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Day of Reckoning Observations

  By Scoop Malinowski Larry Merchant used to sometimes call boxing “the theater of the unexpected” and if the 92 year old Hall of Fame writer and broadcaster were still a major voice of the sport, his words would apply the “Day Of Reckoning” blockbuster in Saudi Arabia December 23. ...

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Did Joshua Hold Back To Lure Fury And Wilder Fights?

By Scoop Malinowski Boxing is so dysfunctional now that if a fighter look too spectacular in the ring, he will struggle to get to fight the biggest fights against the best name opposition. Because those fighters and their managers/promoters want low risk opponents, not high risk danger, which could destroy ...

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Why Did Wilder Reject $120m To Fight Joshua?

Now that the career of Deontay Wilder has crashed after a second stoppage loss to Tyson Fury and his earning power and leverage to negotiate have also endured massive blows, a burning question persists. Why on earth did Deontay Wildel  and his handlers Al Haymon and Shelly Finkel turn down ...

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Tyson Fury Reigns Supreme, Crushes Wilder

Tyson Fury may not be the most aesthetic heavyweight champion to lace up the gloves but he may be the most formidable. The six-foot-nine, 278 pound behemoth hunted down and slayed Deontay Wilder in the 11th round with a brutal knockout win that fulfilled his prefight promise to knock out ...

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Did Joshua Throw The Fight To Usyk?

Joe Frazier was punched down a half dozen times by George Foreman in Kingston, Jamaica and somehow picked himself up each time to try to save the World Heavyweight Championship. Vitali Klitschko’s face was a mangled mess after five rounds of enduring Lennox Lewis’ punches in Los Angeles, CA but ...

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Golovkin, Whyte Imply Joshua Off PEDs Vs. Ruiz

  By Scoop Malinowski Now that the so-called biggest upset in boxing history has been accomplished by American Andy Ruiz via his seventh-round TKO of Anthony Joshua at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night, all kinds of theories and speculations for the shock win are emerging. Gennady Golovkin and Dillian ...

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Angelo Dundee Explains Why Joshua Lost To Ruiz Last Night

By Scoop Malinowski There is an old adage in boxing that was demonstrated once again last night in Madison Square Garden…”Great fighters have trouble getting fully motivated for mediocre fights.” Angelo Dundee shared this unforgettable pearl of wisdom to me many years ago. Wladimir Klitschko and Lennox Lewis were recent ...

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Hearn and Joshua Continue Relentless Pressure on Wilder

By Scoop Malinowski As Deontay Wilder prepares for his December fight with Tyson Fury in Los Angeles, Anthony Joshua promoter Eddie Hearn continues to pressure Wilder to commit to facing Joshua in a Heavyweight title unification fight in April 2019. Eddie Hearn said: “I saw (Deontay) Wilder came out and ...

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