Dan Sarkozi

20/12/2025

Paulie Malignaggi - a former boxing world champion - has absolutely slated Jake Paul for his performance. More specifically, he slated him for for trying survive instead of trying to win. According to Malignaggi, Paul is not worthy of respect for running away instead of fighting.

I feel like this is how I sounded when I was 25. Paulie still has that fire now so that’s probably why he’s still boxing bare knuckle and I stick to body sparring on a Sunday morning 😅

I think what he says here does represent a hardcore boxing point of view. My point of view is more middling and I certainly respect Jake Paul more than Paulie seems to 😅But the reason I share this clip is because it raised some interesting discussions for me:

Paulie kept mentioning ‘respect’. Now, respect was the primary motivation for me when I boxed - respect, honour, and legacy -and these were the primary motivations for every other boxer I met, including AJ when I knew him (that may have changed now, I haven’t spoke to him in years). I don’t think Jake Paul has ever boxed for respect, honour, or legacy. I think he has always boxed for money, promotion , and other material based gains.

This is proven by a point Paulie makes, for example, when he says that if JP did want respect he could’ve tried to win instead of survive. Or I think he could’ve taken a more traditional path in boxing if he wanted respect, by fighting journey men and working his way up (like the likes of Mickey Rourke did) instead boxing of old mma fighters. So Boxing has always seemed to be a game to JP - one I think he has played well, and I respect him for it. But I respect him for his planning and promotion outside of the ring rather than his legacy as a fighter.

All of this leads me to ask: has this quest for respect, honour, and legacy, always been mostly exclusive to the fight game, or does Jake Paul represent a new generation in society where the goals for the majority are now based on social media figures and money?

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10/10/2025

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16/11/2024

I was interested in the Jake Paul and Mike Tyson bout, unlike most people I know in the boxing world.

It was a great opportunity to observe two boxers compete who are at extreme ends of a skill and athleticism spectrum:

We had a low skilled novice in his athletic prime versus a highly skilled old man who has abused his body since retirement.

The outcome was more one sided than I anticipated.

I give credit to the people I know that are around 60 years old - they unanimously told me this would be the case.

There is one observation I had going into the bout that I believe remains the same though: Jake Paul does not beat a 2005 Kevin McBride.

Kevin was the last professional boxer to defeat, what was considered at the time, an old and washed up, Mike Tyson.

Now, who should Jake Paul box next? 👊💜👊

30/08/2023

This video comes close to summarising my thoughts on Usyk’s low blow.

People seem to think a low blow is a punch in the privates.

In fact, anything below the belly button is classed as illegal.

Therefore, the only question that remains over the incident is the fact we cannot see where Usyk’s belly button is, due to his waistband covering it.

For me, the majority of Dubois glove is below Usyk’s bellybutton.

At best, the punch is on the line. Meaning the decision could go either way. But having seen the way Usyk reacted, I feel the punch was low. Usyk has took big body shots his whole career and been fine.

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17/08/2023

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Congratulations to all new Bristol students!! We can’t wait to meet you at Bristol MMA, so keep an eye on this account for updates and information for first term. We have lots of big plans for this year and can’t wait for you all to be a part of them! 👊

06/08/2023

My thoughts on the weekends boxing headlines:

I never took PEDs

I boxed pro, and won, twice, after a suffering a stroke

I haven’t trained since lockdown

And I’d still beat Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor on the same night.

If I treated boxing as a circus, I would’ve made more money, but I’d be less content.

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02/06/2023

I just made time to watch Loma vs Haney in full.

It was high level boxing. One of the most skilful bouts I’ve seen in recent years.

After the debate about the decision, I wanted to score it on first watch to be fair to the judges. Even then, a bout looks different on the TV compared to ringside, so I’m really not scoring the same thing the judges did on the night.

I scored it 118-110 for Haney.

At a push, one or two of the rounds I gave Haney I could have given even. But I also felt the 10th - one of Loma’s biggest rounds, was close.

