Brooklyn’s own Paulie Malignaggi (36-7 7KOs) successfully defended his Brooklyn belt in the place he won originally, the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, as he defeated fellow Brooklyn native, Gabriel Bracero (24-3 5KOs) which headlined the Showtime Extreme card that lead into the Showtime Championship Boxing card. The bout

by Adam Sperber “The Magic Man” Paulie Malignaggi returns to his home of the Barclays Center as part of a stacked night of boxing on Showtime as Malignaggi will be featured on the prelude to the main card action on Showtime, as he will be fighting on ShoXtreme at 7PM

Former two-division world champion Paulie Malignaggi is set to defend Brooklyn’s World Championship Belt in a 10-round welterweight showdown after being challenged on Twitter this afternoon by fellow Brooklyn-native Gabriel Bracero on Saturday, July 30 live on SHOWTIME EXTREME. Malignaggi earned the title of “King of Brooklyn” when he defeated