Tag Archives: Ali

By Scoop Malinowski There are many historic landmark sites in boxing – Madison Square Garden, the Kronk Gym, the Wildcard Gym, the Rocky steps in Philadelphia and … Deer Lake. If you didn’t already know, Deer Lake was the name of the town that hosted the site of Muhammad Ali’s ...

By Scoop Malinowski Al Pacino insisted on taking the lead role as Tony Montana in the 1983 film “Scarface’, although Robert De Niro had been offered it and had turned it down.  For the film, Pacino worked with experts in knife combat, trainers, and world champion boxer Roberto Duran to attain the ...

By Scoop Malinowski What the heck did Floyd Mayweather mean when he said in 2010:  “I don’t love boxing like I used to, because boxing isn’t real anymore.” Was Paul Malignaggi revealing that Al Haymon could fix any fight he wanted to when he said, “Al Haymon can manipulate anything. ...

By Scoop Malinowski Covering pro boxing since 1992, I’ve been fortunate to score a few notable scoops over the years. Here are a few memorable ones… I still remember it like it was yesterday. I was in Delray Beach, typing a story for coverage of the Delray Beach Open ATP ...