I was confident, again on first watch, Haney clearly won 8 rounds, but none by a large margin. His biggest round was maybe the 12th.

Haney controlled the centre of the ring for the majority of the bout, and I felt he was landing the clearer punches.

Loma landed punches, but for most of the bout his punches were not as clear as Haney’s. Although Loma definitely landed more clear blows in the 10th and 11th.

I felt Loma was frustrated for most of the bout. The facial expressions and gestures he was giving Haney, and people at ringside were out of character. I felt the times he wrestled Haney were also out of frustration, possibly because Haney’s sharp counters were preventing him to build a rhythm. I wouldn’t expect people who haven’t boxed competitively to interpret it this way though; these are the sort of actions I’ve known boxers to do in the ring when they are losing, or not getting their own way, but can often be interpreted as aggression or dominance by people who haven’t boxed.

From what I’ve heard people say about this bout, my scoring is controversial. Maybe it will change in a second watch. But judges don’t get that luxury so I didn’t want to take it myself.

However you score it, I think Devon Haney deserves credit for performing at that level at 24 years old!

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23/05/2023

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21/05/2023

Katie Taylor’s contest last night highlighted a reason why women should box three minute rounds - the same as men.

Two minute rounds increase the possibility to win on fitness, or physicality; a 2:1 work rest ratio is easier to maintain a high punch output than a 3:1 work rest ratio.

This increase in punch output comes at the expense of boxing skill, such as trap setting, feints, and defensive manoeuvres. Skill is how elite boxers dominate higher weight divisions. A smaller boxer dominating a bigger boxer by physicality somewhat defies physics.

Therefore, the two minute rounds make it harder for a woman to do what Mayweather, Pacquiao, and Hearns did: win world titles in many weight divisions; the two minute rounds make women’s boxing a different sport, that favours physicality over skill.

This is a topic that has been discussed by boxing officials. Here are some quotes from world boxing news website:
‘During the second annual Women’s boxing Convention [2016] in Tijuana…Dr. Choe from UCLA…stated that women have almost 80 percent more concussion probability than men. ‘

‘A concussion or fatal accident is deemed to happen when an athlete is dehydrated and fatigued, and they have a slower recovery time. There is a simple formula: DEHYDRATION + FATIGUE + HEAVY BLOW = CONCUSSION.’
[This is the same for men].

‘It is also a fact that women have stronger symptoms after concussion and suffer more pain and take longer to recover.’

These are clearly valid points. What’s more, it’s great to see the amount of thought gone into the decision of three minute rounds. But I feel the sport has, and is, evolving; as great as science can be, it sometimes fails to see the practical picture.

A new discussion needs to take place, because the athletes are punching relentlessly for the whole, short, rounds. The relentless level of punching I see at top level of women’s boxing disallows defensive skills, and it’s defensive skills that stop you getting punched. In other words, two minute rounds allow for the women boxers to constantly punch each-other. This makes top level women’s boxing great to watch, but also increases their chances of concussion.

I suggest presenting the women boxers with all available evidence each year, and allowing them to vote annually.

Or

Making women’s world title bouts 8x3min rounds, instead of 10x2min rounds. Maybe they do 3x3, 5x3 and 8x3 🤔

What do you think?

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07/11/2022

Next gen 👊💜👊

A big night of boxing will be held at The Galleries on Saturday with several Bristol-based prospects involved in big fights

02/11/2022

Joel Julio will not be the best boxer my former sparring partner has shared a ring with 👊💜👊

🇬🇧v🇨🇴 Bristol’s Aaron Sutton faces a major step up in class against former World title challenger Joel Julio on 12th November Underground at The Galleries, Bristol. The big punching Colombian has been based in Miami, USA for most of his career with an impressive record of 39 wins (33 KO’s) and 12 defeats 🥊

Sutton’s original opponent Jez Smith was forced to pullout with an injury.

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