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BoxingScene.com spoke to Paulie "Magic Man" Malignaggi about his coming rematch with Juan "Baby Bull" Diaz, scheduled for December 12 in Chicago.Luck_The_Fakers_ Malignaggi blasts Diaz for saying he didn't take the first fight personally and also blasts the notionLuck_The_Fakers_of having the advantages in this fight.Luck_The_Fakers_ He says this fight is closer to neutral with a medium sized ring, a slightly higher 139-pound catch weight and a neutral venue but that doesn't make the contest in his favor.Luck_The_Fakers_ See what else the Magic Man has to say about his upcoming fight and Manny Pacquiao in this scorching BoxingScene exclusive interview.
BoxingScene.com:Luck_The_Fakers_ How is training going for the big fight next month?
Paulie Malignaggi:Luck_The_Fakers_ It’s going great.Luck_The_Fakers_ I am training hard.Luck_The_Fakers_ I am killing it right now you know what I mean?Luck_The_Fakers_ I feel good.
BoxingScene.com:Luck_The_Fakers_ The rules this time around aren't such a disadvantage to you.Luck_The_Fakers_ How do you think having it a little more in your favor will affect the fight?
Paulie Malignaggi:Luck_The_Fakers_ You know what is funny is that people are saying I am getting an advantage in this fight.Luck_The_Fakers_ I am not getting an advantage. It is just closer to being neutral than it was last time.Luck_The_Fakers_ That is all it is.Luck_The_Fakers_ We have a neutral site.Luck_The_Fakers_ We have a twenty foot ring which is the most neutral size ring.Luck_The_Fakers_ They vary from sixteen to twenty-four feet and twenty feet is as neutral as you can get.Luck_The_Fakers_ We are fighting at 139 lbs. which is actually a pound less than what I am supposed to fight at so it’s not to my advantage by any means of the imagination. It is just a little bit more neutral than last time.Luck_The_Fakers_ Not totally neutral but that is all I really need.Luck_The_Fakers_ I didn't even need it last time and I still beat him.Luck_The_Fakers_ They just robbed me.Luck_The_Fakers_ This time around every little bit helps.Luck_The_Fakers_ It is still up to me to perform and that is what I plan on doing.
BoxingScene.com:Luck_The_Fakers_ I guess a better way of putting it is that it is less disadvantageous this time around.
Paulie Malignaggi:Luck_The_Fakers_ Yeah that's the way to put it.Luck_The_Fakers_ It is closer to neutral.
BoxingScene.com:Luck_The_Fakers_ Chicago has a pretty decent Mexican population and a pretty big Italian population.Luck_The_Fakers_ Has promoter Lou DiBella or your management done anything to help stir up interest in the fight to get the Italians out to support you?
Paulie Malignaggi:Luck_The_Fakers_ We took a little trip down the Italian neighborhoods in Chicago when we did the press conference.Luck_The_Fakers_ We visited some of the shops and stuff.Luck_The_Fakers_ We think we are going to get some good support from the Chicago fans.Luck_The_Fakers_ They are all great fans plus we even got some New York fans flying out.Luck_The_Fakers_ We have some people from outside the state of Illinois coming to see me so I am sure that all my fans will be out in full force.Luck_The_Fakers_ It’s easy money this fight.Luck_The_Fakers_ This is more of a night of celebration for me and my fans because we already know I am going to win the fight.
BoxingScene.com:Luck_The_Fakers_ What do you say to Diaz's comments that he didn't take the first fight seriously.
Paulie Malignaggi:Luck_The_Fakers_ I don't really know what to make of it really.Luck_The_Fakers_ At the press conferenceLuck_The_Fakers_ before the last fight he was saying how he was locked in a room playing Playstation.Luck_The_Fakers_ He was trying to insinuate that was all he had been doing in his room playing Playstation because he was so focused.Luck_The_Fakers_ Now he is saying that he didn't take it so seriously. I trained for the last fight the same way I trained for this fight. I train five days a week.Luck_The_Fakers_ I go to the gym.Luck_The_Fakers_ I do my running at night time.Luck_The_Fakers_ I am out every single weekend.Luck_The_Fakers_ I get home at four or five in the morning or whatever.Luck_The_Fakers_ I f*ck a or two on the way.Luck_The_Fakers_ When I get home early in the morning I go running because I don't go to the gym on weekends.Luck_The_Fakers_ Then during the week I do it all over again so you tell me how hard I am training?Luck_The_Fakers_ I still feel I am working hard.Luck_The_Fakers_ That is how I trained for him the first time and it worked perfectly fine.
As long as you are putting in the work when you are in the gym when you are supposed to that is all that counts. I make sure I get my rest in between and I not going to tell you I am sitting at home locked in my house and doing all this sh*t when I am not.Luck_The_Fakers_ I am actually out and about having fun but I am training hard when I am in the gym and that
is what counts.Luck_The_Fakers_ That is how I am training for Juan Diaz now and how I trained for Juan Diaz the first time and it is not going to change.
Diaz is not my best friend at all.Luck_The_Fakers_ I actually get more p*ssy than Playstation during camp and that is a far cry from what he said he is doing before the last fight as opposed to what he says now that he basically didn't take it seriously.
