Paulie Malignaggi

Paulie Malignaggi has always intrigued me as a fighter who won with brains over brawn. Raised in Bensonhurst as an Italian-American, he climbed to a two-division world title and a 2007 Comeback of the Year award on speed, footwork, and sheer stubbornness rather than knockout power. What I enjoy even more is his second act as a commentator, where the same fight-reading instinct fuels sharp, unfiltered analysis you can only earn in the ring. I tend to prefer the technicians and talkers over the highlight-reel punchers, and Paulie, still lending his voice to bare-knuckle boxing, embodies that breed perfectly.

Name (English)

Paulie Malignaggi

Name (Japanese)

ポール・マリナッジ

Reading

ぽーる・まりなっじ

Born

November 23, 1980 (age 45)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Monkey

Origin

Bensonhurst, New York, United States

Height

173 cm

Occupation

boxer

High school

New Utrecht High School

Awards & achievements

• 2007 The Ring magazine Comeback of the Year
• Sam Taub Award
• IBF World Junior Welterweight Champion
• WBA World Welterweight Champion

• Official sitehttps://www.officialmalignaggi.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/paulmalignaggi/
• Xhttps://x.com/PaulMalignaggi
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulie%20Malignaggi
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9D%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AA%E3%83%8A%E3%83%83%E3%82%B8
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2654402

Tags

• New York
• boxer

Last updated

2026-06-20

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.