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Jose Manuel Urtain vs. Jurgen Blin / Fight and Memory

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By David Martinez / Boxing Historian / dmboxing.com

Back in the mid-seventies, I met a wonderful older man, Emil DeLoreto, who at the time had been following my boxing articles when I was a boxing beat writer for my local newspaper, the Santa Barbara News Press 라이노 맥용 다운로드. Emil was much older than I, born in 1910, and he witnessed some of the great boxers in his days and would tell me about many of the fights that he attended npm 패키지.

One fight in particular was on June 20, 1970, in Barcelona, Spain, between Jose Manuel Urtain and Jurgen Blin.

The bout was a scheduled 15 round European Boxing Union (EBU) heavyweight championship fight, with Urtain defending his title that he won in April 1970 by knocking out West Germany’s Peter Weiland.  Coming into the fight, Urtain was undefeated with 28 straight wins and all 28 by knockout. Blin, however, would certainly be Urtain’s toughest opponent 다운로드.

As Emil described the fight, Urtain started fast and took the early lead with a constant barrage of hard punches 다운로드. Blin came into his own having a huge round 8, hurting Urtain and nearly knocking him out, as the German was looking strong.

Round 10 was exciting, as both fighters went down for counts of eight 다운로드. Urtain went down first by a smashing right hand punch to the jaw. Then it was Blin that dropped to the canvas as Urtain delivered a left and then a right cross to the head.

They both fought hard, with blood streaming down their faces as the bout ended, going the full 15 round distance.

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RING TRIVIA for June 2023 – ANSWERS

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I have always been intrigued with boxing trivia . This actually began back when I was a kid in 1961. I would pick the minds of the older generation and ask questions about their era to educate myself  다운로드. It’s now my pleasure to bring boxing trivia format to my website www.dmboxing.com for everyone to enjoy. On a quarterly basis I post five (5) multiple choice questions – in March, June, September, and December – with the correct answers to follow by end of each posting month for viewing  맥용 페인터.

1 – What professional boxer passed away in 2012 and willed his brain to the Boston University study of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), a disease of brain caused by blows to the head 카툰워즈 1 ios 다운로드?

a) Hector Camacho

b) Johnny Lira *** CORRECT ANSWER ***

c) Johnny Tapia

d) Edwin Valero

2 – What opponent had the largest difference in age, 18 years and 8 months, in the professional career of Bernard Hopkins 포켓몬스터 루비 한글판 다운로드?

a) Tavoris Cloud

b) Jean Pascal

c) Beibut Shumenov

d) Karo Murat *** CORRECT ANSWER ***

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FROM THE DESK OF: David Martinez

David Martinez, FROM THE DESK OF:, hats, Rankings

(Summer 2023 Edition)

The Summer season is officially upon us and as I respectfully do on a quarterly basis, I want to say thank you to a team of people that help make dmboxing.com the success that is has become since the first publication on July 15, 2007 다운로드.

I would like to acknowledge these people, who are: Bob Quackenbush (Proof Reader / Photo Input); Tom Donelson (Member Boxing Writers Association of America / BWAA); Kathy Kraft (Proof Reader); Steve Corbo (Boxing Writer / Proof Reader) 안드로이드 백그라운드 파일 다운로드.

Three other people who are no longer with us (R.I.P.) that were so instrumental in contributing to this website are: Rusty Rubin (In Rusty’s Corner / Glove2Glove); Harold Lederman (Hey Harold 포도리모콘 다운로드! / HBO World Championship Boxing); and Jim Amato (Senior Boxing Writer / Boxing Historian). These wonderful men were my dearest of friends, never to be forgotten, and peacefully resting in heaven with the Lord 드림위버 cc 2017 다운로드.

Also, a big thank you to all the friends that have kindly displayed my array of website products 다운로드. Pictured in this edition is my official website hat. It is blue in color and embroidered with logo on the front and website address displayed on the back. This product has an adjustable Velcro strap to fit all sizes. To purchase, kindly send $19.95 to: David Martinez Boxing, 810 Coronel Street, Santa Barbara, California 93109 … and the price includes FREE shipping to all USA mailing zones. As a historian first, and boxing expert second, it is absolutely my pleasure to serve everyone with my over sixty plus years of involvement in boxing. I am delighted with the many comments and input that I receive. I truly intend to always be honest, respectful and honor others opinions.

I have many stories and have been blessed to have met the best boxers in world, with my #1 being Sugar Ray Robinson, and the five men who I consider to have been the greatest boxing historians in my lifetime – Al Nelson, Nat Fleischer, Bert Sugar Hank Kaplin, and Don Fraser. They provided a wealth of knowledge beyond belief in the sport that I have personally been attached to for 62 years, and counting.

It is interesting that each of these five legendary historians all have different rankings in order of the greatest boxers P4P of all time. If they all agreed, this topic would become boring. On this much debated subject, here is my own personal ranking of the top dozen (12) greatest P4P boxers, at the height, peak, prime, pinnacle of their respective careers. Listed alphabetically they are Muhammad Ali, Henry Armstrong, Roberto Duran, Joe Gans, Harry Greb, Eder Jofre, Jack Johnson, Benny Leonard, Joe Louis, Carlos Monzon, Willie Pep, and Sugar Ray Robinson.

