Paulie Malignaggi is aiming to turn out to be a two-sport champion within the coming weeks when the embellished gloved boxing titleholder vies for bare-knuckle gold, and a former BKFC champ has weighed in on this. The combatant in query is Mike Richman, and mutual respect was proven when Richman gained his first BKFC strap, the interim mild heavyweight crown from Isaac Doolittle.
Within the wake of that BKFC 31 title combat, Paulie Malignaggi tipped his cap to ‘The Marine’ round that time in a social media publish from Richman. ‘The Magic Man’ lately bested Tyler Goodjohn to earn his first win in gloveless fight, and over a former BKB champ no much less, after a 2019 loss to Artem Lobov within the BKFC ring.
When requested for his ideas on Malignaggi’s looming conflict with Rolando Dy for the latter’s BKB title on Might sixteenth in Manchester, Richman mentioned [via Bare Knuckle Bowker],
“Oh man, I obtained nothing however love for Paulie Malignaggi, man. I used to be a giant fan of his model. He was so slick I used to be a giant fan of his model when he was a boxer, even earlier than he transitioned. You already know, I’ve been a giant fan of him for a very long time. Then I used to be sponsored again in my MMA days, him and his Future Legend Clothes model. I used to be sponsored by them for a handful of fights. They supported me rather a lot in my MMA profession.”
Paulie Malignaggi’s model “excellent to chop individuals up….and win in naked knuckle”, per former BKFC champ
Talking extra to Malignaggi’s looming conflict contained in the Mighty Trigon for bare-knuckle boxing {hardware}, Richman continued, [via Bare Knuckle Bowker],
“So to see Paulie go on the market, he’s nonetheless slick. I imply, he’s nonetheless obtained it. I feel his accuracy and his jab and his motion is ideal to chop individuals up and rating and win in naked knuckle. Yeah, I’m comfortable to see him go on the market and attempt to reel in one other title. He’s doing it within the Trigon, too, and that’s a good smaller ring. So even much less motion and his model is [built] on motion. So, it’s cool to see him get in there and get after it. All of the like to Paulie.”
