The Mouth That Roared: Bensonhurst’s Malignaggi Wins Welterweight Crown in Ukraine
By John Torenli
From Bensonhurst to Donetsk and back, Paulie Malignaggi never stopped talking, tweeting or punching.
The always-animated Brooklyn-born-and-bred pugilist stopped previously unbeaten Ukrainian welterweight Vyacheslav Senchenko in the ninth round Sunday to take the WBA title, setting up a potential defense of his new crown at Downtown’s Barclays Center later this year.