GL: You'll be making your Showtime Championship Boxing debut on January 5. Can you give us some thoughts on that? "It's an exciting time for me. I would have never expected that it would take me this long for my first title defense after winning the title as impressively as I did. I think it's a shame. I don't know what's going on behind the scenes, but right now I'm so disgusted that I'd rather not even talk about it. I'm really happy and I want to thank Showtime for giving me the opportunity because to be honest with you, they didn't have to. I won my title on HBO, I won my last two fights on HBO, so I really felt it was HBO's duty to give me a date, but I'm going to stay mute on that point."

GL: Does that mean you feel HBO turned their backs on you?

Paulie Malignaggi: "Yeah, in so many words, yeah. It's disappointing man it really is. My promoter used to run the whole show over there and he did so much good for them. For them to turn their backs on the only world champion in his stable, it's very disappointing."

GL: Are you planning on building a long standing relationship with Showtime?

PM: "If they let me. I would love to become a star on Showtime. I don't know why people haven't wanted to give me that opportunity yet. People never thought much of me coming up and they wanted to write me off, but I've been proving the naysayers wrong the whole time. Even with the title, people still doubt me, but if Showtime gives me an opportunity to become a star on their network, I'm glad to do it. I'm looking forward to defending my title on January 5."

GL: What do you know about Herman Ngoudjo?

PM: "He comes to do nice work. He's solid. Nothing spectacular. No real fireworks. He's a hard worker and he does what he does rather well. But at the end of the day he doesn't have that extra something that is going to test Paul Malignaggi."

GL: Lovemore N'dou will also fight off TV on January 5. Your rematch with him is contractually obligated. Is there any way around that fight?

PM: "I guess I have to. I have no choice and that clown is really making my life miserable. He's threatening to sue everybody and contractually we have to give him the rematch, but no American TV network is going to buy it. And it's going to be a waste of time because I'm actually going to have to train for that clown again. I'd have to take months out of my life for this clown, for a stupid fight that is going to take me nowhere. After I beat Ngoudjo I think I have to take care of this guy and it's going to be a waste of my time like I said. It's going to be waste of his time because the guy is not going to get no further.

"Everytime  he's gotten beaten he's always had complaints. He's the biggest sore loser I've ever met in my life. To think I gave the guy respect after the fight. To be honest with you G, that was probably the easiest fight of my career. Lovemore N'dou, to put it basically the fucking guy sucks. He fucking sucks. For me to have to give a guy that sucks that bad a rematch that nobody wants to see, it's fucking terrible. With Cotto he didn't have time to train, with Witter he got robbed, with Mitchell he got robbed. With me it was the referee. He should have just taken his ass whipping like a man and went home saying he lost to the better man. If I was him I'd go after somebody else because you're not going to beat Paulie Malignaggi. I'm all wrong for this guy. And once I beat him again what is he going to do? Then maybe he'll be able to get a job in Australia and get some work."

GL: Is it frustrating knowing that between the mandatory and the rematch it's going to be the summer of 2008 before you can look towards the fights you want now?

PM: "It's super frustrating G. It's horrible man, but it's out of my control man. I never thought it would have been like this when I won the title. I thought my life would have change for the better quickly and it hasn't. Unfortunately it's not going to change for the better until half-way through next year, so it's very frustrating. But I can't even think about that. Ngoudjo is my mandatory so I have to take care of that, but N'dou is a waste of my time. I'm going to have to show him no remorse and no respect. I don't want to touch gloves, I'm not trying to be a nice guy with him. I'm going to kick his ass and then he could go the fuck home, get the fuck out of my hair and I don't ever want to see his clown ass again. The motherfucker got me talking about him more than the guy I'm fighting in my next fight. I got a solid guy in front of me for my next fight and I have to concentrate on him, but this clown is all over the internet talking shit and he's going to pay for it for making me waste my time."

GL: What are your thoughts on Ngoudjo as a figher? Do you think he's similiar to N'dou?

PM: "They have some similarities, but I think Ngoudjo is more of a thinking man's fighter. N'dou is so stupid he goes in there and does the same thing every round even if it's not working. Ngoudjo makes more adjustments so it will probably be a more complete fight."

GL: When will camp start for January 5?

PM: "It's already started, I'm actually in the Poconos right now and I head to Florida right after Thanksgiving."

GL: Is there anything else you'd like to get off your chest?

PM: "That's about it. This was my psychological therapy. I'm glad I was able to vent to you G and I'm going to do the rest of my venting in the ring on January 5."

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