With former International Boxing Federation (IBF) junior welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (27-4, 5 KO’s) signing with Golden Boy Promotions and saying that he intends on fighting at welterweight (147 lbs), you have to wonder who Malignaggi is capable of beating at that weight. Given how weak of a puncher that the 29-year-old Malignaggi was at light welterweight (140 lbs), you can’t figure that he’ll be any stronger at welterweight. It wasn’t as if Malignaggi was melting down muscle in order to get to 140 each time he fought. I figure Golden Boy has signed Malignaggi in order to have him as an opponent for one of their young lions like Saul Alvarez. It would give Alvarez a fighter with a name to fight but without the power to be a threat to him. But once Alvarez destroys Malignaggi, how much more use will Golden Boy be able to get out of Malignaggi? Read more: http://www.boxingnews24.com/2010/10/is-malignaggi-capable-of-beating-anyone-at-147/
