Oleksandr Usyk earned a tough win over Hunter. I like Usyk’s very cool confidence and awkward style and stance and how he throws unconventional punches. The guy is tough as nails and has those scary psycho eyes you see in a horror film. Oleksandr “The Nail” Gvozdyk is also a ...

(This is an excerpt of my book Heavyweight Armageddon: The Tyson vs Lewis Championship Battle available at amazon) By Scoop Malinowski   Muhammad Ali vs. Lennox Lewis. Undeniably two of the greatest careers in heavyweight history.  I asked Hall of Famer Angelo Dundee ( couple of years before his passing ...

The Russians have hacked the script of the: Conor McGregor fights the first round as a boxer and loses it 10-8. In round two the still-dazed Conor “forgets” he is a boxer and uses leg kicks to knock Floyd Mayweather out cold. Conor gets disqualified but declares victory.  You know ...

  By Scoop Malinowski Boxing commissions should hire former boxers as professional boxing judges. They are more qualified to judge boxing than any person, especially one who never competed inside the ring. Former professional boxers have dedicated much of their lives to the art of ring generalship and fighting to ...

By Scoop Malinowski Challengers and sparring partners discuss their memories and impressions of what it’s like to be in the ring with the unbeaten Middleweight Champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin…   Grzegorz Proksa:  “To struggle with such an athlete as Golovkin is a great honor. I sparred with many World champions and ...

I posed a simple question to several renowned professional boxers: Why do you love boxing? Here are their replies…     Erik Morales: “I start when I was 16 pro. Six years old. I love to do it. I love boxing because I like what I’m doing, I like fighting, ...

The WBC has suspended Russian heavyweight contender Alexander Povetkin for one year, fined him $250,000 and ordered him to pay for his own drug testing as a condition of reinstatement to boxing activity. So I feel pretty stupid, but I don’t how to track a phone know how to do ...

Good fight. Keith Thurman beat Danny Garcia to unify the WBC/WBA Welterweight titles and made the Philadelphian look limited, hesitant, and average. Thurman is a good fighter but just not on that level of Pacquiao, Leonard, Hearns, Duran. Tv analyst Sugar Ray Leonard said one sentence that captured the essence ...

  http://gty. im/465558140 By Scoop Malinowski Status: Welterweight champion. DOB: November 23, 1988 In: Tampa, FL Ht: 5-9 Wt: 147 Boxing Heroes: “As a child I never really boxed. Through time and getting into it, Mike Tyson has to be one of my greatest all time fighters. Muhammad Ali. I ...

Status: Former World Heavyweight champion. DOB: March 25, 1976 In: Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan (is of Ukrainian descent) Ht: 6-5 Wt: 241 Childhood Heroes: “I had very many heroes. Bruce Lee, Arnold Schwarzeneggar, Muhammad Ali, my brother (Vitali). All the best boxers, so many people. ” Nickname: Dr. Steelhammer. Hobbies/Interests: “Kite surfing ...