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Thursday, February 3, 2022

Weighing In - Part 17

Paulie Malignaggi

American boxer Paulie Malignaggi, born in 1980, held the world champion welterweight title from 2012 to 2013.  He retired from boxing in 2017.

Something unexpected happened at the weigh-in of the fight between Malignaggi and Shawn Porter in 2014 (above), namely, what Paulie was wearing.  There was no nudity, aside from a brief rear view at the end, but a bit of humor is always welcome.

I showed this photo of the weigh-in in a post last year called "What to Wear When Weighing In."  Fighters can wear whatever they want while weighing in, including being naked, as long as they're under the maximum weight for their class.  The elephant G-string was just for the weigh-in.  He wore standard boxing trunks for the actual fight.

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2 comments:

SickoRicko said...

He's a hottie!

Randy said...

Gotta love it. A bunch of presumably homophobic men staring at a near-naked man while hooting and hollering.