Diaz-Malignaggi II set
Posted Nov. 5, 2009 at 05:30pm
By RingTV.com editors
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The Juan Diaz-Paulie Malignaggi rematch is set for Dec. 12 in Chicago on HBO, Golden Boy Promotions has announced.
The two met on Aug. 22 in Diaz’s hometown of Houston. Malignaggi, from Brooklyn, N.Y., had said going into the fight that he wouldn’t get a fair shake in Texas. And while the fact Diaz won a unanimous decision isn’t outrageous, judge Gale Van Hoy’s score of 118-110 for Diaz was. Almost everyone thought it was a close fight, although most experts apparently thought Malignaggi won.
THE RING magazine polled 21 boxing writers. Thirteen scored it for Malignaggi, three had Diaz winning and five believed it was a draw.
Diaz welcomes the rematch, a 12-round junior welterweight matchup.
“I enjoyed beat Malignaggi the first time and I’m more than willing to do it again,” he said. “This time, though, I’m looking for the knockout so I don’t have to hear his mouth anymore.”
Malignaggi, whose eloquent post-fight diatribe about corruption in boxing played a role in the controversy, won’t have to worry as much about biased judges in the neutral location..
“The public demanded this rematch and I am looking forward to fighting Diaz for the second time,” he said. “This time I’m going to get the win on my record not just from the boxing community and the fans.”
In the co-main event, Victor Ortiz, coming off a knockout loss to Marcos Maidana in June and surgery on his wrist, faces veteran Juan Diaz in a 10-round junior welterweight fight.
The two met on Aug. 22 in Diaz’s hometown of Houston. Malignaggi, from Brooklyn, N.Y., had said going into the fight that he wouldn’t get a fair shake in Texas. And while the fact Diaz won a unanimous decision isn’t outrageous, judge Gale Van Hoy’s score of 118-110 for Diaz was. Almost everyone thought it was a close fight, although most experts apparently thought Malignaggi won.
THE RING magazine polled 21 boxing writers. Thirteen scored it for Malignaggi, three had Diaz winning and five believed it was a draw.
Diaz welcomes the rematch, a 12-round junior welterweight matchup.
“I enjoyed beat Malignaggi the first time and I’m more than willing to do it again,” he said. “This time, though, I’m looking for the knockout so I don’t have to hear his mouth anymore.”
Malignaggi, whose eloquent post-fight diatribe about corruption in boxing played a role in the controversy, won’t have to worry as much about biased judges in the neutral location..
“The public demanded this rematch and I am looking forward to fighting Diaz for the second time,” he said. “This time I’m going to get the win on my record not just from the boxing community and the fans.”
In the co-main event, Victor Ortiz, coming off a knockout loss to Marcos Maidana in June and surgery on his wrist, faces veteran Juan Diaz in a 10-round junior welterweight fight.
