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Joe DiMaggio Loved Boxing

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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Biofile Gerry Cooney Interview

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 ...

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