[1] The bout was held on June 22, 2013, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, United States on Showtime.

Malignaggi started the fight fast and aggressive, throwing many punches and applying his jab often.

[4] Throughout the fight, Broner taunted Malignaggi repeatedly telling him, "You can't hit me."

At the end of 12 rounds, Broner defeated Malignaggi in a split decision, with one judge scoring the fight 115–113 for Malignaggi, and the other two scoring 117–111 and 115–113 for Broner, making him a 3 weight world champion at just 23 years of age.

Malignaggi claimed there was corruption and that Al Haymon had New York judge Tom Schreck (117–111) "in his pocket".