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From the archives: Forget Mediation, Fraud Will Duck Pacquiao (1-6-2010)

Scoop Malinowski — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:55:54 +0000

This article was originally posted at BoxingInsider.com by Scoop Malinowski On January 6, 2010

I’m gonna take a chance and write what I believe today at 9 a.m. on this January 6 Wednesday morning.

Don’t get your hopes up. This is all just another futile charade by the fraud. March 13 isn’t gonna happen, George Peterson and Bernard Hopkins already told us.

The fraud has his out – the random blood test the week of the fight. The fraud saw that video before the Morales loss and knows Pacquiao won’t budge on it. And Pacquiao shouldn’t.
The fraud doesn’t want this fight and he never did. It’s too risky. He didn’t even want it before what happened to Cotto on November 14. And Bob Arum was right, this fraud is indeed a “psychological coward.”

The fraud is also a known liar. Boxing would die without him. God doesn’t want him to lose. He made $12 million for Baldomir. He’ll fight Margarito any time any where, just as long as Bob Arum shows him the money. The Philippines has the best performance enhancing drugs. Pacquiao doesn’t want to fight me because he knows he can’t beat me. Cotto knows he can’t beat me, and he’s a punching bag. Bob Arum doesn’t want to do business with me. I’ll fight Mosley for $25 million guaranteed. They better be prepared to pay me $100 million if they want me to come our of retirement. $200 million liquid. $20 million for one night of work from WWE.

The fraud is a coward who lies and deceives and also manipulates his protectors to lie and deceive on his behalf. They survive because no one can accept the plain truth – this fraud is a coward who only handpicks safe, easy opponents and will never ever fight a beast who can brutally knock him out.

Bob Arum, HBO, most fans, most media refuse to believe this. They can’t believe it. They all still believe the fraud will eventually come to his senses because the money is too much. They don’t realize this is a megalomaniac fraud who is playing them all for suckers. But underneath the delusions of grandeur is a coward child who absolutely knows who can knock him out and crash the house of cards he’s carefully constructed.

This fraud knows Margarito, Cotto, Mosley and Pacquiao all will beat the shit out of him and he will use any excuse and reason to avoid being physically humiliated and exposed. He will lie and deceive, he will even bring down the sport if he has to. He will also use assassination of character tactics via baseless accusation and insinuations of steroid use to maintain his fraud.

This fraud will discredit any man, any legend that stands in his way, including Sugar Ray Leonard. He will call his family HBO racist when they speak the truth. This fraud would have used the same dirty filthy tactics to duck Duran, Leonard, Hearns, Robinson, Ali, all of whom would have been smeared by himself and his protectors as cheaters or steroids users. Just so this coward could go on his merry ducking way, polluting the sport with his garbage act.

I believe George Peterson, a colleague of Al Haymon by way of managing Paul Williams, knew of the secret plan by this fraud to duck Pacquiao as far back as December 2, well before the steroid excuse was first used. A disgusted George Peterson actually told me, point blank, this fight “is not gonna happen. Some fights aren’t meant to be made.” I believe George Peterson is disgusted at this ccowardly fraud who is a shame on our great sport, and wanted the truth to be known.

This fraud will never put himself in a position to be brutally knocked out, where the images of that brutal knockout will be shown repeatedly all over the world till the end of time, on TV replays, You Tube and photography. The fraud knows he’ll be slaughtered by Pacquiao and will not let his happen, by any means necessary.

The sport is going to lose it’s Super Bowl, all on account of this cowardly fraud. We’re talking millions upon millions, maybe billions. Just imagine how far boxing would have sunk in the 1980’s if Sugar Ray Leonard was a cowardly fraud and ducked Benitez, Duran, Hearns and Hagler. Just imagine how many millions in revenues, goodwill, positive buzz and hype would have gone down the drain if Leonard were a cowardly fraud who only handpicked safe sparring sessions, pardon I mean fights, against low-risk opposition.

The great sport might have died. Or sunk to a level of irrelevance of such sports as roller derby or pro wrestling.

After the mediation falls through today, the sport will need to take immediate action against this cowardly fraud and any entity that attempts to sell this massive fraud to the public. The future well-being of this historic sport may depend on it.

(Artwork by Michael Canja)

The Man With The Money

Scoop Malinowski — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:49:04 +0000

There is a man in boxing who has a lot of money. A LOT of money. You don’t know him. Nobody does. That’s the way he wants it. But the man with the money wants to control boxing. And he’s doing a damn good job of it. Money is power. F*** boxing, it’s about money.

