By Scoop Malinowski Status: Former welterweight, super welterweight and middleweight champion boxed pro from 1990-2008. Final record is 42-3 with 35 KOs. Ht: 5-10 Wt: 160 DOB: January 10, 1973 In: Cupey Alto, Puerto Rico Childhood Heroes: “Ray Leonard. I like his style, the way he boxed, his movement. ...
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By Scoop Malinowski Former New York Ranger, Los Angeles Kings and Colorado Rockies defenseman Barry “Bubba” Beck was one of the best and toughest players in the NHL through the late 1970s to late 1980s and he was fortunate to attend one of boxing’s most historic clash of titans, the ...
Read More »How Floyd And Haymon Ruined Boxing
By Scoop Malinowski When boxing was king the big fights captivated the world. You could not wait those eight weeks to finally see the best vs the best. Today, boxing is mostly all scripted hoax events which end up disappointing because they look like soft controlled sparring sessions and ...
Read More »Biofile Sugar Ray Leonard 1993
I did this Biofile by phone with Sugar Ray Leonard on March 15, 1993… By Scoop Malinowski DOB: May 17, 1956 In: Wilmington, SC Ht: 5-10 Wt: 162 Childhood Role Model: My dad Cicero. He was such a hard working man. I got inspiration from him. Favorite Movies: The ...
Read More »1988 Scoop: Duran Threw The Rematch To Leonard
By Scoop Malinowski One of the first big boxing shows I ever attended was the February 5, 1988 Atlantic City tripleheader of Marlon Starling defending his WBA Welterweight title vs Fujio Ozaki, Mark Breland vs Juan Alonso Villa and a ten rounder featuring Roberto Duran vs Ricky Stackhouse. As ...
Read More »Celebrity Boxing Fan: John McEnroe
By Scoop Malinowski September 13, 1981…John McEnroe was on top of the world. He was the ATP World No. 1 tennis player, having just won his third consecutive U.S. Open title in New York. Just three nights after his 46 62 64 63 KO win over Bjorn Borg, which sent ...
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