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"THE MAGIC MAN" TRAVELS THE GLOBE TO CHASE AFTER WELTERWEIGHT GOLD PhilBoxing.com Sun, 29 Apr 2012  PAULIE MALIGNAGGI'S WORLD TITLE CHALLENGE AGAINST VYACHESLAV SENCHENKO TAKES PLACE THIS SUNDAY, APRIL 29 IN DONETSK, UKRAINE LIVE ON PAY PER VIEW LOS ANGELES, April 28 - With three consecutive wins under his belt, Paulie "The Magic Man" Malignaggi is in top form heading into his Sunday, April 29 showdown against unbeaten WBA Welterweight World Champion Vyacheslav Senchenko and the former Junior Welterweight World Titlist has no doubt that he will be leaving the Donbass Arena in Donetsk, Ukraine with the 147-pound title belt around his waist. "I'm ready for this fight. I've got my team in my corner and we could hold this fight in Senchenko's living room and I would still come out with the win," said Malignaggi. "This is my time and I will be returning to the United States a world champion again." The 12-round championship bout, which is presented by Union Boxing Promotion in association with Golden Boy Promotions, will air live on Integrated Sports Pay-Per-View in the United States beginning at 1:00 p.m. ET/10:00 a.m. PT. The suggested retail price of the four-bout card is $29.95. Currently ranked number two in the world by the WBA, 31-year-old Brooklyn native Paulie "The Magic Man" Malignaggi (30-4, 6 KO's) has been dazzling the boxing world with his flashy style and brash confidence for nearly 11 years. After squaring off with some of boxing's best at 140 pounds, including current WBA Super Welterweight World Champion Miguel Cotto and former World Champions Ricky Hatton, Juan Diaz and Amir Khan, the former Junior Welterweight World Champion recently began a quest for a title at 147 pounds, where he has defeated Michael Lozada, Jose Miguel Cotto and Orlando Lora consecutively. He now sets his sights on Senchenko, winning a second world championship in a second division and bringing another title belt back to Brooklyn. 35-year-old Ukrainian star Vyacheslav Senchenko (32-0, 21 KO's) is a seasoned competitor and 2000 Olympian who has compiled several titles over the course of a professional career that began in 2002. No championship was bigger than the one he earned in April of 2009, when he decisioned previously unbeaten Yuriy Nuzhnenko to take the WBA crown. He has defended the belt three consecutive times, but a win over the highly-regarded Malignaggi will elevate his status even higher.  |
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