By Scoop Malinowski October 11, 2007 Who would know more about Andrew Golota than his wife Mariola? Now, after Andrew has captured the International Boxing Federation North American Heavyweight title by defeating Kevin McBride his past Saturday night, Mrs. G reveals the story from her perspective of one of this ...
Read More »Holyfield Happy To See Changes In Old Rival Tyson
By Scoop Malinowski 15 years ago the two gladiators were arch rivals, slugging it out in the infamous “Bite Fight” in Las Vegas in late June 1997. Now Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield are on far friendlier terms. Holyfield attended Tyson’s acclaimed one-man show in Las Vegas in April and ...
Read More »Biofile Willie Pep Interview
By Scoop Malinowski Status: Boxing Hall of Famer. Former World Featherweight champion. 1922-2008. Birthplace: Middletown, CT Boxing Inspirations: “Lou Ambers, Joe Louis, Tony Canzoneri, Rocky Marciano – we were born in the same month in the same year. Wonderful man. Good friend. We used to go on trips together. I ...
Read More »Archives: Shannon Briggs Analyzes Heavyweight Division (2006)
By Scoop Malinowski Shannon Briggs is back in the hunt for a title fight at age 34. Here’s how he assesses the landscape of the heavyweight jungle. Read on for the insightful, interesting and sometimes hilarious perspectives of heavyweight contender Shannon Briggs: Calvin Brock: “I’m impressed. He’s a guy who ...
Read More »Biofile: Richie Kates Interview
By Scoop Malinowski Status: Former two-time world Light Heavyweight title challenger. Boxed professionally from 1969-1983. Compiled a pro record of 44-6 (23 KOs). Ht: 6-0 Wt: 175 DOB: May 21, 1951 In: Savannah, Georgia First Boxing Memory: “I was fifteen years old when I first started boxing. People didn’t really ...
Read More »Tyson’s Rage Before The Golota Fight
By Scoop Malinowski Mike Tyson was pacing back and forth in his dressing room minutes before he would enter the ring to fight Andrew Golota in Detroit in October 2000. The NBA legend Magic Johnson and the former child actor Emmanuel Lewis were present that night in the dressing room ...
Read More »When Fidel Castro Summoned Roberto Duran To Cuba
By Scoop Malinowski Years ago Roberto Duran and his son were in Atlantic City for a Don King blockbuster card, which featured several heavyweight title fights. The younger Duran told me a humorous story about when his dad met, or rather, was forced to meet Fidel Castro in Cuba. “My ...
Read More »Did Desperate Al Haymon Torpedo the Wrong Two Russians?
By Scoop Malinowski In May of this year the highly anticipated WBC Heavyweight showdown between champion Deontay Wilder and mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin went up in flames shortly after Povetkin tested positive for a trace amount of Meldonium over a week before the fight. Both sides have since sued each ...
Read More »The War of Words: Kovalev vs Ward
By Scoop Malinowski On the “Boxing Thrill Meter” the super fight clash of titans featuring Sergey Kovalev vs Andre Ward for the Light Heavyweight Championship rates a ten out of ten. Kovalev and Ward are both modern era greats with different, contrasting styles, and there is absolute certainty that ...
Read More »Boycott Canelo
Boycotting the Canelo Alvarez vs Smith pay per view sparring session which will not be won by the handpicked patsy. We all must boycott Canelo and Golden Boy until he faces GENNADY GOLOVKIN.
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