Malignaggi decisions Judah in welterweight bout

NEW YORK — Paulie Malignaggi won a unanimous decision against Zab Judah in a welterweight bout on Saturday between two Brooklyn-born fighters billed the "Battle of Brooklyn."

The judges scored it 116-111, 117-110 and 117-110 in favor of Malignaggi (33-5) in a fight that had many in the crowd at Brooklyn's Barclays Center booing the lack of action.

The 33-year-old Malignaggi landed 230 of his 607 punches thrown, including 122 of 376 jabs. He spent most of the fight with blood on the left side of his face.

It was the third loss in four fights for the 36-year-old Judah (42-9), who is a five-time champion in the light welterweight and welterweight divisions. Judah landed 121 of 498 punches, including 67 of 386 jabs.

Both fighters were coming off losses on cards at the Barclays Center, with Malignaggi losing to Adrian Broner in a split decision in June that cost him his welterweight title and Judah being outpointed by Danny Garcia in April.

Malignaggi was dropped briefly at the 2:26 mark of the second round when Judah connected with a hard left hand, but he came back swinging and continued to throw jabs in the middle rounds while Judah constantly ducked the punches.

All three fights on the undercard also went the distance.

Shawn Porter (23-0-1) remained unbeaten and took the IBF welterweight title by outpointing Devon Alexander (25-2), 115-113, 116-112 and 116-112.