David Martinez Boxing

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Saturday, July 4, 2009
from: Hamburg, Germany
Alexander Dimitrenko vs. Eddie Chambers (Heavyweights)

Saturday, July 4, 2009
from: Vienne, France
Anselmo Moreno vs. Mahyar Monshipour (WBA Bantamweight Championship)
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1) The first use of a motion picture camera to film a boxing match was on September 8, 1894 at the Thomas Edison Kinetoscope Laboratory, Orange, New Jersey … who did heavyweight champion James Corbett fight ?
answer is – Peter Courtney
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Harold Lederman and David Martinez
October 21, 2005

By David Martinez / Boxing Historian

I have been so blessed, as I look back on my 49 years of involvement in boxing, to have met so many wonderful people. The list is just endless and I thank God for providing this gift in my life.
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Rusty Rubin is the managing editor of Ringsports.com

There’s nothing really new about a fighter, even a top one, taking time off and getting injured sparing bit before his comeback fight. Such injuries are almost always the end result of ring rust. No mater your age or how well conditioned you are, it’s not a but unusual.
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Henry Calles
By David Martinez / Boxing Historian

I have been around many boxing gyms in my forty nine years of involvement in boxing and I would like to elaborate on one the finest. It is Duke’s Boxing & Fitness gym, located in the small college community of Isla Vista, adjacent to the University of California Santa Barbara campus.

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Rusty Rubin is the managing editor of Ringsports.com

Mark your calendar for the International Boxing Hall of Fame weekend in Canastota, N.Y.

This year’s induction ceremony takes place on June 11-14.
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1) The first use of a motion picture camera to film a boxing match was on September 8, 1894 at the Thomas Edison Kinetoscope Laboratory, Orange, New Jersey … who did heavyweight champion James Corbett fight ?
a) Peter Jackson
b) Joe Choynski
c) Peter Courtney
d) Jake Kilrain
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photo courtesy Jim Carlin, article by Jim Amato

Scott LeDoux was a heavyweight contender in the 1970′s and 80′s. Today is battling his toughest opponent ever, ALS or better known as Lou Gerhig’s Disease. There is no cure or treatment. This once robust fighter has already been weakened enough to need a walker to get around.
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