By Scoop Malinowski I discovered boxing gold. In December I found an old “The Saturday Evening Post” magazine from September 17, 1955 for 50 cents in a thrift store in Bradenton, FL. One of the featured articles was “The Mystery of Archie Moore” by W. C. Heinz. The five ...
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By Scoop Malinowski With three decades of experience of observing this sport I see some striking characteristics about this Claressa Shields vs Savannah Marshall grudge fight. I see that Claressa Shields gets very anxious, uptight and upset by Savannah Marshall’s calm confidence, whining incoherently about the past, other opponents, ...
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By Scoop Malinowski For five decades, Bob Trainor stood shoulder to shoulder with all the titans of sport… Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier, Phil Simms, Lawrence Taylor, Bill Parcells, George Steinbrenner, Reggie Jackson, Dwight Gooden, Daryl Strawberry, Barry Bonds, Patrick Ewing, Derek Jeter, Lennox Lewis, Bob Baffert, Evander Holyfield, Mike Tyson, ...
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By Scoop Malinowski DOB: May 16, 1939 In: Winnipeg, Manitoba First Broadcasting Memory: First behind a microphone as a high school junior, hosting a summer talk-show for teens, sponsored by the Toronto Telegram newspaper, on CFRB Toronto…that led to a summer weekly hour as a disc jockey on CFRB, introducing ...
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By Scoop Malinowski Status: Former newspaper boxing columnist, Vice President/press officer for Don King Productions 1994-1999, boxing manager, attorney. Early Boxing Memory: When I started the International Cassius Clay Fan Club when I was 12. I had members from all different countries. The name of the publication was The Louisville ...
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By Scoop Malinowski STATUS: Boxing’s premier ring announcer. DOB: November 2, 1944 In: Philadelphia, PA HOBBIES/INTERESTS: “I like to play around with the stereo and equipment…much to the dismay of my wife [smiles]. When I’m home (Encino Hills, CA), I make sure the garden looks great. (Do you play any ...
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Boxing has a practice of allowing sanctioning bodies to force boxers who win world titles to have to pay money to buy their belts. Whether it’s a world title, regular title, interim title, diamond belt, whatever, sanctioning bodies like WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, IBO charge the boxer a fee for ...
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It’s been a long time since a great fight has arrested my attention. I have not even bothered to write a boxing article since July. Lomachenko vs Lopez has rekindled my lost love for boxing. Loma vs Lopez is the best vs the best, a rare occurence in modern boxing, ...
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By Scoop Malinowski Status: Professional Boxing Businessman with three decades of worldwide boxing experience. Based in Buffalo, NY suburb Williamsville. DOB: April 17, 1958 In: Buffalo, New York First Boxing Memory: Ali-Frazier 1, March 8, 1971, was 12 years old and by myself to the Bailey Ave Movie Threater to ...
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