Monthly Archives: October 2007

Halloween Wishes

By admin | Published: October 31, 2007

This is a “Happy Halloween” wish to my many friends & with the most important thing – to be safe this Halloween! On a boxing note – this Saturday is a huge boxing night on HBO & Showtime … here’s the line-up:

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MANDO RAMOS: The Youngest Lightweight Champion

By admin | Published: October 29, 2007

By David Martinez / Boxing Historian I first met Armando (Mando) Ramos in the fall of 1969, when I drove to Santa Monica to watch him train at the Surf Rider Hotel in his preparation to defend his Lightweight title against Yoshiaki Numata. What I saw was, not a fighter in serious training. Earlier that [...]

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The RING TRIVIA Answers For October 2007

By admin | Published: October 20, 2007

(three new questions will be posted on November 2nd) 1) As a young kid growing up, Roberto Duran idolized what “masked” wrestler ? the answer is – El Santo

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A Lady, My Friend – Eva Futch

By admin | Published: October 18, 2007

By David Martinez / Boxing Historian In all my years following boxing, since 1960, there have been lots of people that have given me gifts for my collection, and believe it or not, after 47 years, I can honestly tell you exactly who gave me what and when! This is a short story about just [...]

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In Rusty's Corner

By admin | Published: October 18, 2007

Rusty Rubin is the editor-in-chief of the Ringsports.com website and the author of three highly acclaimed boxing books! Old friend from the UK, former light heavyweight and Lonsdale Belt winner, Tony Wilson has a new website for you to check out, it’s www.tonywilsonboxing.co.uk. Tony, an asset to our sport, does much for the kids in [...]

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Thank You – Thank You !!!

By admin | Published: October 15, 2007

It’s that time once again, to say thank you to you – my many website fan base people. My boxing site has now been up for a little more than two months, and I have gotten so many nice complements from everyone, that it just makes it a pleasure to continue my work to you [...]

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In Rusty’s Corner

By admin | Published: October 11, 2007

Rusty Rubin is the editor-in-chief of the Ringsports.com website 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 [...]

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Peter Survives A Bullet

By admin | Published: October 9, 2007

By Tom Donelson This was desperation time for Jameel McCline. At the age of 37, McCline was facing the elimination fight of his career and recovering from a serious knee injury suffered in his last fight against Nickolay Valuev. And if that was not enough, New York Daily reported that McCline had used performance enhancing [...]

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World Boxing Council Ratings, October 2007

By admin | Published: October 8, 2007

HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION: OLEG MASKAEV (KAZAKHSTAN) INTERIM CHAMPION: SAMUEL PETER (NIGERIA) 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) Contenders: WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Oliver McCall (US) 1. Vladimir Virchis (Ukraine) EBU

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In Rusty’s Corner

By admin | Published: October 5, 2007

Rusty Rubin is the editor-in-chief of the Ringsports.com, and the author of three highly acclaimed boxing books! Old friend from the UK, former light heavyweight and Lonsdale Belt winner, Tony Wilson has a new website for you to check out, it’s www.tonywilsonboxing.co.uk. Tony, an asset to our sport, does much for the kids in the [...]

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