kind of strange, and it's definitely something I have to work on in the future, but when I'm big favourite in fights, it's almost like I try too hard and try to force things to happen. That always seems to take a bad turn and makes my performance look bad, even if I win.
You get the reality checks during the course of your adult life and your career, and you realize that as good as the money in boxing is, most of the time people most don't make Ray Leonard or Oscar De La Hoya money, even if you make very good money.
You can teach defensive wizardry, but you need the talent to go with it. You have to be born with that natural defensive radar.
I'm not complaining. I've made a very good living from boxing, better than any living I possibly could have done. Having said that, you don't live the rest of your life off the money you make in boxing. You still have to create positive forms of income.
Money can make money if you're intelligent about it and don't waste it the wrong way.
To say 'I quit' brings a lot of criticism, but to get disqualified and say the ref was unfair and harsh, in denial - fans will jump on that.
It's always been a dream of mine to fight for the European title.
For me, that is what made Leonard-Hearns stand out, because they made adjustments on each other, and it went back and forth continually. One had the advantage, then the other, then back to the first one, and so on.
As long as the crowd make noise, I will be in my element, whether it is booing or cheering. The main thing is I get a reaction of some kind.
At training camp, you brainwash yourself into thinking every,day is the same, no weekends or holidays. It's all the same - a work day. You develop a mental state to just work hard and get ready for the fight.
Sometimes when you get older, you need to tone down the trash talking, and sometimes you need younger fighters to bring it out of you.
People are going to forget all about Herman Ngoudjo after our fight.
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.
Being the champion and getting a unification fight in your house gives you certain advantages.
Linares is one of those fighters that always oozes quality and class.
Madison Square Gardens is the Mecca of boxing.
You can be taught so much, but the sense of anticipation cannot be taught.
You need new ways to keep motivating yourself, and creative ways are part of the formula.
I believe it's going to be easier to stop Ricky Hatton than it will be to stop Lovemore N'dou.
I'm telling you, Amir Khan gives Floyd Mayweather problems.
I fought Miguel Cotto in Madison Square Garden on the eve of the Puerto Rican Day parade - it was like fighting the devil in Hell.
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