ring observations

From Scoop Malinowski’s Archives 2009… Stacy McKinley served ten years as part of the training team with Mike Tyson. He also worked with Ricardo Mayorga, among others world champs. McKinley is very impressed by what he sees in the ring work of Vitali Klitschko. “Vitali Klitschko is probably the best ...

(Note: This article was originally written in 2004.) By Scoop Malinowski Controversial decisions in boxing have been around since the origins of the sport. And lately we’ve had our unfair share, including Augustus-Burton, Golota-Ruiz, Tarver-Johnson, Golota-Byrd and Navarro-Kawashima. Very little action has been taken to remedy this terrible ill of ...

By Scoop Malinowski This is supposed to be a set up. A Big Set Up for America’s most protected, Floyd Mayweather, to shine on centerstage in beating the UFC hero Conor McGregor. But the best laid plans often go awry and boy oh boy, are they going awry. Conor McGregor ...

  By Scoop Malinowski Status: WBO Light Heavyweight champion. Record is 28-3 (22 KOs). Ht: 6-0  Wt: 175 DOB: September 20, 1989  In: Long Island, NY Record:  23-1 (19 KOs). First Boxing Memory:  “I guess walking into the gym at thirteen. My father brought me down there. I sparred. I ...

Gennady Golovkin is on the verge of the biggest fight of his life September 16 in Las Vegas against Canelo Alvarez. But the unbeaten 35-year-old middleweight king is taking the humble, play nice approach during this week’s press activities. I was able to pop a few questions to the man ...

By Scoop Malinowski Boxing Hall of Famer LeRoy Neiman, the world renowned artist, has been around boxing since childhood days in Minnesota with the famous Gibbons Brothers, to a lifelong friendship and insider access with Muhammad Ali. In his new book “All Told: My Art and Life Among Athletes, Playboys, ...

Wladimir Klitschko showed many new aspects to his arsenal in his latest performance last weekend, against Anthony Joshua. Wladimir’s brother Vitali, the former champion said: “I am very proud of my brother. That was his best fight. Unfortunately, the result was wrong. He is not too old at the age of ...

Boxing was a dying sport for years. The rock bottom moment was last year: A female UFC fight far out-sold the best boxing matches in the world. But everything changed tonight in London. Boxing has been re-born in electrifying fashion. Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko contested one of the most ...

By Scoop Malinowski STATUS: Former WBC Super Middleweight champ. DOB: Jan. 22, 1964 IN: Ilford, London. RESIDENCE: Majorca, Spain (via Beckingham, Kent). FAMILY: Wife Carolyne; sons, Conor, Dominic, daughters, Sade, Renee, India. CHILDHOOD HEROES: Mike Tyson, Marvin Hagler and Bruce Lee. I love martial arts. I did martial arts for ...

By Scoop Malinowski Challengers and sparring partners discuss their memories and impressions of what it’s like to be in the ring with the unbeaten Middleweight Champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin…   Grzegorz Proksa:  “To struggle with such an athlete as Golovkin is a great honor. I sparred with many World champions and ...