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Diaz edges Malignaggi in decision

Associated Press

Saturday, August 22, 2009

HOUSTON -- Juan Diaz thinks he proved that he's a top contender again. Paulie Malignaggi thinks three judges in Texas prevented him from becoming one. Diaz beat Malignaggi in a 12-round, unanimous decision on Saturday night to win the vacant NABO junior welterweight championship. Diaz, a Houston native, fought the last 10 rounds with a bloody cut over his left eye. But the hometown crowd at the Toyota Center cheered every punch Diaz landed, and Malignaggi thought that swayed the judges. The s ...

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