Malignaggi: Guerrero is a paper champion

Although the WBA has already held a purse bid for a fight between former IBF 140lb champion Paul Malignaggi, (30-4, 6 KOs) and reigning WBA welterweight champion Vycheslav Senchenko (32-0, 21 KOs) to take place in April, it looks like Malignaggi will instead take an undercard fight on the Mayweather-Cotto pay-per-view telecast in Las Vegas. Malignaggi says he agreed to a fight against Golden Boy stablemate Robert Guerrero, but claims Guerrero has refused to fight him.

In an open letter, Mailgnaggi ripped into Guerrero saying, “you need to find the Mexican warrior within yourself and back up your hot air by stepping into the ring on the day of pride and heritage for your people, Cinco De Mayo. Because if you think you deserve to fight the elite boxers in this world, you need to earn it with more than just a trigger happy publicist. You are a paper champion that has never fought anyone in the Top 100 of boxing. Beating a geriatric Joel Casamayor or the Australian punching bag that is Michael Katsidis does not earn you the right to call out Floyd Mayweather, Amir Khan, and Victor Ortiz. Beating me on May 5th might get you one step closer to that honor.

“So come on, Robert. Don’t become a big joke with the boxing world. Listen to your own words and step up punk. If you’re really a true warrior, and not just some internet loud mouth, you’ll step in the ring with me on May 5th. What are you afraid of?”

February 10th, 2012

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