• Bob Foster and the light heavyweight division

    By David Martinez / Boxing Historian
    I consider myself truly blessed to have seen over the past fifty years all the boxing greats. I have written various articles ranking different boxers in their primes, but I feel compelled to write now about a division in boxing that hardly anyone ever talks about – light heavyweight. […]

  • DM Boxing Tour Video DM Boxing Tour Video

    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.

  • Greatest Boxer “Pound for Pound”… Ever

                                  By David Martinez / Boxing Historian I have been asked many times “who is the greatest boxer of all time in any weight division at the height of his career” and that answer is the easiest for me to come up with – Sugar Ray Robinson. I could go on and on about his career but I will go on record to say that at his pinnacle years he was clearly the best. I was fortunate to meet him at a local amateur boxing show in 1986 where I was a referee for the kids. […]

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FROM THE DESK OF: David Martinez / Boxing Historian (Winter 2010 Edition)

I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas 2010 and to say thank you for making my website one of your choices in boxing. Since the birth of this website in July 2007, there have been many that have contributed to the success. I would like to acknowledge the main [...]

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Happy Halloween!

By John Boitnott  / dmboxing.com Producer I really like knowing David Martinez. Of course there’s his endless boxing knowledge – his ability to analyze a fight – even as it’s happening. I respect his advice big time. One of the best things he does is something that only happens at Halloween. He will dress up [...]

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FROM THE DESK OF … David Martinez / Boxing Historian

(Summer 2010 Edition) Each quarter, I write to thank the many people that make this website possible; that single subject is always the main focus because as a captain of this ship, if I had no crew , I have NO way to sail. So, I would like once again to mention the personnel that [...]

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Happy “Three Year” Anniversary! 


By David Martinez / Boxing Historian It was three years ago, July 15, 2007, that I brought you this website and dmboxing was born. My purpose in starting this website is to bring boxing fans all around the world the best that I can offer, drawing from my 50 years of love and passion that [...]

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John Boitnott / Web site Producer

John Boitnott dmboxing.com producer By David Martinez / Boxing Historian I have had some of you ask me about my website producer, who is John Boitnott, one of my best friends. I met John about twelve years ago, when I was doing boxing reports for KEYT news radio 1250AM for morning personality John Palminteri.

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Happy Holidays from David Martinez

by John Boitnott, DMBoxing.com Producer I really like knowing David Martinez. Of course there’s his endless boxing knowledge – his ability to analyze a fight — even as it’s happening. (there’s the $200 I made from his De Lay Hoya prediction one time at the MGM Grand — but that’s a story for another time.) [...]

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