By Scoop Malinowski Status: Boxing author, podcast creator, and trainer/coach. First memory of boxing: Sparring with my Dad in the living room when I was five years old. For some reason, I put a paper-clip on my glove and cut his eye! Childhood dreams: To be an all time great ...
Read More »Gene Tunney Underestimated Muhammad Ali
76 year old Gene Tunney talks about Ali, Foreman, Greb, Dempsey, Corbett, boxing evolution, and more in 1974 interview “Gene Tunney, who has been the quiet man of boxing ever since he retired as world heavyweight champion in 1928, opened up on Muhammad Ali yesterday when someone asked ...
Read More »Was Muhammad Ali Anti Jew?
By Scoop Malinowski Muhammad Ali, the greatest boxing champion of all time, was photographed attending a pro Palestine rally in Chicago in 1988 and expressed support of Palestine many times to the media. See link here Also, in Frank Deford’s book ‘Over Time: My Life as a Sportswriter’, the ...
Read More »Coward Canelo Should Be Banned From Boxing
By Scoop Malinowski Canelo Alvarez embarrassed the sport of boxing by using the most ridiculous duck excuses to hide from David Benavidez – again. “He gave the opportunity to Jaime Munguia, who hasn’t done nothing. The excuse Canelo gave was, ‘Oh because he’s been really respectful.’ Like bro, get the ...
Read More »When Ali And Tyson Argued About Who Was Greater
By Scoop Malinowski In the 1980s on live television Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson actually argued face to face about who was the greater world heavyweight champion. The verbal clash happened on the Arsenio Hall Show, with a silent and respectful Sugar Ray Leonard seated on a couch between the ...
Read More »When Muhammad Ali Wept
By Scoop Malinowski Is it physically, emotionally, scientifically possible that “the greatest” fighter in boxing history could actually weep and cry? According to soccer legend Pele’s biography, yes. In the book “Pele: His Life And Times” by Harry Harris, page 156 mentions the first time Muhammad Ali met Pele, which ...
Read More »Biofile Tim Palesky Interview
By Scoop Malinowski Status: Boxing media, TV show host Knock Out TV, New Jersey Boxing Hall of Famer. First Boxing Memory: My first memory of boxing was 1971, the Fight of the Century and all the hype that led up to the bout. I was ten and everyone was talking about ...
Read More »Biofile Pete Pharaoh Interview
By Scoop Malinowski Status: Former New York City Golden Gloves competitive boxer and boxing photographer/media. DOB: March 2, 1961 Birthplace: Queens, NY First boxing memory: Ali vs Frazier. Boxing heroes: Muhammad Ali and Herbie Hayes. First famous boxer you met: Wilfred Benitez. At Caesars Palace, Las Vegas. First job: Dishwasher ...
Read More »Tennis Greats Who Attended Major Boxing Matches
By Scoop Malinowski Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi had their first date at the Oscar De La Hoya vs Felix Trinidad world welterweight title fight Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas in 1999. Jimmy Connors and Ilie Nastase both sat ringside at the Muhammad Ali vs Ken Norton III world ...
Read More »All The King’s Men
By Scoop Malinowski Boxing insiders share their personal memories and anecdotes of one of ring history’s most important figures, the 92 year old Hall of Fame promoter Don King, who is busy promoting his latest show this weekend in Miami, FL… Lloyd Carroll (Journalist): “I remember Don King being here ...
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