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First World Title Bouts Held in Different Countries of the World

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By David Martinez / Boxing Historian / dmboxing.com

ARGENTINA – Pascual Perez vs 페이스북 gif 다운로드. Leo Espinosa, Buenos Aires, January 11, 1956

AUSTRALIA – Tommy Burns vs. Bill Squires, Sydney, August 24, 1908

BRAZIL – Eder Jofre vs 스텝업4 다운로드. Piero Rollo, Rio De Janeiro, March 25, 1962

CANADA – Jim Ferns vs. Matty Mathews, Toronto, May 24, 1901

CUBA – Jess Willard vs 다운로드. Jack Johnson, Havana, April 5, 1915

ENGLAND – George Dixon vs. Nune Wallace, London, June 27, 1890

FRANCE – Tommy Burns vs 다운로드. Jewey Smith, Paris, April 18, 1908

FINLAND – Davey Moore vs. Ollie Maeki, Helsinki, August 17, 1962

GERMANY – Harold Johnson vs 구글 드라이브 폴더. Gustav Scholz, Berlin, June 23, 1962

GHANA – Sugar Ramos vs. Floyd Robertson, Accra, May 8, 1964

IRELAND – Tommy Burns vs. Jem Roche, Dublin, March 17, 1908

ITALY – Al Brown vs. Dom Bernasconi, Milan, March 17, 1933

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Marco Antonio Barrera / Training Camp

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By David Martinez / Boxing Historian / dmboxing.com

A month prior to the June 22, 2002 Marco Barrera vs 다운로드. Erik Morales WBC Featherweight Championship, held at the MGM Grand Arena, Las Vegas, I spent a grand weekend at Barrera’s training camp in Big Bear, California 다운로드.

I covered the weigh-in and the fight itself in Las Vegas, but it was actually the training camp that I was simply delighted to attend as an in-house guest 다운로드.

Barrera won a unanimous decision, which was the second bout of a trilogy between these two great Mexican warriors.

In their first bout, Barrera lost a split decision on February 19, 2000; and in their third bout, Barrera won a majority decision on November 27, 2004 태국어 키보드 다운로드. Ironically, each fight was at a different weight class, with their first at super bantamweight (122), their second at featherweight (126), and their third at super featherweight (130) 스타트렉 더 비기닝 다운로드.

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RING TRIVIA for June 2023

David Martinez, Trivia

I have always been intrigued with boxing trivia 다운로드. This actually began back when I was a kid in 1961. I would pick the minds of the older generation and ask questions about their era to educate myself 다운로드. It’s now my pleasure to bring boxing trivia format to my website www.dmboxing.com for everyone to enjoy. On a quarterly basis I post five (5) multiple choice questions – in March, June, September, and December – with the correct answers to follow by end of each posting month for viewing 가요 mp3.

David Martinez / Boxing Historian

1 – What professional boxer passed away in 2012 and willed his brain to the Boston University study of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), a disease of brain caused by blows to the head 다운로드?

a) Hector Camacho

b) Johnny Lira

c) Johnny Tapia

d) Edwin Valero

2 – What opponent had the largest difference in age, 18 years and 8 months, in the professional career of Bernard Hopkins 60초?

a) Tavoris Cloud

b) Jean Pascal

c) Beibut Shumenov

d) Karo Murat

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The Greatest Boxers From Mexico and the United Kingdom

David Martinez, History, Rankings
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By David Martinez / Boxing Historian / dmboxing.com

Throughout my many years of research, I have developed a deep interest in ranking boxers on the greatness of their respective careers 역전 재판 1 다운로드.

I rank the fighters, from different eras, at their height, peak, prime, and pinnacle of their careers, and not necessarily by who can beat whom or who fought whom, and regardless of their ring records 다운로드.

Here’s my “pound for pound” top dozen (12) retired boxers from two of the most popular boxing parts of the world, with professional ring records listed 다운로드.

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World Boxing Hall of Fame 1996 – REVISITED

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By David Martinez / Boxing Historian / dmboxing.com

The World Boxing Hall of Fame began in 1980, and lasted until 2009, with twenty-nine magnificent induction banquet shows 엔트리 코딩 다운로드.

I am happy to have attended fourteen banquets, from 1992 to 2006. During that time period, I was delighted to have met more world boxing champions than I ever imagined 다운로드.

On October 19, 1996, a large group of my friends from the Santa Barbara area all came down to the LAX Marriott Hotel for the program. This was the banquet that was just before I officially became a member of the WBHOF as Board of Director / Boxing Historian 다운로드.

Oscar De La Hoya was named the Fighter of The Year, and the whole event was electric, with many other boxing greats in attendance.

Here’s sharing a few photos from the evening … with myself (in order) they are: Archie Moore, Mike and Jerry Quarry, Eddie Futch, Dick Sadler, Carlos Zarate, Bob Foster, Armando Muniz and Genaro Hernandez – AND – my truly amazing group of friends that attended 다운로드.

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Boxers Never Knocked Out

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By David Martinez / Boxing Historian / dmboxing.com

There have been many boxers who were never knocked out in their respective careers in the ring 다운로드.

Here’s my assessment and ranking (in order) of the top thirty-five retired fighters “pound for pound” who never suffered a “KO”, including (in parenthesis) the total number of bouts each fought in their professional careers 다운로드.

1 – Eder Jofre (78)

2 – Carlos Monzon (99)

3 – Barney Ross (79)

4 – Rocky Marciano (49)

5 – Marvin Hagler (67)

6 – Gene Tunney (67)

7 – Pancho Villa (105)

8 – Floyd Mayweather Jr 도깨비 5화 다운로드. (50)

9 – Salvador Sanchez (46)

10 – Ricardo Lopez (52)

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