Didn’t catch the Paulie Malignaggi fight on Saturday and catch a glimpse of his ridiculous hair extensions? Our Komondor dog shot wasn’t descriptive enough? The photo to the right is a “before shot” taken three days prior to Saturday’s fight. After the jump is the post-match interview Paulie did for British television. Check out the shorn locks and Paulie’s amazement that during the interview “they’re picking up pieces of my hair all over the ring!”

In the interview he manages to complain about many things. They include: his opponent Lovemore N’Dou’s complaining, N’Dou grabbing technique, the fact that N’Dou didn’t have any points deducted, his broken hand for “most of the fight” (actually only the second half), and that N’Dou was trying to unleash his ersatz locks.

His complaining isn’t what irks us the most here at www.jabandgrapple.com. No siree. We are livid at the Manchester United jersey and The Magic Man’s audacity at wearing it at Eastlands. His clear intention was to get under Manchester City supporter Ricky Hatton’s skin. He had better watch out. Those wearing United kits lost twice this year against the brave Citizens. If Malignaggi gets his bout against the Hitman we’re positive the Blues will notch another victory over the brash and overpublicized.

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Malignaggi’s Hair: Before and After

In Saturday’s Ricky Hatton-Juan Lazcano undercard match Brooklyn junior welterweight proved that you can’t hit what you can’t see. The problem wasn’t the head speed of his opponent South African Lovemore N’Dou; N’Dou was relatively stationary. No, the problem was Malignaggi’s recently implanted 18-inch-long hair extensions.

In the first round of the IBF junior welterweight title bout The Magic Man more resembled a Komondor dog (pictured to the right) than a boxer. His long twisted fake locks escaped their weak rubber band-hold less than a minute into the fight. Paulie spent the next two minutes fighting through his heavily-obscuring hair. While the bush league Versus Network went to commercial the fight’s essential storyline played out as his corner wrapped the extensions in sturdy athletic tape.

The tape held the hair admirably until the eighth when the Milli Vanilli-style braids escaped their soft polycotton blend captor. The referee then inexplicably stopped the fight allowing Paulie to regroup and have his hair re-taped. The fight wouldn’t have been halted for a cut or abrasion so why did it stop for hair?

Before the ninth started, and while Versus again went to commercial, The Magic Man’s corner sheared off the hair with heavy-duty scissors. It couldn’t have happened too soon. I felt Malignaggi had dropped the previous two rounds because of his sartorial distractions. After the fight he stated that he had also broken his hand around that time.

Considering N’Dou’s late round domination I reasoned that Lovemore had done enough to win the fight, scoring it 115-113. One of the three judges agreed with me while the other too scored it 116-112 and 116-113 for The Magic Man.

Regardless the 27-year-old American dodged a major self-inflicted bullet in Manchester. It is unimaginable that any fighter would think it was a good idea to get hair extensions before a fight. It is even a dumber decision than Mike Tyson choice to get a facial tattoo less than a week before facing Clifford Etienne.

All week Malignaggi has been asking Ricky Hatton for a fight. Hatton must now be licking his chops to face Paulie given The Magic Man’s unprofessional and juvenile approach as well as his asinine disrespect for his own body and the sport of boxing. He’s definitely not Juan Lazcano who proved in the main event to be a disciplined tough warrior that gave Ricky everything he could handle.

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Magic Man’s Fake Hair Nearly Makes His IBF Title Disappear

At least that’s what Juan Lazcano, his opponent this Saturday, thinks. In today’s London Sun tabloid he referred to Ricky Hatton as the “Manchester Mexican” and generously opined “He’s got big testicles and you can’t do anything but tip your hat off to him.” Now that’s a compliment!

Do you want proof? How about 57 pints, 17 vodka and Red Bulls, four vodkas, three whisky chasers, and a bottle of Moet champagne. Yes, that was Hatton’s four-day long New Year’s Eve celebration intake as reported by London’s Daily Mail. During those hazy four days Hatton allegedly (and miraculously) stayed standing and upright avoiding his three-weeks-prior fate against Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

At the time Hatton told the Daily Mirror “Unfortunately I lost in Vegas but that’s the end of it. A few more drinks and I won’t remember anyway!” We applaud his forgetfulness and are confident that our Ricky is ready to rebound.

Today Hatton admirably told the Times of London “Greatness in a fighter is coming back when your back’s against the wall and everyone is expecting you to go down. I lost to the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world but I’ll be damned if I go out of boxing that way.”

That sure sounds like a winner and someone ready to re-establish himself as the greatest 140-lb. boxer alive. We’re in your corner Ricky. However, not everyone is.

Paul “The Magic Man” Malignaggi, who is facing Lovemore N’Dou on the Hatton undercard, isn’t impressed with Manchester’s pride and joy. This week he’s offered to British press “I don’t think Ricky has as good a chin as people think he has,” and “Ricky is solid but not great. If he wins or loses, it is all just a matter of what the referee lets him get away with.”

If the Magic Man’s taunts are aimed at goading Hatton into a fight he be reminded of Junior Witter’s failed example. Witter called Hatton out dozens of times to no avail; Ricky didn’t want to give the impudent challenger a share of his prize money. But Paul, watch what you say while in Manchester, you might end up with so much to answer for.

Juan Lazcano’s trainer Ronnie Shields also doubts Hatton and his aforementioned partying lifestyle. He told the Sun today “Hatton lives a very bad lifestyle for a fighter. Anyone who goes out and drinks the way he does is going to have problems.” He then surmised that Hatton lifestyle will bring him the same fate as Mike Tyson. We think Shields is ridiculous. Don’t stop being who you are Ricky.

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Ricky Hatton Has Big Testicles