Monthly Archives: September 2007

The Greatest Lightweight

By David Martinez / Boxing Historian Who was the greatest lightweight ever? To answer that question, and I have been asked this many times the same, my answer remains the same – there were actually two of them and in my life time I had the pleasure of able to see one of them – [...]

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In Rusty’s Corner

Rusty Rubin is the editor-in-chief of the Ringsports.com, and the author of three highly acclaimed boxing books! ‘Healing, therapeutic’ and ‘helpful in dealing with a life threatening illness’, are the words that seem to be most used when readers have called and written to me about “Woozel, Boxing and Me” (Authorhouse.com #31810). This book has [...]

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California Boxing Hall Of Fame

Induction Ceremonies 2007 By Ray Cerda Photos By George Garcia On Saturday, September 22nd, with a standing room only crowd, over 500 people crowded into the Sportsman Lodge in Studio City, California to pay tribute to the 2007 class of inductees into the California Boxing Hall of Fame. The class was packed with a very [...]

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California Boxing Hall of Fame

On June 4, 2007, I received a letter from the California Boxing Hall of Fame, President Don Fraser, that I would be inducted into the hall of fame on September 22 – the class of 2007. I am truly honored, and I consider it very special when you are recognized by your own peers for [...]

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The Greatest Ever!

By David Martinez / Boxing Historian One of the most asked questions that is asked of me is – who do I think is the greatest boxer of all time? That is very easy for me to answer, in my opinion – it is – Sugar Ray Robinson. At the peak of his career he [...]

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A “Thank You” & Ring Trivia Answers!

I want to take this opportunity to thank you – everybody – for making my new boxing website a complete success after one month of operation. The numbers are in and I am happy to report that there were 2,066 log-on responses in the first 30 day period … an average of slightly over 500 [...]

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Cotto vs Mosley

by Ray Cerda On Saturday, November 10th, the most anticipated fight of the year will take place, as Miguel Cotto will put his WBA world title on the line when he squares off against WBC Interim Champion Sugar Shane Mosley.

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Zab Judah And Lamont Peterson Win

By Tom Donelson Zab Judah made his comeback against Edwin Vasquez and looked sharp. Yet, questions remained. Teddy Atlas predicted Judah would knock out Vasquez in short order but Vasquez came up with a perfect game plan that not only allow him to survive but be competitive. Judah was the better, the more technically skilled [...]

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Chuck Bodak Update

Thank You Michele for your continuing up dates on truly a boxing icon Chuck Bodak. Here is my favorite picture of him that I took ten years ago, October 1997.

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World Boxing Council Ratings

HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION: OLEG MASKAEV (KAZAKHSTAN) WON TITLE: August 12, 2006 LAST DEFENCE: December 10, 2006 LAST COMPULSORY: August 12, 2006 WBA CHAMPION: Ruslan Chagaev (Uzbekistan) IBF CHAMPION: Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine) WBO CHAMPION: Sultan Ibragimov (Russia)

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