The man with the money will continue to protect Floyd Mayweather’s 0. The man with the money loves David Haye. The man with the money doesn’t like the Klitschkos. The man with the money is in the shadows but can pull the strings of the two biggest entities in American boxing. The man with the money is elegant and smooth.

The man with the money doesn’t like Don King or Bob Arum. He wants to be what they were and are.

Only a very few people realize who is the man with the money.

I know who the man with the money is because someone on the inside told me.

The man with the money doesn’t give a shit about boxing, competition, the best vs. the best. It’s about money. And it’s about being in control.

The man with money wants to be the man. The man with the money can be what he wants to be because almost everybody in boxing will bow to the man with the money. You’ve heard the Russian proverb, “When money speaks, the truth keeps silent.”

The man with the money came out of where he came from a few years ago. Now he has his hands in everything. And he is not satisfied, he wants more. The man with the money wants to manufacture David Haye, just like Floyd Mayweather. The man with the money wants to ignore the Klitschkos. The man with the money knows how to do this and will continue his efforts to do this.

The man with the money will stop Pacquiao from knocking out Mayweather and not even Bob Arum can do anything about it.

I’ve seen the man with the money, and so have you. The man with the money is a quiet, eccentric, mysterious, secretive character who doesn’t want to be in the forefront. He has money, so he believes he can always gets what he wants.

But for all his money he can’t tear down Manny Pacquiao or the Klitschkos, both of whom he detests and wishes to minimize. The man with money might not be a racist but he may be biased just a little sometimes.

The man with the money loves Floyd Mayweather and David Haye and a few other boxers you will soon see more and more of because, the man with the money almost always gets what he wants.

The man with the money has even more mojo than Oscar and Ross.

The man with the money has only just begun and could ruin the sport if he continues to manipulate the boxing powers that be. Money can buy anything in America, but it can’t buy you love.

The man with the money may never learn this.

Artwork of Manny Pacquiao by John Paul Raloto.

Biofile with Juan Manuel Marquez

Scoop Malinowski — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:52:43 +0000

Status: Winner of eight world boxing titles in three different weight classes.

Record: 51-5-1 (37).

Ht: 5-5 Wt: 140

DOB: August 23, 1973 In: Mexico City, Mexico

Early Boxing Memory: Lost my first fight to Javier Duran by disqualification, ‘93 May. They stole the fight from me, I got ripped off. That’s one of the first things that really hurt and it motivated me to never lose again.

Favorite Movie: Dead Poets Society.

Hobbies/Leisure Activities: Everything – basketball, baseball, futbol, play pool. I play everything. I play X-Box with my son – FIFA soccer.”

Last Book Read: Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I don’t remember the title.

Boxing Inspirations: Many of them, many. Julio Cesar Chavez obviously. That’s the one I was able to watch, growing up and watching his fights.

First Job: For the government in Mexico.

First Car: VW Bug.

Current Car: I have like five cars!

Favorite Meal: Food – everything – tortillas, everything.

Typical Breakfast: I take many juices, quail eggs.

Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Cookie dough.

Greatest Sports Moment: My title fight. My title fights – becoming a world champion in three different weight classes.

Most Painful Moment: When I was stripped of my titles back when I was having problem with Bob Arum and I got stripped of my title. It was a lot of hard work that I put in to win those titles and I just got stripped. That was very sad for me.

Funny Boxing Memory: Nothing funny about boxing. Boxing is always serious. Nothing comical or funny about boxing.

Embarrassing Boxing Memory: Nothing, never.

Toughest Part Of Being A Successful Boxer: It’s not tough, it’s easy actually. I just have to know how to manage myself with people. Every fight for me now, from this point of my career is a tough fight. And I have that in my head and I try to be a normal person.

What Would You Be If You Weren’t A Boxer: “Working. I used to like studying a lot.

Last Vacation: I haven’t really had a real vacation. I took four days off and I took my family to Cancun. But it’s very difficult because my kids are going to school. And our schedules cross but I haven’t really had a reall vacation but I was able to take my family to Cancun for four days.

First Boxing Memory: I started boxing when I was eight. Me and my brother Rafael started boxing in amateur tournaments when I was 13.. My father was an ex-pro boxer.

Best Boxer In The Sport Today: I really can’t say. There’s so many great fighters. There’s good fighters, great fighters, but it’s up to the fans to say.

Training Routine: Wake up at 4 a.m. to run. Run 45 minutes to an hour. I come back home for breakfast. Rest. At noon I get to the gym to do my boxing workout. Three hours there. Rest. Once in a while I get a massage, because I need it once in while.

Which Fight Did You Feel Your Very Best: I felt good in all my fights. It’s all in the preparation. I prepare myself for all of them. And I felt good in all my fights.