After the fight with Juan Diaz was over at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, Paulie Malignaggi was furious with the decision. He was very upset with the 118-110 score of Gale Van Hoy. The other two judges had it 115-113 and 116-112 for Diaz. A few days ago on BoxingScene.com, Malignaggi complained about the possible screwjob by Van Hoy. He knew some home cooking was coming his way from Van Hoy.

Malignaggi didn't want to take the Diaz fight in Texas. His back was against the wall after the poor performance against Ricky Hatton.

"I thought I won the fight. I made an issue about the judges before [the fight]. I wasn't making sh*t up. I felt very ready for the fight. For nine months I was waiting for an opportunity since the Hatton fight. I felt t ... Read more »

In a junior welterweight fight (138.5 contract weight) former unified lightweight champ Juan Diaz (35-2, 17 KOs) won a controversial twelve round unanimous decision over former IBF 140lb champ Paulie Malignaggi (26-3, 5 KOs) on Saturday night at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. Malignaggi got off to a good start, but Diaz cut Malignaggi over the left eye with a punch near the end of round one. Diaz volume punching began to work in round two, however he was cut over the left eye in round two from what was ruled a punch. Diaz suffered a second cut over the same eye from an accidental headbutt in round five. Maglignaggi boxed well from long range over the last six rounds, however it was hometown hero Diaz coming away with a 116-112, 115-113, ... Read more »

With the news coming down that WBO/IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko is recovering from shoulder surgery and probably unable to fight until 2010, his likely next opponent, WBO mandatory Eddie Chambers, s going to ponder his options in 2009. Klitschko injured his left shoulder during June's win over Ruslan Chagaev. There were moves being made to have Klitschko-Chambers take place in the December. That plan is now off.

BoxingScene.com spoke with Chambers' promoter Dan Goossen on Saturday. He plans to continue his discussions for the Klitschko clash. Goossen still appears conifdent the fight can be made. For the moment, it's not clear if Chambers will wait until the spring for a fight with Klitschko - or take an interim-fight in 2009 to stay b ... Read more »

Super middleweight contender Robert Stieglitz (36-2, 22 KOs) surprisingly stopped previously unbeaten WBO champion and heavily favored hometown favorite Karoly Balzsay (21-1, 15 KOs) in ten rounds to claim the WBO 168lb belt on Saturday in Budapest, Hungary. It was a good action fight that became a war of attrition. As the rounds progressed, Stieglitz’ pressure began to wear down the champion. The bout turned for good in round nine when Stieglitz rocked Balzsay and followed up with a brutal all out assault. Balzsay went down at the end of the round but it was ruled a slip by referee Joe Cortez. In round ten, Stieglitz continued to punish Balzsay, who looked spent. Balzsay’s trainer Fritz Sdunek stopped a wobbly Balzsay from comin ... Read more »