• Mayweather and Canelo win decisions

    Mayweather and Canelo win decisions

    By Tom Donelson (Boxing Writers Assc.) On Cinco de Mayo, Mexican upcoming star Saul Canelo Alvarez faced Shane Mosley, the old veteran. The first round was a feeling around round as Mosley managed to get off punches a little quicker while Alvarez waited nearly half of the round to throw his first punch.

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  • Eddie Perkins ~ R.I.P.

    Eddie Perkins ~ R.I.P.

    In the fifty years I have been connected to boxing, I have been blessed to have met some wonderful people in the sport and Eddie Perkins is one of those wonderful people. Eddie passed away on the evening of May 10, 2012 at his home surrounded by family; he was 75. I had the esteemed honor to be chosen to be Eddie's presenter when he was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame on October 14, 2006.

Category Archives: Heavyweights

Muhammad Ali / Part Five

By admin | Published: October 23, 2010

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 [...]

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FIGHT CALENDAR for October 2010

By admin | Published: September 30, 2010

Be sure to stay posted to  dmboxing.com every month for your complete boxing schedule FRIDAY – October 1, 2010 (SHOWTIME) from: Santa Ynez, California Tim Coleman vs. Patrick Lopez (Junior Welterweights) Archie Ray Marquez vs. Juan Santiago (Lightweights) FRIDAY – October 1, 2010 (Telefutura) from: Corrientes, Argentina Jorge Barrios vs. Humberto Martinez (Lightweights) Hector Saldivia [...]

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Muhammad Ali / Part Three

By admin | Published: September 26, 2010

By David Martinez / Boxing Historian In part three of my six part series on Muhammad Ali, I will give my personal views of three fights during his career that he emerged victorious – but by close margins and conceivably could of lost as well. 1. Doug Jones (March 13, 1963) In his 18th pro [...]

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Muhammad Ali / Part Two

By admin | Published: September 17, 2010

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? First of all, I must say that it [...]

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Muhammad Ali / Part One (Video)

By admin | Published: September 5, 2010

By David Martinez / Boxing Historian This is the first of a six part series on my personal accounts of Muhammad Ali.  I will display each part for viewing about every ten days. I will start this series #1, by saying that the best closed circuit fight that I ever attended was with my late [...]

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In Rusty’s Corner

By admin | Published: July 19, 2010

Rusty Rubin is a veteran boxing writer Congratulations to David Martinez, boxing guru, on three great years for his website, dmboxing.com. It’s been a long time since I last watched soccer, so I decided to give it another chance. I saw the second half of the USA v. Ghana, and found little/no excitement in it. [...]

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Jack Johnson vs. Jim Jeffries “FIGHT OF THE CENTURY”

By admin | Published: July 2, 2010

Heavyweight Champion James J. Jeffries Image from original cigar box, circa 1900 (gift to David Martinez from Al Nelson, Boxing Historian, 1972) By David Martinez / Boxing Historian July 4, 2010 will mark the 100th anniversary of Jack Johnson vs. Jim Jeffries, “Fight of the Century”, for the heavyweight championship of the world. Leading up [...]

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Frazier vs. Quarry I (41 Years Since This Heavyweight Classic)

By admin | Published: June 22, 2010

Jerry Quarry and David Martinez (May, 1991) By Jim Amato / Senior Boxing Writer June 23, 1969 at New York’s Madison Square Garden, Joe Frazier met the popular Irish fighter, Jerry Quarry, for the New York State recognized heavyweight title. Back in the day, the New York State Boxing Commission wielded quite a bit of [...]

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My friend – Steve Corbo!

By admin | Published: April 10, 2010

By David Martinez / Boxing Historian Steve Corbo was introduced to me by my friend Harold Lederman of HBO World Championship Boxing, and over this past year we have bonded very well as friends ourselves. Steve is a professional announcer from Chicago and formerly did all the NHL Chicago Blackhawks games as a back-up with [...]

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CLEVELAND WILLIAMS

By admin | Published: March 21, 2010

  CLEVELAND WILLIAMS (Oct 1997) photo courtesy David Martinez private collection By Jim Amato / Senior Boxing Writer        When Cleveland “Big Cat” Williams passed away a few years back, it ended the final chapter of a story about three gifted heavyweights from the 50′s and 60′s. Williams joined Eddie Machen and Zora Folley [...]

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