{"id":8939,"date":"2011-03-24T13:12:04","date_gmt":"2011-03-24T17:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=8939"},"modified":"2011-03-24T13:12:04","modified_gmt":"2011-03-24T17:12:04","slug":"paulie-malignaggi-vs-jose-miguel-cotto-ready-to-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=8939","title":{"rendered":"Paulie Malignaggi Vs Jose Miguel Cotto Ready to Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Former junior welterweight champion Paulie \u201cMagic Man\u201d Malignaggi will step back onto the big stage against Puerto Rico\u2019s Jose Miguel Cotto in a 10-round welterweight fight on April 9 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. \u201cWe promised to deliver the best fights for the April 9 pay-per-view and we are continuing to do that with the addition of the always-flashy and exciting Paulie Malignaggi against the experienced Jose Miguel Cotto,\u201d said Oscar de la Hoya, president of Golden Boy Promotions. \u201cIt is going to be a clash of a boxer versus a puncher, plus Paulie is looking to avenge his loss to Jose Miguel\u2019s older brother, Miguel Cotto, in a fight you won\u2019t want to miss.\u201d <\/p>\n

Flashy in and out of the ring and blessed with the heart of a lion, Brooklyn\u2019s Paulie Malignaggi (28-4, 6 KOs) has regrouped and now, fighting at welterweight, the \u201cMagic Man\u201d is in top-notch form as he pursues a world title in a second weight class. Coming off of a sixth round technical knockout win over Michael Lozada in December, the 30-year-old Malignaggi can\u2019t wait to show off more of his new tricks on April 9 against the brother of the man \u2013 Miguel Cotto \u2013 who handed him his first professional loss.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very excited to be on this great card that is generating a lot of buzz,\u201d said Malignaggi. \u201cI think fighting Cotto is a good test and an important next step at this point in my career as I climb back to the top of the sport. His brother Miguel is the best fighter I have fought in my career, so I know when fighting a \u2018Cotto\u2019 I have to be prepared. I\u2019m excited for the challenge and the chance to keep proving \u2018naysayers\u2019 wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

A 14-year veteran who can do it all in the ring, Caguas\u2019 Jose Miguel Cotto (32-2-1, 24 KOs) represents Puerto Rico with heart and pride every time he steps through the ropes. A longtime lightweight contender who has continued to find success as he has moved up in weight, the 33-year old Cotto has won four of his last five fights. His most recent fight was a fourth round technical knockout win over Christopher Henry in November. He returns to Las Vegas for the first time in nearly a year and expects a win against Malignaggi.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis is going to be a great fight,\u201d said Cotto. \u201cI\u2019ve been in the gym training my hardest and I feel ready. Having a big win over Malignaggi will move me closer to a title opportunity. I will not let this one go by.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former junior welterweight champion Paulie \u201cMagic Man\u201d Malignaggi will step back onto the big stage against Puerto Rico\u2019s Jose Miguel Cotto in a 10-round welterweight fight on April 9 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. \u201cWe promised to deliver the best fights for the April 9 pay-per-view and we are continuing to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[105,2999,789],"class_list":["post-8939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-boxing","tag-jose-miguel-cotto","tag-paulie-malignaggi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8939","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=8939"}],"version-history":[{"count":-4,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8939\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}