Paulie Malignaggi on Garcia vs Cruz
by ⋆ Wagner Caio: Paulie Malignaggi
Paulie Malignaggi thinks a potential Ryan Garcia versus Isaac Cruz fight won't be competitive at all. He says the matchup is stylistically one-sided and calls it a mismatch, though he clarifies there's no shade on Pitbull since he respects him as a fighter. The warning to fans is clear: if you demand this fight happen, do not complain about the result when it plays out that way on fight night. Paulie states the fight would be completely one-sided due to stylistic incompatibility and asserts that fans who push for such a mismatch deserve the outcome.
Transcript (en)
I guess enough people. I would have thought that, you know, people would see what I see, that that fight's completely one-sided. That's a mismatch, you know, and then no shade on Pitbull. He's a good fighter, but I just think, you know, stylistically, it just doesn't blend together. This is, so this is, this is not what I'm saying. But that's what I'm saying. Then if you, if you are going to be okay with fights like that, then you deserve what you get on fight night. Paul, you're not, you're not, you're not. I don't want to hear the complaints about, oh, that fight was, no, no, don't complain. You all, you all push for it. You all want it. I, I'll tell you, I don't think that fight's a good fight. And that's not the shit on... Okay, so is it better than Ben? These fights have...
