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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By Scoop Malinowski Status: Former three-time World Heavyweight Champion. DOB: January 17, 1942 In: Louisville, Kentucky Childhood Heroes: Willie Pastrano. First Boxing Memory: I started boxing just as a recreation. I was a kid 12 years old. At the time I wasn’t worried much about money, my mother and father took care of ...
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By Scoop Malinowski The Moses Itauma Era started tonight. That was an era starting performance. Like Lennox vs Razor in Oct 1992. Whyte was stunned by the first punches Itauma threw in the first round, that triple jab. He never recovered. Itauma couldn’t miss, he has everything speed power accuracy ...
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By Scoop Malinowski Oleksandr Usyk has cleaned out the heavyweight division. He has proven his supremacy but at age 38 there is just one challenge out there, if he wishes to extend his “greatest of all time” and perfect, undefeated, mistake-free career. That challenge is the 20 year old ...
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By Scoop Malinowski Status: International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee as a promoter, matchmaker, booking agent. DOB: June 16, 1931 In: Cincinnati, Ohio First Boxing Memory: I saw Willie Pep when I was eight. That’s what changed my life. My mother was a concert pianist. I actually trained – I ...
Read More »I Boxed A Legend: Dwight Muhammad Qawi Recalls Two Fights With Matthew Saad Muhammad By Scoop Malinowski “People ask me the question about what was your toughest fight? When I fought Holyfield the first time (1986) there was a big age difference (Dwight was 33). My brother always told ...
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