I'm sure, like many casual observers reading this eye-catching headline, I wasn't the only one to be mistaken: "Malignaggi to take on Cotto".
A rematch? What? Why? How?
Actually, brash but slightly jaded New Yorker Malignaggi is taking on Jose Miguel Cotto, the brother of the Puerto Rican superstar on April 9 on the undercard of Maidana - Morales and Guerrero - Katsidis.
The promotion of this undercard at least catches the eye, if nothing else. The fight might not have the dazzle of the younger Cotto's name in bright lights but it could still be a fun fight - if a little meaningless. Malignaggi can usually be relied upon to spice up proceedings a little beforehand.
Malignaggi, as far as I could see, was a small light-welterweight so I'm not sure what he has to gain fighting up at welterweight other than a few more opponents he has hasn't had the chance to take on.
Jose Miguel Cotto meanwhile has a similar sort of problem in that he spent his peak years as a lightweight contender.
Expect Cotto to play the bull and Malignaggi to play the matador. The winner might get a chance to be appointed gatekeeper to the welterweight division - but nothing more than that.
A rematch? What? Why? How?
Actually, brash but slightly jaded New Yorker Malignaggi is taking on Jose Miguel Cotto, the brother of the Puerto Rican superstar on April 9 on the undercard of Maidana - Morales and Guerrero - Katsidis.
The promotion of this undercard at least catches the eye, if nothing else. The fight might not have the dazzle of the younger Cotto's name in bright lights but it could still be a fun fight - if a little meaningless. Malignaggi can usually be relied upon to spice up proceedings a little beforehand.
Malignaggi, as far as I could see, was a small light-welterweight so I'm not sure what he has to gain fighting up at welterweight other than a few more opponents he has hasn't had the chance to take on.
Jose Miguel Cotto meanwhile has a similar sort of problem in that he spent his peak years as a lightweight contender.
Expect Cotto to play the bull and Malignaggi to play the matador. The winner might get a chance to be appointed gatekeeper to the welterweight division - but nothing more than that.
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