Monthly Archives: March 2009

FIGHT CALENDAR for April 2009

By admin | Published: March 31, 2009

WBC Super Lightweight Champion Timothy Bradley displays official dmboxing Web site t-shirt headlines on Showtime TV / April 4th Friday, April 3, 2009 (ESPN2) from: Memphis, TN Randell Bailey vs. Francisco Figueroa (Junior Welterweights) Saturday, April 4, 2009 (Showtime) from: Montreal, Canada Timothy Bradley vs. Kendell Holt (WBC / WBO Junior Welterweight “unification” Championship)

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Muhammad Ali / Part Five

By admin | Published: March 27, 2009

By David Martinez / Boxing Historian In part five of my six part series on Muhammad Ali, I would like to give you my personal view of ten incredible highlight facts during his boxing career: 1) Ali is the only one to have won the linear heavyweight championship three times. The linear title is recognized [...]

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In Rusty’s Corner

By admin | Published: March 25, 2009

Rusty Rubin is a veteran boxing writer This weekend we will watch a heavyweight match between two guys who know the fight game pretty well, Sam Peter who’s only two losses were to the much taller and faster Klitschko brothers takes on “Fast” Eddie Chambers at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles.

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RING TRIVIA answers / March 2009

By admin | Published: March 23, 2009

1) What occurrence happened “exactly” 45 years ago this month in March 1964 ? the answer is – Cassius Clay changed his name to Muhammad Ali

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WEBSITE HAT

By admin | Published: March 20, 2009

We are now going into month #3 since my new “dmboxing” hat was first introduced in January 2009.

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Rusty's Corner

By admin | Published: March 18, 2009

Rusty Rubin is a veteran boxing writer Even with a couple of weeks away from boxing, there are but a few things I can comment on. And both items have been said before, by myself and others. First the WBA, who I have often nicknamed the “Worthless Boxing Association”, because of their tendency to make [...]

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RETIRED BOXERS FOUNDATION

By admin | Published: March 16, 2009

Sugar Shane Mosley and Alex Ramos (photo George Garcia) Dear Friends, The Retired Boxers Foundation has been in existance for 11 years now and this past year has been particularly difficult. Alex was hospitalized three times and nearly died once. He suffers from severe seizures that take him out for as long as six hours [...]

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HEDGEMON LEWIS

By admin | Published: March 14, 2009

fight program / July 10, 1969 courtesy David Martinez private collection By Jim Amato It was a forgotten name from the glorious late 60′s and early 70′s. His name is Hedgemon Lewis.

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WEBSITE T-SHIRT

By admin | Published: March 11, 2009

In this tough time with the state of our economy, I am just absolutely delighted that I have been able to keep my official “dmboxing” t-shirt at the low price of $15.00 each, or two for $25.00 with FREE shipping to any where in the continental United States.

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Boxing Book Review!

By admin | Published: March 9, 2009

By Jim Amato HANDS OF STONE : The Life And Legend Of Roberto Duran Author: Christian Giudice Roberto Duran is my favorite fighter of all time. Because of this fact I thought I may be a little bias in my opinion of the book ” Hands Of Stone “. Would I over rate it because [...]

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