Malignaggi vs Bracero

Who won Malignaggi vs Bracero?

Paulie Malignaggi beat Gabriel Bracero by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday, July 30th, 2016, at Barclays Center, New York.

The scorecards were announced as 98-92, 96-94, 98-92 in favor of winner Paulie Malignaggi.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 147 pounds (10.5 stone or 66.7 kg).

Malignaggi vs Bracero stats

Back in July 2016, Paulie Malignaggi stepped into the ring with a record of 35 wins, 7 losses, and 0  draws, 7 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Gabriel Bracero made his way to the ring with a record of 24 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, with 5 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Bracero had a slight advantage in power over Malignaggi, with a 21% knockout percentage compared to Malignaggi's 20%.

Paulie Malignaggi was the same age as Gabriel Bracero, at 35 years old.

Malignaggi had a height advantage of 1 inch over Bracero. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Both Paulie Malignaggi and Gabriel Bracero fought out of an orthodox stance.

Malignaggi was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 16 more fights, and made his debut in 2001, 3 months later than Bracero, whose first professional fight was in 2001. He had fought 176 more professional rounds, totaling 362 compared to Bracero's 186.

Malignaggi vs Bracero form

Paulie Malignaggi had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beaten Antonio Moscatiello on December 12, 2015, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at The O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Prior to that, he had beaten Laszlo Fazekas on September 26, 2015, by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest at Teatro Principe, Milan, Italy.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Danny Garcia on August 1, 2015, by technical knockout in the 9th round at Barclays Center, New York, United States.

Before that, he had lost to Shawn Porter on April 19, 2014, by technical knockout in the 4th round in their IBF World Welterweight championship fight at DC Armory, Washington.

He had been beaten by Adrien Broner on June 22, 2013, by split decision in their WBA World Welterweight championship fight at Barclays Center, Brooklyn.

Activity check

Malignaggi's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 8 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 7 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 45 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9 rounds on average.

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