Carlos Acevedo previews tonight's junior-welterweight rematch between Paulie Malignaggi and Juan Diaz.

Paulie Malignaggi, who woofed his way into a rematch--and another major payday--against Juan Diaz tonight on neutral turf in Chicago, Illinois, will get his chance to avenge all the "bullshit" shoveled on him last August when he dropped a unanimous decision to Diaz over twelve rounds.

The first bout, justified or not, ended in a conflagration. Texas provided the nitroglycerin; a close fight supplied the fuse, and doddering Gale Van Hoy helpfully offered the match to set off the works. When his scorecard of 118-110 was announced after twelve rounds of competitive boxing, all of cyberspace went up in flames, and Malignaggi, in thick Brooklynese, played ambulance chaser during his postfight interview with Max Kellerman.

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