Manny Pacquiao's victory over Timothy Bradley last Saturday helped reaffirm that the Pacman isn't finished just yet, but Paulie Malignaggi isn't on the Filipino's bandwagon.
Malignaggi (33-5, 7 knockouts) defeated veteran Zab Judah in his last bout and will face Shawn Porter (23-0-1, 14 knockouts) today in Washington DC. The ever loquacious Malignaggi never seems to refuse an interview and he is eager to offer his thoughts about the popular Pacquiao.
In talking with ESPN's Dan Rafael, Malignaggi pooh-poohed Porter's tenure as a sparring partner with Pacquiao.
“Once you become world champion I think you set yourself apart from the rest of the class,” said Malignaggi. “Shawn did that by winning the world championship. All that other bullshit about sparring with Manny Pacquiao and all that, I don't rate Manny Pacquiao as a very good fighter. I don't rate him as a very intelligent fighter, actually. So all that other bullshit about the sparring and all that stuff, it really, for me, goes in one ear and out the other. But what Shawn did to Devon was very impressive, and certainly it put him in a different light in a lot of ways, in a more positive way.”
Shawn Porter, meanwhile, is all that high on Malignaggi.
“I want to continue to raise the bar,” said Porter to Boxingnews. “My next opponent (after Malignaggi) will be someone with a better record than Paulie who is younger than Paulie, and will be more of a challenge than Paulie.”
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