No Holds Barred: Lou DiBella on Malignaggi-Diaz Robbery, and What To Do About It

Friday, 28 August 2009

On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with
promoter Lou DiBella about the in-ring robbery of his fighter, Paulie
Malignaggi, in his August 22 fight with Juan Diaz in Houston, Texas,
which was telecast in the U.S. on HBO. Diaz, who is promoted by Golden
Boy Promotions, was awarded a unanimous decision victory.

As usual, DiBella is outspoken in his outrage over what happened this
past Saturday night. He criticizes not only the judges in the
Malignaggi-Diaz fight, but especially the attitude of the Texas
commission and the HBO announcers to Malignaggi and this decision, and
the structure of boxing itself where judges are still paid by
promoters.

He also called for an online campaign for Paulie Malignaggi to have a
rematch with Juan Diaz, in New York, with, of course, neutral
officials. Here is a message which you post wherever you can:

We demand that Golden Boy and HBO agree to a rematch between Paulie
Malignaggi and Juan Diaz, in New York, with neutral officials.

You can post this on the HBO Boxing Facebook page at
http://www.facebook.com/hboboxing,
and send it to the HBO Boxing Twitter page at
http://twitter.com/hboboxing.

You can also post this on the Golden Boy Promotions Facebook page at
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Los-Angeles-CA/Golden-Boy-Promotions-Inc
/25053158606, and send it to the Golden Boy Promotions Twitter page at
http://twitter.com/GoldenBoyOnline.

And you can also post this on the MySpace Boxing Forum at
http://groups.myspace.com/boxing.

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