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title: "Paulie Malignaggi Predicts Roy Jones Jr vs Andre Ward: “He Was Unbelievably Talented”"
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# Paulie Malignaggi Predicts Roy Jones Jr vs Andre Ward: “He Was Unbelievably Talented”

Former world champion turned boxing pundit Paulie Malignaggi has had his say on the outcome of a fantasy fight between Roy Jones Jr and Andre Ward.

Jones Jr is a Hall of Famer who famously won his first title at middleweight and went on to win belts in four weight classes including heavyweight across a 76 fight career.

Ward, meanwhile, held multiple world championships of his own including unified super-middleweight titles between 2009 and 2015, and unified light-heavyweight titles between 2016 and 2017, retiring with a perfect record of 32 wins from as many fights.

Speaking to [ProBox TV,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8c8RdbRKl8&t=1062s) Malignaggi was asked who would win between these two in a fight at 168 lbs if both men were in their prime and he came down in the side of Ward.

> “I’m gunna go with Andre. Andre hasn’t lost a fight since he was 12 years old, and he never lost again.
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> People underestimate his athletic ability, yes he was a thinking fighter and a lot of times was a little bit more stationary, but I saw him win the championships when he was 17 years old. He won it on pure athleticism.
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> He just didn’t always translate it into the ring ’cause, especially as a pro, he started to bully you and be physical and get in your mind it in other ways. A lot of time he didn’t have to show his whole repertoire.”

He then moved on to Roy Jones Jr’s chances.

> “Roy is an unbelievably talented guy. From the talent perspective, may be the best ever. It’s hard to pick against him. But I think if you can bust him up and mix it up in just the right way, and with Andre’s intelligence, I think he might find a way to balance it all out.”

In recent times, Jones has worked as a trainer and cornered the likes of Chris Eubank Jr as well as fighting as recently as April when he was outpointed by UFC star, Anthony Pettis.