By Scoop Malinowski Status:  World champion boxer in three different weight classes. Boxed pro from 1981-1997. Record was 49-5-1 (36 KOs). DOB: December 7, 1956  In: Kingston, Jamaica Childhood Heroes:  Muhammad Ali, Ray Robinson, Pele, Bunny Grant – Jamaican boxer. Early Boxing Memory:  A guy I was fighting for ten ...

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 ...

By Scoop Malinowski Status: WBA/IBF/WBC Light Heavyweight champion shocked the world with his one-punch, 2nd round KO of boxing’s pound-for-pound king Roy Jones Jr. Ht: 6-2 Wt: 175 Born On: November 21, 1968 In: Orlando, Florida Childhood Heroes: “Muhammad Ali, Marvin Hagler, Sugar Ray Leonard.” Hobbies/Interests: “I love to eat, ...

    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 ...

    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.” ...

  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 ...

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 ...

    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, ...

  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 ...

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 ...