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    By Scoop Malinowski Status:  World Champion boxer in four weight divisions – lightweight, junior welterweight, welterweight and junior middleweight. Holds record for longest reign as unified lightweight champion (six defenses). Passed away in 2019. Ring record was 40-4-1 with 17 KOs. Ht: 5-6   Wt: 147 DOB:  January 2, ...

  By Scoop Malinowski Status: Former New York Post Columnist, New York Newsday Columnist, New York Daily News Lead Columnist, New York Times reporter, NBC 1988 Olympic boxing analyst and ESPN Talk Show host.  Former President of the Boxing Writer’s Association of America and ring announcer. DOB: January 3, 1957 ...

By Scoop Malinowski We never forget the action of boxing’s greatest high stakes super fights. But sometimes ringside stories connected to these historical contests get lost in the shuffle of the drama and competition. Here are some interesting ringside stories you probably never heard about… Ray Poplawski: I was ringside ...

    By Scoop Malinowski In the biggest fight of his career, Artur Beterbiev boxed a masterpiece to destroy Joe Smith Jr. at 2:19 of the second round. Russian Beterbiev’s shorter and straighter punches found the target early in the first round as a right hand on the temple fell ...

  By Scoop Malinowski Artur Beterbiev assistant trainer John Scully was an interested observer of the ESPN Blood, Sweat and Tears promotional documentary which was broadcast this week to hype this weekend’s Beterbiev vs Joe Smith Jr. Light Heavyweight Unification fight in New York City. A possible sign of weakness ...

By Scoop Malinowski STATUS: Former Chairman of New York State Athletic Commission; Former Editor-in-Chief of Ring Magazine, Boxing TV analyst and author. FIRST MEMORY OF BOXING: My maternal grandmother used to say, “As quick as Jack Dempsey.” When I was 10, I asked her, “Who is Jack Dempsey?” She told ...

Status: Hall of Fame Boxing Referee. DOB: January 27, 1926 In: Brockton, MA Passed Away: April 10, 2010 (Note: This Biofile was originally done in 1995 and was published in an issue of Boxing 95 magazine.) First Boxing Memory: “My uncle Joe fought James J. Braddock three times. They each ...

  By Scoop Malinowski Deontay Wilder is being protected from Anthony Joshua on all levels. While pretending to want to fight Joshua with big talk in the media, whenever it comes down to the moment of truth, Wilder and his protectors do what they do best – hide. Anthony Joshua ...

Sergey Kovalev resumes his quest to regain his lost world titles this weekend at Madison Square Garden where he will fight Vyacheslav “Lion Heart”Shabranskyy for the vacant WBO Light Heavyweight title. With a record of 30-2-1 (26 KO’s), the 34 year old Kovalev has made some changes to his team ...