By Scoop Malinowski Former World Heavyweight Champion Larry Holmes is always one of my favorites to interview. Here is a classic chat we had in 2004 covering a range of topics, including how Larry felt he was just an average kid, Ali training camp memories, who was the greatest, ...

  It may or may not be an omen for boxing’s future – the most famous brand in boxing history, Everlast, saw it’s gloves fall apart in the WBO Welterweight world title fight last week. Moments before Terence Crawford knocked out David Avanesyan in the sixth round in Omaha, Nebraska, ...

  By Scoop Malinowski Back in time during his reign of domination, Lennox Lewis memorably stated one of his mission objectives was to “get rid of all the misfits in the heavyweight division.” The message was clear, Lennox was the “white knight” hero trying to save the sport and eliminate ...

  By Scoop Malinowski When boxing was king the big fights captivated the world. You could not wait those eight weeks to finally see the best vs the best. Today, boxing is mostly all scripted hoax events which end up disappointing because they look like soft controlled sparring sessions and ...

  By Scoop Malinowski Status: Former pro boxer with an 8-2 record (4 KO’s) and sparring partner of Roberto Duran and Aaron Pryor. DOB:  1955  In: Detroit, Michigan First Boxing Memory:  My first memory of boxing was when I was with my dad and he watched Friday Night At The ...

By Scoop Malinowski Former pro Kenny Abbott got the opportunity to spar with all time great, four-division boxing champion Roberto Duran in Miami at the Fifth Street Gym. “My trainer and manager Angelo Dundee got me sparring with Duran in 1978 I believe was the first time. I also worked ...

By Scoop Malinowski Kevin Rooney is one of the most famous figures in modern boxing history because of his important role as the trainer of Iron Mike Tyson, during the former World Heavyweight Champion’s most productive, exciting and devastating years from 1985-1988. A few years ago I had a chance ...

By Scoop Malinowski Boxing world figures remember the great trainer, manager, TV analyst and Hall of Famer Emanuel Steward, who trained 41 world champions including Lennox Lewis, Thomas Hearns, Wladimir Klitschko, Evander Holyfield, Hilmer Kenty, and Julio Cesar Chavez… Steward passed away on October 25, 2012 at the age of ...

  By Scoop Malinowski The Ring magazine was one of my earliest print outlets to sell my Biofile interviews as a newcomer in the media in 1992. Former editor Steve Farhood liked my Biofiles and hired me to do boxing biofile interviews for the monthly magazine, for $50 per biofile ...

By Scoop Malinowski Some of my favorite and forgotten boxing insider stories that never get talked about by the boxing media… Floyd Mayweather and Al Haymon intended to duck Manny Pacquiao forever, because they couldn’t rig the fight in their favor. George Peterson, the co manager of Paul Williams (with ...