Paulie Malignaggi has already slapped Artem Lobov at a previous fight staredown ahead of their Bare Knuckle FC 6 fight next month and he was behaving badly once again yesterday.
The two went face-to-face after a press conference in New York and after some words were exchanged, Malignaggi took exception to Lobov pointing his finger at him and proceeded to spit in his face.
Malignaggi also had plenty to say for himself in his subsequent pre-fight interview, claiming that he’d put Lobov in a coffin, but the Russian countered that by stating, “he’s going to get decent pay, I’m going to put two holes in his face – we’ll all go home happy.”