By Scoop Malinowski Status: Former Five Time World Champion including IBF Lightweight champion (June 1987-Feb. 1988); WBA Junior Middleweight Champion (Oct 1991-Dec. 1992). Inducted into International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2025. Final pro record is 50-10 with 30 KOs. DOB: December 16, 1962 In: Providence, RI Childhood Sports Heroes: ...
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By Scoop Malinowski It’s always a thrill to watch a big fight but it’s an even greater rush of excitement to actually meet a super hero of the boxing world. We all remember our first encounters of being in the presence of a boxing legend – mine was as ...
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By Scoop Malinowski Status: Boxing Hall of Famer. Former World Featherweight champion. 1922-2008. Birthplace: Middletown, CT Boxing Inspirations: “Lou Ambers, Joe Louis, Tony Canzoneri, Rocky Marciano – we were born in the same month in the same year. Wonderful man. Good friend. We used to go on trips together. I ...
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