Former world champion boxer Paulie Malignaggi caused quite the stir at the recent Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 6 press conference when he labeled the MMA community a “piece of s---” before claiming that boxing is tougher than MMA because of the number of deaths due to injury.
Malignaggi takes on former UFC fighter Artem Lobov at BKFC 6 on June 22 and in an effort to promote the fight he went to town on the MMA community before talking down Lobov’s chances in their upcoming main event bout.
Former UFC welterweight title contender turned color commentator Dan Hardy caught wind of Malignaggi’s comments and spoke about his reaction on SiriusXM (via BJPenn.