YOU see these two geezers,” said Kellie Maloney. “They would never be sparring partners for Lennox Lewis. No chance.”
Outside it was January of 2008, inside the studio it was bedlam. Maloney was flying and we had not even been on air for more than three minutes. It was her opening gambit.
The “two geezers” were Ruslan Chagaev and Matt Skelton and they were fighting for Chagaev’s WBA heavyweight championship in Dusseldorf. Maloney was on fire.
“And the Germans,” he continued. “Come on, they just sit there. Terrible crowd, terrible. The worst crowd in boxing.”
Paul Dempsey, who was presenting the live Saturday night
