By Scoop Malinowski Status: 1992 Olympic gold medalist. Pro boxer from 1992-2008. Won eleven world titles in six weight classes. Final ring record was 39-6, 30 KOs. Boxing promoter for GOlden Ht: 5-10 Wt: 165 DOB: February 4, 1973 In: Los Angeles, CA Childhood Heroes: Alexis Arguello. He was ...
Read More »Garcia vs Davis Fight Week Observations
By Scoop Malinowski Ryan Garcia vs Gervonta Tank Davis press conference tension seems real this time, so I’m expecting a real fight for a change (not a co-joint business deal event). Davis has been carefully protected his whole career so he’s an illusion. Haymon PBC is on the ropes ...
Read More »Biofile Adrien Broner Interview
(Note: I did this Biofile with Broner in Newark, NJ when he was 15-0 in 2010.) By Scoop Malinowski Status: Former World Champion boxer. Won world titles in four weight classes. Pro record is 34-4-1 (24 KOs). Just signed a promotional contract with Don King. Ht: 5-7 Wt: 130 ...
Read More »My View: Garcia vs Davis War Of Words NYC
Ryan Garcia and Tank Davis will fight on April 22 in Las Vegas. Today they met face to face the first press conference announcement in Manhattan at the Palladium Times Square. I have to say, Davis is one of the most uninteresting professional athletes I’ve ever seen or heard. I ...
Read More »Bob Dylan Knows Boxing
By Scoop Malinowski American songwriter Bob Dylan is an expert not only in the art of creating and performing music but also prizefighting. Former WBC Light Heavyweight champion Donny Lalonde had an experience in New York City where he learned about Dylan’s world class boxing acumen. “Bob Dylan was in ...
Read More »Canelo vs Jacobs: Another Big Fight Bore
By Scoop Malinowski The Canelo Alvarez vs Danny Jacobs fight did not live up to expectations. Lennox Lewis said he expected more from Jacobs, Gennady Golovkin said the fight was boring. Many other ring observers compared it to a “sparring session.” A pattern has developed in American boxing since ...
Read More »Saunders vs Lemieux: Matador Meets The Bull in Quebec
By Scoop Malinowski The last major fight of 2017 takes place this weekend in Laval, Quebec with a prominent champion attempting to thwart a hungry and driven contender looking to regain a world title. It’s a classic boxer vs puncher styles contrast, a matador vs raging bull contest of ...
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