By Scoop Malinowski   STATUS: Former World Heavyweight Championship challenger vs. Lennox Lewis in 2000. Olympic bronze medalist in ’92. HT: 5-10 1/2  WT: 244 BORN ON: Nov. 21, 1972 IN: Western Samoa CHILDHOOD HEROES:  “Marciano, Louis, Frazier, Ali. My uncle Afutoto. He was not only good in school, ...

By Scoop Malinowski I asked the retired former heavyweight contender and 1992 Olympic bronze medalist David Tua for his thoughts on Ike Ibeabuchi, the man he battled in a fierce twelve round battle in 1997… “He had a good chin. He could take some good shots. And he wasn’t shy ...

    By Scoop Malinowski The cloudy details how Andre Ward ducked the Gennady Golovkin fight have finally been revealed… A boxing insider close to the situation cut through the propaganda and media manipulation that was calculated carefully by the Ward side… “I always hate to comment on anything related ...

    By Scoop Malinowski One of the strangest, most illogical realities in boxing today is Tyson Fury’s bizarre refusal to fight Anthony Joshua. It’s the biggest money fight he could possibly earn but for some mysterious reason Fury is adamantly against it ever happening. “I don’t even go there ...

  By Scoop Malinowski Boxing used to be the most admired and awesome sport on the planet – live boxing shows all over the world every week, front page news, Presidents and elites sitting ringside at major fights, champions so amazing and charismatic they transcended sport – but today it ...

  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 ...

By Scoop Malinowski Yesterday I was told this amazing Mike Tyson-Nino Gonzalez-Cus D’Amato  by Tyson’s best friend Mario Costa… “Years ago, Mike was here at the bar with his pigeons (which are kept in a coop behind Ringside Lounge in Jersey City, NJ). Nino Gonzalez called me. I asked Mike ...

  By Scoop Malinowski Mustafa Hamsho made it to within one step short of the top of the middleweight mountain in the 1980s, twice losing in world title fights to Marvin Hagler.  As a Syrian with very little market upside and promotional value, Hamsho must have been an extraordinary fighter ...

Once again Scoop Malinowski was interviewed by a sports media outlet based in Kazakhstan… Question – Everyone is hiding from Alimkhanuly, but some experts say that he showed his vulnerability in the fight with Bentley. You do not think so? Scoop Malinowski: Alimkhanuly knows if he looks too great in ...

  By Scoop Malinowski Status:  Boxing referee. WBA 2010 Referee of the Year. Started referee career at Atlantic City PAL from 1974-82, received pro license in 1982. Has officiated 160 world title fights. DOB:  August 15, 1950  In: Norfolk, VA First Boxing Memory:  “Watching Yvon Durelle-Archie Moore with my dad. ...