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By Scoop Malinowski Recently a former boxer named Tommy Rainone stated that Howard Cosell disassociated himself from pro boxing because of a sense of immense disgust while announcing on ABC Network the farcical one-sided mismatch of World Heavyweight champion Larry Holmes vs Randall “Tex” Cobb. I disagreed with that over-simplified ...

  By Scoop Malinowski It’s a belief I have been sparring with for quite some time. After much deliberation and analyzing the evidence, I’ve come to the realization: Manny Pacqiuao is the greatest fighter of all time. Unpopular, cutting edge decisions are hard to make. It’s easier to go with ...

By Scoop Malinowski Floyd Mayweather should be satisfied with his 50-0 boxing career career and the hundreds of millions he has earned for punching for a living. He should be happily retired and admiring, enjoying and respecting the current gladiators who carry the sport into the future. But Floyd Mayweather ...

Ellerbe: Floyd is retired and not interested in a Pacquiao rematch for over a $100,000,000. Translation: We’ll wait. Floyd will fight Pacquiao again if he agrees to play soft and throw the fight because Floyd is a bu$ine$$man not a warrior and doesn’t want to get hurt or end up ...

By Scoop Malinowski We have to look beneath the surface when analyzing fights today. Who is the money fighter? Who is the B side? Who needs the payday after two years of inactivity? Who is the A side draw franchise who is part of the long term business plan? Manny ...

  By Scoop Malinowski Pernell Whitaker. Even his name flowed like the paint brush of an artist. And boy, could the Norfolk, Virginia boxer create artistry in the ring. The four weight division champion – lightweight to light middleweight – died last week when he was hit by a car ...

  By Scoop Malinowski It’s obvious by now that Deontay Wilder is afraid to fight Dillian Whyte and his protectors Al Haymon, Shelly Finkel and Mauricio Sulaiman have no confidence in Wilder to beat Whyte so the secret agenda is to duck Whyte forever. Whyte has been the WBC no. ...

The World Boxing Council introduced the new “franchise” champion designation this week. Next week the WBC will unfurl another level of championship status – the new Lifetime Franchise Champion. The WBC says the “Lifetime Franchise” champion will earn his status because he is a revenue generating asset thus the WBC ...

By Scoop Malinowski A lot of ring observers find it hard to accept that fight fixing happens in boxing today. Despite massive evidence and motive by the establishment to protect their key asset moneymakers, many fans and media won’t consider that some or many of the biggest fights they see ...

By Scoop Malinowski Tyson Fury is the closest thing the boxing world has ever seen since Muhammad Ali – and he can even sing too. The parallels to Ali are numerous.  Fury is a marvel of a boxer with innate, sensational skills and moves, remarkable for a big man who ...