Weaknesses For Each Man
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Paulie Malignaggi’s weakness will be his right hand. Malignaggi was plagued with injuries in right hand for much of his early career.
Although his injuries forced him to rely on and improve his jab, his right hand has prevented him from hurting his opponents and from gaining the respect he needs from them to win fights. It is possible that he would have had better success in his career if he had the power the many injuries took away from him.
Zab Judah is sometimes tentative with his straight left hand. If Malignggi can be quick and busy enough, we might see the kind of tentativeness we saw him exhibit with Mattyhsse. However, it will not be because of Malignaggi’s power, but because of his speed and jab.
Judah must let go of his straight hand very early and must not get gun-shy if Malignaggi opens up in the early round.
Also, Judah is a bit older than Malignaggi. His fading abilities will play a factor in this fight. He looked good in certain parts of his fight with Garcia, but his increasing age will be a risk.
