By Scoop Malinowski Status: Boxing trainer, ESPN Classic TV commentator, Boxing News magazine columnist, and former three-time world title challenger. Also a respected philanthropist who raises funds to help former boxers in need of assistance. Ht: 5-11 Wt: 185 DOB: July 28, 1967 In: Hartford, CT Childhood Heroes: Lynn ...
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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 ...
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By Scoop Malinowski Do you know Muhammad Ali once stopped Larry Holmes at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas? Yes it really happened, but not exactly how you expect. Greg Gonzales, the nephew of former tennis great Pancho Gonzales told me the story… Gonzales would attend a lot of Vegas fights ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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If you can answer these questions about boxing, you deserve a doctorate degree in the sweet science… First person to correctly answer all questions receives a signed copy of my book “Muhammad Ali: Portrait Of A Champion” and a Miguel Cotto t-shirt … (send your answers to scoop.malinowski@yahoo.com What was ...
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Muhammad Ali was not always the most generous in praising the skills of other heavyweight boxers but one he admired was former champion Gene Tunney. Look at these quotes from my book Muhammad Ali: Portrait Of A Champion “If you look at Tunney is where boxing started to get better. ...
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(Jack Dempsey oil painting by LeRoy Neiman.) By Scoop Malinowski A hundred years ago Jack Dempsey was the world’s Heavyweight Champion and one of the most famous, popular figures on the planet. Today, most people don’t even know who Jack Dempsey was. So I did this collection of memories from ...
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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 ...
Read More »By Scoop Malinowski While recently interviewing someone for a tennis related feature about his friendship with Don Budge, this person randomly revealed that he had a close encounter with Muhammad Ali, then Cassius Clay, in New York City in 1961 or 1962. “We were living in New York City and ...
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