Ring Observer Boxing by Scoop Malinowski
By Scoop Malinowski
Status: Former WBC Featherweight, WBC Super Featherweight and WBC/IBF Lightweight Champion. Record was 39-6-2 (28 KOs).
DOB: July 19, 1958 In: Accra, Ghana
Nicknames: Zoom Zoom, The Terrible Warrior, The Professor.
Hobbies/Interests: Business, swimming, playing lawn tennis, table tennis, running.
Favorite Boxers To Watch: Julio Cesar Chavez, Mike Tyson, Jersey Joe Walcott.
Favorite Meal: African.
Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Vanilla.
First Car: 1979 red Peugeot.
First Job: Prison officer in Ghana (age 18).
Favorite Movies: Charles Bronson and Chuck Norris movies.
Childhood Dream: I wanted to be the way I am now. Everything came out fine.
Pre-Fight Meal: Chicken, rice, some potato chips, Coke, water.
Greatest Sports Moment: When I won the Featherweight title in 1984 (vs. Wilfredo Gomez in Puerto Rico, by TKO 11).
All-Time Favorite Fight: Mike Tyson vs. Trevor Berbick.
Favorite Vacation Spot(s): Spain, Mexico, Cleveland, Ohio.
Closest Friends In Boxing: Mike Tyson, Julio Cesar Chavez, Julian Jackson.
Funniest Boxer Encountered: Mike Tyson. He could make you laugh. He cracked jokes.
Favorite Sports To Watch Outside Boxing: Running, tennis, swimming, gymnastics.
Favorite Sport To Play: Swimming.
Favorite Book: Bill Cosby Autobiography. I like him, how he talks. He makes you laugh. I met him at one of my fights in Las Vegas, the draw with Jeff Fenech (1991). He said I won the fight.
People Qualities Most Admired: I love everybody.
