Ring Observer Boxing by Scoop Malinowski

August, 2023

• 25 August

  Usyk vs Dubois: High Stakes In Poland

  

  Ukraine’s unified WBA-WBO-IBF Heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (26-0) puts his heavyweight titles on the line against Great Britain’s Daniel Dubois (19-1, 18 KOs) tomorrow, Aug. 26th at Tarczyński Arena Wrocław in Wroclaw, Poland. Usyk will attempt to make the second defense of his unified crown after moving up to the ...

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• 1 August

  Paul Reubens Two Decade Friendship With Boxer Michael Onello

  

      By Scoop Malinowski A chance random barber shop encounter ending up becoming an over two decades long friendship. The interesting twist was the barber was a muscular, fit extrovert named Michael Onello, the client was the iconic Hollywood film star and noted introvert Paul Reubens, best known for ...

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• 1 August

  Crawford Is An Authentic Great, Unlike Pretender Mayweather

  

      By Scoop Malinowski   I once asked Pete Sampras what qualities he most admires in people… The all time tennis great 14-time Grand Slam winner answered, “People who know they’re great without having to say they’re great. That’s what I aspire to be like. To me, that’s untouchable.” ...

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July, 2023

• 30 July

  Spectacular Crawford Destroys Spence

  

    By Scoop Malinowski It was an all-time welterweight masterpiece performance by Terence “Bud” Crawford as he completely outclassed and annihilated Errol Spence by ninth round knockout. The 35 year old Crawford becomes the first man in history to unify the titles in two divisions, welter and junior welter. Spence ...

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• 21 July

  Golovkin’s Curious Departure From Boxing

  

  By Scoop Malinowski All time great Gennady Golovkin lost a decision to Canelo Alvarez last year in what looked like a rigged, soft sparring session. Since pocketing his eight figure payday, the 41 year old has vacated his two middleweight titles and appears to have quietly ended his career. Golovkin ...

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• 11 July

  Biofile Pernell Whitaker Interview

  

      By Scoop Malinowski Status:  World Champion boxer in four weight divisions – lightweight, junior welterweight, welterweight and junior middleweight. Holds record for longest reign as unified lightweight champion (six defenses). Passed away in 2019. Ring record was 40-4-1 with 17 KOs. Ht: 5-6   Wt: 147 DOB:  January 2, ...

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• 10 July

  Biofile Oscar De La Hoya Interview

  

    By Scoop Malinowski Status: 1992 Olympic gold medalist. Pro boxer from 1992-2008. Won eleven world titles in six weight classes. Final ring record was 39-6, 30 KOs.  Boxing promoter for GOlden Ht: 5-10  Wt: 165 DOB: February 4, 1973  In: Los Angeles, CA Childhood Heroes:  Alexis Arguello. He was ...

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• 6 July

  Fury May Sense He’s Willard and Usyk Is Dempsey

  

  By Scoop Malinowski “History always repeats itself.” Everybody remembers the historic 1919 World Heavyweight Title fight in Toledo, Ohio where Jack Dempsey battered, bloodied and brutalized champ Jess Willard in one of the all time most savage, one-sided slugfests ever witnessed inside a boxing ring. Like Willard, who was 37 ...

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May, 2023

• 30 May

  Fake Negotiations In Boxing

  

  By Scoop Malinowski Michael Bentt, the former WBO Heavyweight champion, once told me an intriguing boxing truth I didn’t understand at the time about fifteen years ago, “Boxing is 90 percent bluffs.” At first I thought it was more about the psyche warfare between fighters. But it’s actually also about ...

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• 22 May

  Did Boxing Establishment Expose It’s Anti White Agenda in Loma Robbery?

  

    By Scoop Malinowski The unanimous consensus from the ultimate experts was that Vasyl Lomachenko beat Devin Haney in Las Vegas this weekend. Oscar De La Hoya, Terence Crawford, Shakur Stevenson, Jorge Linares, Shawn Porter, Ryan Garcia, Regis Prograis, among others all said Lomachenko won. Also adding emphasis and evidence ...

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• 15 May

  The Good, The Bad, The Ugly This Weekend In Boxing

  

  By Scoop Malinowski The Good:  Janibek Alimkhanuly is the most spectacular fighter in boxing today. He made Stephen Butler look like a novice on Saturday night. Alimkhanuly is a devastating fighter who ends careers. He was so lethal in disposing Butler that now, sadly, it’s guaranteed NONE of the big ...

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• 5 May

  There Is No Face Of Boxing Today

  

  By Scoop Malinowski There is a media and establishment push to create a “face of boxing” in order to legitimize and promote the sport to a higher status of respect. But boxing is floundering in popularity and prestige now and it’s stagnating a lowest ebb in decades.  Boxing has been ...

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• 4 May

  Golota Ready For Tyson Exhibition Rematch!

  

  This week Mike Tyson said he’s open to “being persuaded” to do another exhibition boxing match similar to the bout he contested with Roy Jones Jr. on November 28, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA. That clash of ring titans went the distance and was ruled a draw. Former four-time world ...

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April, 2023

• 28 April

  Heavyweight Explosion: Jared Anderson vs Zhan Kossobutskiy Analysis

  

    A very interesting heavyweight showdown of two very highly regarded undefeated prospects Jared “Big Baby” Anderson vs. Zhan Kossobutskiy of Kazakhstan will be contested in Toledo, Ohio on July 1. Anderson, 23 years old, is 14-0 with 14 KO’s while Kossobutskiy is 34 years old with a 19-0 record ...

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• 3 April

  Did Joshua Hold Back To Lure Fury And Wilder Fights?

  

  By Scoop Malinowski Boxing is so dysfunctional now that if a fighter look too spectacular in the ring, he will struggle to get to fight the biggest fights against the best name opposition. Because those fighters and their managers/promoters want low risk opponents, not high risk danger, which could destroy ...

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