Lovemore Ndou Responds to Paulie Malignaggi

13/11/2007

Lovemore Ndou Responds to Paulie Malignaggi

WARNING: EXPLICIT LANGUAGE

According to my advisor, Al Haymon, this is my plan: From what I hear the plan is for me to fight on the same card as Herman Ngoudjo and that loudmouth Italian Greyhound, Paul Malignaggi on January 5th.  Then, I’ll fight the winner of that fight. Although I still have to sign the contract as long as the contract stipulates all of the above I don’t see any problems with that. What I’m saying is that as long as I’m guaranteed a shot at my title again in the near future I will be happy with the deal.

I see Malignaggi has been running his mouth again on Boxingtalk.com accusing me of being a clown who is making his life miserable by threatening to sue everybody if I don’t get a rematch. Well, it seems to me he is the clown who never read his Bout Agreement when I gave him a shot at my title. Any smart man but a dumb-fool would have read their contract and understood it, because there is a clause in that contract, in black and white, that calls for a rematch. Only a fool would ignore the importance of that clause and just go ahead and sign it. But again, I guess such actions just reflect to his illiteracy. My advice to Paulie, without being nasty, is please go back to school and get a little education instead of running around acting like a gangsta-wannabe because you ain’t shit. It is only education that will make a smart and successful man out of you. And then you will also be able to understand the reason behind some of the clauses in a contract and what they beg for.

What this fool doesn’t understand is that when I gave him a shot at my title he wasn’t a deserving challenger. I didn’t have to fight him. He wasn’t my mandatory challenger but I was gentle and nice enough to give him a shot because that’s just how I am. Not only did I give him a shot at the title but I went as far as fighting him in his own backyard, without neutral officials, which I knew from day one was a wrong move. But did this fool honestly think I would make that move and not have myself covered for a rematch? What the heck does he take me for? This fool should just be grateful and thankfully that I gave him an opportunity to taste world championship and stop mouthing off and do the right thing. That is, honor the rematch clause.

He tries to make it out that the reason we can’t do the fight is lack of TV because TV isn’t interested in the fight because the first fight was a clear cut win for him. That is a lot of B.S. No, you dumbass fool, you don’t have to look too far to find an answer to why HBO is not keen on giving you a date. Just look at your last performance and then you will have your answer. The reason HBO won’t give you a TV date is because you didn’t fight the first time. All you did the first time was run and have the ref protect your ass. Like I said before, your people thought they were doing you a favor by screwing me up and taking away my title like they did, but now you are paying the price. HBO pays people a lot of money to fight but not to run around the ring, holding and having the ref warning the guy that is trying to make a fight and deducting unnecessary points.

Anyone that saw that fight or if you watch the replay will agree that that fight was kinda rehearsed. You know, just like those Jackie Chan movies where Chris Tucker lifts his leg like he is doing the Michael Jackson dance and the director tells Jackie Chan to put his face in front of Tucker’s foot and then it looks like an explosive kick on the face. But we all know that Tucker doesn’t know shit about Tae Kwon Do. In fact, no black man does Tae Kwon Do. It’s an Asian thing. In this case, it was like, well, Paulie we know how Ndou fights. He is going to keep coming forward. So what we do is the minute he finds his range you hold him and the ref breaks you guys away and keeps warning him so as to break his concentration. And not only was the ref breaking me away but the guy was also pushing me away in doing so. And I’m talking about a six feet something super heavyweight of a guy here pushing a 140-pounder.

In fact, from the word go I could see something wasn’t ok. The first punch I threw in the fight I was warned. And I’m talking about a very stern warning. I knew that ref was up to no good when he came into the dressing before the fight to introduce himself and the rules. The guy was already telling me that he has been made aware of the fact that I’m a dirty fighter and I should be warned that he is not going to put up with my crap. And I said to him, “I hope you are aware too that Paulie likes holding and are you going to make sure he doesn’t resort to those tactics.” That mutha-fucker just ignored me and walked away. Then I knew right there it was gonna be a long and tedious night in the office. And not only did he allow Paulie to hold, he also let Paulie get away with pushing his head into my face. Had I been the one doing that, believe me that mutha-fucker would have disqualified me right away. In fact all the way he was looking for a way to do that but I wouldn’t give him the satisfaction. In fact that ref has a history of being bias. I remember when Lennox Lewis fought Mike Tyson he was the ref of the night. And God, did he try to fuck Lewis’s head up. It’s like everything Lewis was doing was wrong until he knocked Tyson the fuck out.

Well, Paulie, there is the answer to why HBO won’t give you a TV date. Had you fought like they were paying you to, you surely wouldn’t have that problem. As a matter of fact, I should get a fight on HBO before you do because everybody knows I come to fight. Win or lose - which is what your ass should be doing instead of talking crap. Just be grateful you have a good promoter in Lou DiBella who goes out of his way to make your world. Lou understands the importance of that clause and I respect the fact that he is doing everything to honor it. And at the same time giving your ass an opportunity to make one defense against someone else and make a little money before I take up your ass and chew it up for real.

This little brat goes as far as saying that he won’t show me respect next time he sees me. He won’t touch gloves. Who gives a fuck about that? I don’t need your respect. All I need is a rematch I’m entitled to and get my title back. In fact, you need to learn to spell the word ‘respect’ before you can even preach about it. Anyway, if this fool ever tried to show me respect I would bitch-slap him because I know he would be faking it and I don’t like fakes. Just like he fakes to be a gangsta. Just because you grew up in Brooklyn doesn’t make your ass a gangsta. For your information, I grew up in Jo’Burg, South Africa, the centre of crime in the whole damn world, but you will never hear me talk about being a big time gangsta. You know why? Because I know the game in and out. That’s what your ass needs to learn first. In fact it isn’t anything to be proud about. If you were bragging about having a Masters Degree in Law or Science, then that’s something. But we know your Master’s Degree is in B.S.

This fool goes as far as comparing himself to Floyd Mayweather Jr. Now there is a legend. His legacy is already solidified. You keep talking about me and Mayweather are the best fighters in the world and we have a similar style. What have you done to put yourself alongside Mayweather? Somebody needs to teach this fool some communication skills because every time he does an interview he has to say something stupid like that. And more important, learn to shut the fuck up because the whole world knows that your ass is scared to fight me again. And your ass knows that with the right ref, you are getting your ass knocked the fuck out. That’s why instead of concentrating on Ngoudjo whom you are facing next, you are still talking about me instead. Your ass is worried that I’m coming for you.

This mutha-fucker has been avoiding me from the day he was handed my title. I know for a fact that the very same week his people went as far as trying to ask the IBF if they can make their mandatory defense right away so as to avoid me. What these fools didn’t understand is that the IBF is governed by its own Constitution. Its constitution clearly states that the new champ is entitled to make a voluntary defense within the first six months of winning that title. Which made enough room for us to do the rematch before the mandatory was due. I’m glad and proud of the IBF for telling these fools that the mandatory wasn’t due yet. When that didn’t work out these fools came up with another excuse that Paulie’s doctor has ruled him not fit for fighting until after October because he has a sore hand. What these fools were doing was in fact trying to buy more time because they knew that by the middle of October that’s when the IBF would be sending a letter to both Paulie and the mandatory challenger (Herman Ngoudjo) notifying them to start negotiating for a mandatory defense. In fact, if Paulie wasn’t really scared of me he could still be fighting me on January 5th instead of Ngoudjo, because I know for a fact that the IBF would have granted him an Exemption. So Paulie, stop making excuses because everybody knows that your ass is avoiding me and for a good reason…..Ass whuppin’.