{"id":18527,"date":"2012-03-31T10:56:05","date_gmt":"2012-03-31T15:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=18527"},"modified":"2012-03-31T10:56:05","modified_gmt":"2012-03-31T15:56:05","slug":"paulie-malignaggi-ready-for-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=18527","title":{"rendered":"Paulie Malignaggi: Ready for WAR"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>WBA Welterweight Title Fight vs. Senchenko Live On PPV Apr. 29<\/strong><\/p>\n

Former IBF Light Welterweight Champion Paulie \u201cMagic Man\u201d Malignaggi will soon embark on his Ukrainian mission, as he challenges undefeated WBA World Welterweight Champion Vyacheslav Senchenko, live on pay per view April 29 from Donboss Arena in Donetsk, Ukraine. Senchenko vs. Malignaggi,\u201d presented by Union Boxing Promotion, is being distributed in the United States by Integrated Sports Media for live viewing at 1:00 PM\/ET \u2013 10:00 AM\/PT on both cable and satellite pay-per-view via iN Demand, DIRECTV, DISH Network and Avail-TVNfor a suggested retail price of only $29.95.<\/p>\n

\u201cI look forward to becoming the WBA World Welterweight Champion,\u201d Malignaggi commented. \u201cI\u2019m not worried about fighting over there because the WBA and Golden Boy Promotions have appeased any fears I may have had at first. Golden Boy takes good care of its fighters, so I took the fight.\u201d <\/p>\n

Malignaggi (30-4, 6 KOs) captured the IBF junior welterweight title in 2007, scoring a 12-round decision over defending champ Lovemore N\u2019dou, successfully defending that belt twice versus Herman Ngoudjo (DEC12) and N\u2019dou (DEC12) in a rematch before relinquishing the title in order to face Ricky Hatton in the fall of 2008. Since moving up to welterweight, Malignaggi is unbeaten with victories against Michael Lozada (TKO6), Jose Miguel Cotto (DEC10) and Orlando Lora (DEC10).<\/p>\n

\u201cI love fighting at 147 pounds and look forward to this opportunity to become a two-division world champion that will legitimize me even more,\u201d the outspoken 31-year-old Malignaggi said. \u201cI\u2019m smarter now about my body and making 147 isn\u2019t a strain. I\u2019m a high-energy fighter and now I\u2019m not draining myself losing weight.\u201d<\/p>\n

2000 Ukraine Olympian Senchenko won the WBA title in 2009 by way of a 12-round decision against previously undefeated Yuriy Nuzhnenko. Vyacheslav has successfully defended his world title belt three times against Motoki Sasaki (DEC12), Charlie Jose Navarro (DEC12) and more recently Marco Antonio Avendano (TKO6) last August in his last fight.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis fight is driving me because I want my first title defense to be at the Barclay Center in Brooklyn (where Maligaggi lives), October 20th on opening night,\u201d Malignaggi added. \u201cI\u2019m going to beat this guy to become a two-division World champion. Senchenko\u2019s never been in the ring with anybody like Paulie Malignaggi. He\u2019s never seen anybody like me. He has fought in the comfort of his home during his entire career against pitiful opponents.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m the biggest name he\u2019s ever fought. He\u2019s never fought anybody on my level. He\u2019s in for a rude awakening April 29th. I\u2019m going to force him to adapt and dig down to the point where he\u2019s not going to want to get up and fight me every three minutes. I have the answer for everything he brings into the ring. There\u2019s nothing he can do that I haven\u2019t seen and can\u2019t handle. I\u2019m better than him. Senchenko has never fought anybody like Pauli Malignaggi.\u201d<\/p>\n

Go online to www.integratedsportsnet.com for additional information. Follow Integrated Sports Media on Twitter @IntegratedPPV.<\/p>\n

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WBA Welterweight Title Fight vs. Senchenko Live On PPV Apr. 29 Former IBF Light Welterweight Champion Paulie \u201cMagic Man\u201d Malignaggi will soon embark on his Ukrainian mission, as he challenges undefeated WBA World Welterweight Champion Vyacheslav Senchenko, live on pay per view April 29 from Donboss Arena in Donetsk, Ukraine. Senchenko vs. Malignaggi,\u201d presented by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[105,789],"class_list":["post-18527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-boxing","tag-paulie-malignaggi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18527"}],"version-history":[{"count":-4,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18527\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}