Paulie Malignaggi (Magic Man) is a 44-year-old retired American professional boxer. He is a two-weightclass world champion with 2 world-title wins. In a career spanning 15 years, 7 months, and 25 days, Malignaggi amassed a record of 36-8, which includes 7 wins via KO, 1 of which was in a world-title fight.
Paulie Malignaggi was born in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, U.S. on November 23, 1980. He made his professional debut at the age of 20 years on July 7, 2001 against Thadeus Parker. Malignaggi defeated Parker via 1st round TKO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Malignaggi got his first shot at a world title at the age of 25 after 21 professional fights. On June 10, 2006 Malignaggi challenged Miguel Cotto's WBO super-lightweight title but lost via 12-round unanimous decision.
He became a world champion on June 16, 2007 at the age of 26 years, after by defeating Lovemore N'dou, the then-reining IBF super-lightweight champion, via 12-round unanimous decision. This was his 24th fight as a professional.
Malignaggi then went on to successfully win the welterweight (WBA) titles also to become a two-division world champion.
Malignaggi's last fight was an 8th-round KO loss to Sam Eggington at age 36, on March 4, 2017.
Some of Paulie Malignaggi's best fights have been against Vyacheslav Senchenko, Lovemore N'dou, Juan Díaz, José Cotto, Pablo César Cano, and Zab Judah. For a complete list of Malignaggi's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Paulie Malignaggi".
Malignaggi has 8 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Paulie Malignaggi Losses".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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44 | Mar 04, 2017 | 36 | Sam Eggington | loss | KO 8 |
43 | Jul 30, 2016 | 35 | Gabriel Bracero | win | UD 10 |
42 | Dec 12, 2015 | 35 | Antonio Moscatiello | win | UD 12 |
41 | Sep 26, 2015 | 34 | Laszlo Fazekas | win | UD 8 |
40 | Aug 01, 2015 | 34 | Danny García 27 30-0 | loss | TKO 9 |
39 | Apr 19, 2014 | 33 | Shawn Porter 26 23-0-1 | loss | TKO 4 |
38 | Dec 07, 2013 | 33 | Zab Judah 36 42-8 | win | UD 12 |
37 | Jun 22, 2013 | 32 | Adrien Broner 23 26-0 | loss | SD 12 |
36 | Oct 20, 2012 | 31 | Pablo César Cano 23 26-1-1 | win | SD 12 |
35 | Apr 29, 2012 | 31 | Vyacheslav Senchenko 35 32-0 | win | TKO 9 |
34 | Oct 15, 2011 | 30 | Orlando Lora | win | UD 10 |
33 | Apr 09, 2011 | 30 | José Cotto 33 32-2-1 | win | UD 10 |
32 | Dec 18, 2010 | 30 | Michael Lozada | win | TKO 6 |
31 | May 15, 2010 | 29 | Amir Khan 23 22-1 | loss | TKO 11 |
30 | Dec 12, 2009 | 29 | Juan Díaz 26 35-2 | win | UD 12 |
29 | Aug 22, 2009 | 28 | Juan Díaz 25 34-2 | loss | UD 12 |
28 | Apr 25, 2009 | 28 | Christopher Fernandez | win | UD 8 |
27 | Nov 22, 2008 | 27 | Ricky Hatton 30 44-1 | loss | TKO 11 |
26 | May 24, 2008 | 27 | Lovemore N'dou 36 46-9-1 | win | SD 12 |
25 | Jan 05, 2008 | 27 | Herman Ngoudjo | win | UD 12 |
24 | Jun 16, 2007 | 26 | Lovemore N'dou 35 45-8-1 | win | UD 12 |
23 | Feb 17, 2007 | 26 | Edner Cherry | win | UD 10 |
22 | Jun 10, 2006 | 25 | Miguel Cotto 25 26-0 | loss | UD 12 |
21 | Feb 10, 2006 | 25 | Donald Camarena | win | UD 10 |
20 | Aug 25, 2005 | 24 | Jeremy Yelton | win | UD 8 |
19 | Dec 04, 2004 | 24 | Sandro Casamonica | win | TD 7 |
18 | Jun 17, 2004 | 23 | Ramiro Cano | win | UD 10 |
17 | Apr 22, 2004 | 23 | Rocky Martinez | win | UD 10 |
16 | Dec 06, 2003 | 23 | Paul Delgado | win | UD 8 |
15 | Oct 24, 2003 | 22 | Jesus Abel Santiago | win | UD 8 |
14 | Aug 01, 2003 | 22 | Kevin Watts | win | TKO 6 |
13 | Jun 03, 2003 | 22 | Shad Howard | win | UD 6 |
12 | Nov 23, 2002 | 22 | Paul Delgado | win | SD 8 |
11 | Oct 13, 2002 | 21 | Chad Lawshe | win | UD 6 |
10 | Aug 30, 2002 | 21 | Anthony Simpkins | win | TKO 2 |
9 | Jul 26, 2002 | 21 | Jadschi Green | win | UD 6 |
8 | May 30, 2002 | 21 | Andre Baker | win | UD 6 |
7 | Apr 12, 2002 | 21 | Sterling Gethers | win | UD 4 |
6 | Jan 18, 2002 | 21 | Antonio Young | win | UD 6 |
5 | Dec 07, 2001 | 21 | Jose LaPorte | win | UD 4 |
4 | Nov 23, 2001 | 21 | Cornell Jackson | win | UD 4 |
3 | Nov 10, 2001 | 20 | Luis Melendez | win | KO 3 |
2 | Jul 26, 2001 | 20 | Robert Sowers | win | TKO 4 |
1 | Jul 07, 2001 | 20 | Thadeus Parker | win | TKO 1 |