I would like to share my collection of fifty years of boxing as dmboxing.com approaches its fifth year this month. It’s been a pleasure to be able to provide you with boxing information and I would like to thank you for making this website one of your choices in boxing.
By David Martinez / Boxing Historian I have followed boxing now for about half a century and I truly consider myself blessed meeting so many wonderful people in that tenure. The past twenty-five years I have also been blessed being involved in working with amateur fighters in local boxing gyms in which I have met [...]
Rusty Rubin is a veteran boxing writer Happy Thanksgiving to all! Let’s take a close look at the upcoming (Nov. 27) fights, which should offer boxing fans some outstanding entertainment. First a couple of important bouts at super-middleweight. In Oakland, Cal. on ShowTime TV, American Olympic medalist Andre Ward takes on tough Aussie Sakio Bika, [...]
By David Martinez / Boxing Historian This is the last of a six part series on Muhammad Ali. It has truly been my pleasure to share with you my personal accounts of THE GREATEST heavyweight champion in my era of boxing. For those of you who have missed any of this special series, you can [...]
Rusty Rubin is a veteran boxing writer Let’s take a close look at the upcoming (Nov. 20) fight in Atlantic City and shown on HBO Championship Boxing. This WBC middleweight rematch features a bout between Paul “The Punisher” Williams taking on aging veteran Sergio Martinez. Their first match, also held in Atlantic City in December [...]
1) Sugar Ray Robinson suffered his first defeat of his career to Jake LaMotta on February 5, 1943 … the rematch for that fight would take place how many days later in same month ? a) 7 days b) 10 days c) 14 days d) 21 days 2) What Gold Medal winner was voted the [...]
Rusty Rubin is a veteran boxing writer We finally have a fight at the Superdome in Dallas, and it’s not the Cowboys or their cheerleaders who are involved. The Dallas Cowboys are an embarrassment as a team. Except for their cheerleaders and a lap dance or two, they offer nothing of interest for the fans. [...]
1) What former boxing champion baptized TV personality Khloe Kardashian, he is her God-Father ? answer – Sugar Ray Leonard 2) What former flyweight champion had the nickname “The Mighty Atom” ? answer – Jimmy Wilde
Rusty Rubin is a veteran boxing writer Okay Rusty, the election is over and the votes are in; it’s time to “man-up”! Bet you’re thinking about the local and national elections, but in truth I’m talking about the election for the newest class for the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota. The ballots had [...]
Be sure to stay posted to www.dmboxing.com every month for your complete boxing schedule… < FRIDAY > November 5, 2010 (Showtime) from: Fargo, North Dakota Edwin Rodriguez vs. James McGirt, Jr (Super Middleweights) Marcus Johnson vs. Kevin Engel (Super Middleweights) < FRIDAY > November 5, 2010 from: Manila, Philippines Brian Viloria vs. Liempetch Sor Veerapol [...]