By Scoop Malinowski The media generally portrays professional prizefighters as having lower intelligence due to lack of education and absorbing too many punches to the head. Having interviewed hundreds of world class boxers and champions for thirty years, I learned this perception to be inaccurate. Despite a lack of college ...
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By Scoop Malinowski Status: Former WBC Middleweight Champion. Boxed pro from 1988-1995. Final ring record is 31-3 with 29 KOs. Ht 6-1 Wt: 16 DOB: October 23, 1967 In: Freeport, IL Childhood Heroes: Bruce Lee. He’s always been an idol of mine. Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns both were my ...
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By Scoop Malinowski A billion to one boxing meeting happened this week in Delaware between two former elite American middleweight boxers. Iran “The Blade” Barkley and Dave “TNT” Tiberi crossed paths and recognized each other in an aisle of a Walmart store. “I stopped by Walmart in New Castle, Delaware ...
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The great Oleksandr Usyk has shocked the boxing world by announcing he will fight for four more years however he has designated one top contender has officially been blacklisted from consideration as one of this future challengers. “No, I won’t fight (Moses) Itauma. He’s young, always teasing me. And he ...
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By Scoop Malinowski Status: Former Welterweight Champion 1986-1987 and 1988-1989. Final professional record is 43-5 30 KOs. DOB: April 22, 1960 In: St. Elizabeth, Jamaica Nicknames: Lover Man, Honey, Too Sweet, Ragamuffin. Childhood Heroes: Muhammad Ali. Watching Ali on TV I wanted to be like him. I met him the ...
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A sports editor from Kazakhstan asked me this question… Question: Hello Scoop! How are you? Gennady Golovkin has been nominated for induction into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. I wanted to ask what you think about it? Scoop Malinowski: Gennady Golovkin is one of the greatest champions I ever ...
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Jake Paul is proof that the power of heavy marketing and promotion can actually manufacture a phony mediocre talent into a franchise money making star. This used to never happen when boxing was real. Well, it did once with Primo Carnera. Today it happens a lot – Floyd, Wilder, Canelo… ...
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By Scoop Malinowski In the Fall of 1987, Iron Mike Tyson was terrorizing the sport with his explosive power, devastating combinations and physical and mental supremacy. At that time the 21 year old Mike Tyson was 31-0 (27 KOs) and seemingly impregnable and unbeatable, with three dominant 1987 wins vs ...
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By Scoop Malinowski Ricky Hatton once said the most devastating loss of all was when he was stopped by Manny Pacquiao in the second round in Las Vegas. He said it with a pain and conviction that showed the hurt over a decade later. For ring observers, it’s almost ...
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By Scoop Malinowski Terence Bud Crawford dominated Canelo Alvarez with his superior boxing talent and multi dimensional skillset to earn a unanimous decision last night. The monumental victory means Crawford has now unified world titles in three different weight divisions, which has never been achieved before in boxing history. The ...
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Ring Observer Boxing by Scoop Malinowski
