By Scoop Malinowski One of the greatest baseball players of all time Joe DiMaggio, known as “an intensely private man” and “notoriously reclusive” was an avid boxing enthusiast. In the wonderful book, “Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio” by Maury Allen, it was written that the man who was largely ...
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By Scoop Malinowski Status: Former World Heavyweight Championship challenger. Ht: 6-6 Wt: 225 DOB: August 24, 1956 In: New York, NY First Memory Of Boxing: First fight here in the finals of the (Golden) Gloves 1973 (Madison Square Garden, 20,000 attendance). When I won the middleweight championship (vs. Larry Derrick ...
Read More »Tony Perez: My Life In Boxing
By Scoop Malinowski “I say boxing saved my life. I’ve been involved in boxing since I’m ten years old in Puerto Rico. And I could never believe I’m going to be in the ring with Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali. That was one of my greatest fights. They fought ...
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