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Scoop Malinowski: EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Wladimir Klitschko!   Some fighters lose by devastating knockout and never ever regain their status. For one example, Michael Spinks lost to Mike Tyson and never fought again. Then there are the examples of Lennox Lewis, Joe Louis and Chris Byrd who all were able to ...

Mike Tyson and Floyd Mayweather are both itching to put the gloves back on and throw some punches in the ring.  Tyson has announced he will box some exhibitions for charity and Mayweather is organizing a September bout against Adrien Broner. Nobody cares to see Floyd box another Al Haymon ...

  Mike Tyson was wreaking havoc on the boxing world in 1988, devastating every challenger he faced as the supreme, undefeated Heavyweight champion of the world. There was no other athlete on the planet at the time who was more dominant and sensational than Tyson except perhaps for a spectacular ...

A couple of years ago I finally picked up Maria Sharapova’s book “Unstoppable.” It was a superb read with many surprises and highlights. One particular highlight was a photo Maria placed in the book, it was of her at age eight boxing with the renowned Sarasota boxing coach Harold Wilen. ...

Various boxing world figures share their memories and Close Encounters With Donald Trump, in my 15th book. Mike Tyson (Former Heavyweight Champion): “Listen, I’m a black motherfucker from the poorest town in the country (Brownsville in Brooklyn, NY). I’ve been through a lot in life. And I know Donald Trump. ...

It was 2001, the phone call came in from my good friend in Florida, Mike, a barber and boxing trainer instructing boxing students in his garage and backyard in Sarasota, Florida. “I have a future world champion. His father brought him this week. He has all the qualities, he’s tough, ...

  By Scoop Malinowski Floyd Mayweather has finally admitted on video that he is a coward. “I don’t mind being a rich coward,” said the American boxer in this video. It’s official, from his own lips, Floyd Mayweather was and is a protected fraud, a coward in the face of ...

  By Scoop Malinowski Larry Holmes turned pro in March 1973 when he decisioned Rodell Dupree in Scranton, PA. His journey from Easton, PA to world Heavyweight champion included stops in Bronx, NY. “Back in ’68, ’69 I used to drive from Easton to the Bronx Gleason’s Gym every day. ...

Two marquee former middleweight champions will duel on Friday night in an intriguing super middleweight showdown  in Phoenix, Arizona. Daniel “Miracle Man” Jacobs (35-3, 29 KOs) and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr (51-3-1, 35 KOs) each lost decisions to Canelo Alvarez and now both are back in the hunt for world ...

  Saoul Mamby: When I Boxed A Legend… Roberto Duran By Scoop Malinowski Saoul Mamby boxed Duran on May 4, 1976 in Miami Beach, FL in a non-title fight. Duran was 24-years-old and in the midst of his reign as World Lightweight champion. From the Bronx, Mamby was 28, with ...