Tag Archives: Mike Tyson

By Scoop Malinowski Yesterday I was told this amazing Mike Tyson-Nino Gonzalez-Cus D’Amato  by Tyson’s best friend Mario Costa… “Years ago, Mike was here at the bar with his pigeons (which are kept in a coop behind Ringside Lounge in Jersey City, NJ). Nino Gonzalez called me. I asked Mike ...

By Scoop Malinowski Kevin Rooney is one of the most famous figures in modern boxing history because of his important role as the trainer of Iron Mike Tyson, during the former World Heavyweight Champion’s most productive, exciting and devastating years from 1985-1988. A few years ago I had a chance ...

  By Scoop Malinowski The power of Mike Tyson and Cus D’Amato uniting their forces proves how powerful black and white can be working together. Fake news agenda-driven media divide & conquer hate evil must be stopped… Mike Tyson was a juvenile delinquent teenager, on the path to nowhere, living ...

  By Scoop Malinowski Former Heavyweight Champion Mike Tyson visited three cannabis dispensaries in NJ on Labor Day Weekend to promote his ear-shaped cannabis edible gummies. The co-founder and chief branding officer of Tyson 2.0, Tyson greeted and met with cannabis fans, ring observers at three NJ locations on Saturday ...

By Scoop Malinowski Status: Former WBC Featherweight, WBC Super Featherweight and WBC/IBF Lightweight Champion. Record was 39-6-2 (28 KOs). DOB: July 19, 1958   In: Accra, Ghana Nicknames:  Zoom Zoom, The Terrible Warrior, The Professor. Hobbies/Interests: Business, swimming, playing lawn tennis, table tennis, running. Favorite Boxers To Watch:  Julio Cesar Chavez, ...

By Scoop Malinowski Ten years ago in 2011 I wrote this article and asked the question: How does American boxing rebuild itself, from these dismal days of Floyd Mayweather running from $50-100 million to box Manny Pacquiao and James Kirkland getting knocked out by a Japanese journeyman, to the golden ...

On this day August 6, 1984, Mike Tyson lost in the heavyweight division of the Olympic Trials to Henry Tillman at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. The decision was controversial and some say it was retribution by USA Boxing against Tyson’s trainer Cus D’Amato, who was infamous for his outspoken ...

Don King and Mike Tyson had a business lunch last week in Boca Raton, FL. During that meeting it’s highly probably that Don King did try to mention a business proposal to the $16m dollar man (Tyson earned $16m vs Roy Jones in November). Keep in mind, King’s only meal ...

The boxing buzz is that Mike Tyson is supposed to fight Evander Holyfield next, in an exhibition fight that will generate $100 to $200 million. Tyson pal Zab Judah said last week the deal is signed, sealed and delivered. But today James Toney has declared a contradictory schedule of events ...