Monthly Archives: December 2008

FIGHT CALENDAR for January 2009

By admin | Published: December 30, 2008

Sugar Shane Mosley vs. Antonio Margarito WBA Welterweight Championship HBO-TV / January 24, 2009 (be sure to stay posted to www.dmboxing.com for your complete boxing schedule) Saturday, January 3, 2009 from: Yokohama, Japan Toshiaki Nishioka vs. Genaro Garcia (WBC Junior Featherweight Championship) Yusuke Kobori vs. Paulus Moses (WBA Lightweight Championship)

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Muhammad Ali / Part Two

By admin | Published: December 25, 2008

By David Martinez / Boxing Historian In the second installment of my six in a series, I will answer a question that is most often asked of me, with regards to Muhammad Ali. That question is which – when was Ali at the height of his career?

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WORLD BOXING COUNCIL RATINGS, DECEMBER 2008

By admin | Published: December 24, 2008

HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION: VITALY KLITSCHKO (UKRAINE) WBA CHAMPION: Nicolay Valuev (Russia) IBF CHAMPION: Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine) WBO CHAMPION: Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine) Contenders: WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Odlanier Solis (Cuba) 1. Juan Carlos Gomez (Cuba) 2. Chris Arreola (US) AMERICA/NABF 3. Alexander Dimitrenko (Ukraine) 4. David Haye (GB) 5. Samuel Peter (Nigeria)

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RING TRIVIA "answers" for December 2008

By admin | Published: December 21, 2008

1) In Chicago, September 1934, what heavyweight boxing match was completely overshadowed during that “same” week by the heavyweight wrestling championship match between Ed “Strangler” Lewis vs. Jim Londos ? the answer is – Joe Louis vs. Adolph Wiater

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In Rusty’s Corner

By admin | Published: December 18, 2008

Rusty Rubin is the award winning editor of Ringsports.com. Glad to be back from a long-awaited and much needed cruise vacation. I have to tell you, particularly at this season of the year, that the whole world should be run like a cruise ship, with people from all around the globe sharing warmth and pleasantry [...]

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THE PRICE OF PAIN

By admin | Published: December 17, 2008

Oscar De La Hoya / June 23, 2001 photo courtesy David Martinez private collection By Jim Amato In many sports a participant is subject to pain. It goes with the territory. The nature of the beast so to speak. To me there can be no greater obvious damage to a participant then in boxing. If [...]

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WEBSITE T-SHIRT

By admin | Published: December 14, 2008

It has now been one year (December 2007) since I introduced my official dmboxing web site t-shirt. Your fan support since then and since my website was born (July 2007) is much appreciated.

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Jose Torres

By admin | Published: December 11, 2008

Jose Torres photo courtesy David Martinez private collection By Jim Amato There was a time in the mid 60′s that revolved around who would be Muhammad Ali’s next opponent. The former Cassius Clay was chewing up and spitting out challengers with alarming ease. His hold on the heavyweight title was reaching the point of fan [...]

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FIGHT RE-CAP / De La Hoya vs. Pacquiao

By admin | Published: December 8, 2008

By David Martinez / Boxing Historian A brilliant win by Manny Pacquiao over Oscar De La Hoya is truly an understatement in their recent Dream Fight match. Manny proved to be exactly what most boxing experts, including myself, didn’t think he would be – the stronger, younger, faster fighter vs. Oscar. I must say that [...]

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RING TRIVIA for December 2008

By admin | Published: December 7, 2008

1) In Chicago, September 1934, what heavyweight boxing match was completely overshadowed during that “same” week by the heavyweight wrestling championship match between Ed “strangler” Lewis vs. Jim Londos ? a) Jim Braddock vs. Martin Levandowski b) Tony Galento vs. Arturo Godoy c) Max Bear vs. Tuffy Griffiths d) Joe Louis vs. Adolph Wiater

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