Juan Diaz and Paulie Malignaggi fought last night on HBO's Boxing After Dark. Malignaggi lost a very controversial unanimous decision to Diaz, the hometown fighter in Houston, Texas. David Sutherland scored the fight 116-112, Raul Caiz scored it 115-113 and Gale Van Hoy scored it 118-110, obviously all in favor of Diaz.

After the fight, Malignaggi had some strong words for the judges, and boxing in general. Max Kellerman tried to reign him in, probably for his own good, but Malignaggi was not to be stopped. He was quite

The NY Daily News certainly isn't unbiased either, as Malignaggi is from Brooklyn, but they pointed out some interesting facts that skewed the fight towards Diaz from the beginning:

"Van Hoy is from Texas, Sutherland is from Oklahoma and Caiz is a Mexican-American, sharing the same ethnicity as Diaz. The referee, Laurence Cole, is from Texas, and the ring was of the smaller variety (18 feet), stacking the deck entirely against Malignaggi."

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