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By Scoop Malinowski  Renaldo “Mister” Snipes was 25 years old and 22-0 when he challenged Larry Holmes for the World Heavyweight championship at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, PA in November 1981. The fight was televised nationally prime time on a Friday night by ABC, with Howard Cosell at the ...

Now that the career of Deontay Wilder has crashed after a second stoppage loss to Tyson Fury and his earning power and leverage to negotiate have also endured massive blows, a burning question persists. Why on earth did Deontay Wildel and r and his handlers Al Haymon and Shelly Finkel ...

By Scoop Malinowski Status: Top 10 heavyweight contender. Has a pro record of 31-3 with 19 KO’s. Ht: 6-6 1/2 Wt: 243 DOB: Janury 2, 1984 In: Stockholm, Sweden Nickname: The Nordic Nightmare. Boxing Inspiration: My father. Childhood Heroes: My brothers, because they helped me a lot. Hobbies/Leisure Activities: Reading ...

Tyson Fury may not be the most aesthetic heavyweight champion to lace up the gloves but he may be the most formidable. The six-foot-nine, 278 pound behemoth hunted down and slayed Deontay Wilder in the 11th round with a brutal knockout win that fulfilled his prefight promise to knock out ...

Status: American boxing promoter and CEO of Main Events. First boxing memory: Good question because I’ve never heard it before. I think when I went to my first fight with my late husband (Dan Duva) at Embassy Hall in North Bergen. I don’t even know who fought, Randy Neumann, I think? I’ve never seen ...

By Scoop Malinowski  [Warning: Explicit language.] “They used me worse than a nigger…”  George Willis, the columnist for the New York Post, exited the Hall of Fame induction ceremony on a sunny pleasant summer Sunday afternoon earlier this year. He debated to himself, go to his car and start the four ...

By Scoop Malinowski  [Warning: Explicit language.] “They used me worse than a nigger…”  George Willis, the columnist for the New York Post, exited the Hall of Fame induction ceremony on a sunny pleasant summer Sunday afternoon earlier this year. He debated to himself, go to his car and start the four ...

Joe Frazier was punched down a half dozen times by George Foreman in Kingston, Jamaica and somehow picked himself up each time to try to save the World Heavyweight Championship. Vitali Klitschko’s face was a mangled mess after five rounds of enduring Lennox Lewis’ punches in Los Angeles, CA but ...

Oleksandr Usyk, as we all know, is coming for Anthony Joshua and the heavyweight titles. “I’m coming for you Anthony.” After the weigh in, Joshua talked about giving a great fight for the fans, that’s the most important thing, he said nothing about winning or conquering Usyk. The interviewer noticed ...

It’s all too infrequently that boxing gets it right these days and produces a special, thrilling superfight which pits the best vs the best. It’s going to happen this weekend in London, when World Heavyweight Champion Anthony Joshua will try to defy and defeat the challenge of undefeated Oleksander Usyk, ...