We all know Floyd Mayweather is boxing again and his latest faked retirement last year is just that – a FAKE retirement schemed to provoke fans to forget all his boring fights and hopefully spark new buzz and enthusiasm for his record breaking 50th fight. Floyd is now speaking about ...
Read More »Is Nike an Anti-Christian Company?
http://gty.im/94330501 Nike has fired Manny Pacquiao over his recent anti-gay / pro-Christian comments. Nike has issued a statement saying, “We find Manny Pacquiao’s comments abhorrent. Nike strongly opposes discrimination of any kind and has a long history of supporting and standing up for the rights of the LGBT community. We ...
Read More »Al Haymon’s PBC Destined To Fail?
Al Haymon created the Premier Boxing Champions televised series to offer professional boxing entertainment to the public with hopes to rebuild the sport’s popularity and prestige. But also there were selfish motives behind the grand enterprise – Haymon wants to monopolize and run the sport as a dictator figure. This ...
Read More »Close Encounters with Boxing Greats
By Scoop Malinowski Tales of meeting great champions… Dan Burke: “Twenty years ago I stayed at this palace in Panama when I was playing with the Salsa/Latin band out of New York City. I remember Roberto Duran was generous to a fault. I was able to take some good photos ...
Read More »Tyson Talks Tennis
http://gty. im/72606240 As we stood there in the parking lot of Mario’s Ringside Lounge just off Route 1 & 9 in Jersey City, N. J. on a sunny April afternoon, I made a random comment to Mike Tyson, to initiate some small talk. “Mike, you’re looking in great shape, how ...
Read More »Iran Barkley: I Boxed A Legend…Thomas Hearns
http://gty. im/72315786 By Scoop Malinowski Iran “The Blade” Barkley defeated Hall of Famer Thomas Hearns not once but twice. In this interview, Barkley discusses in detail the experiences of conquering the Hitman. Scoop: Which fights in your career do you feel you were at your very best? Iran Barkley: “All ...
Read More »Mike Tyson Forever
http://gty. im/72606240 (I wrote this Column about Mike Tyson back in 2005) By Scoop Malinowski He came from nothing and now he leaves the sport he ruled with nothing. But in between Mike Tyson ruled the boxing kingdom like no man ever has or ever will. King Tyson captivated the ...
Read More »The Fury vs Wilder Confrontation in Brooklyn
Tyson Fury intimidated Deontay Wilder last night after Wilder’s KO win over Szpilka in Brooklyn – Fury invaded the ring and invited his way to Wilder’s face and showed the snarl and tiger eye and who is “the boss” – Fury yelled at Wilder and called him a “bum” – ...
Read More »Biofile: Jean Pascal Interview
Embed from Getty Images Status: Former WBC Light Heavyweight champion. Ht: 5-11 Wt: 175 DOB: October 28, 1982 In: Port Au Prince, Haiti Resides: Laval, Quebec First Boxing Memory: “Was when I get in the gym in Montreal and it was my brother who brought me to the gym. He ...
Read More »Biofile: Mike Weaver Interview
Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty Images By Scoop Malinowski Status: Former WBA Heavyweight Champion. Ht: 6-1 Wt: 230 DOB: June 13, l951 In: Gatesville, Texas First Boxing Memory: When I knocked this guy out over the juke box in the Marines, then they asked me to join boxing ...
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