• 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. […]

Category Archives: Mando Ramos

DEAR BOXING FRIENDS:

By admin | Published: July 7, 2008

I am very saddened to report that former Lightweight Champion (my friend) Mando Ramos has passed away at his home in San Pedro.

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NEWS RELEASE !!!

By admin | Published: February 6, 2008

California Boxing Hall of Fame Joe Louis, who had more successful title defenses (25) than any other heavyweight champion, heads up a list of twenty five inductees who will be enshrined into the California Boxing Hall of Fame for the year 2008.

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MANDO RAMOS: The Youngest Lightweight Champion

By admin | Published: October 29, 2007

By David Martinez / Boxing Historian I first met Armando (Mando) Ramos in the fall of 1969, when I drove to Santa Monica to watch him train at the Surf Rider Hotel in his preparation to defend his Lightweight title against Yoshiaki Numata. What I saw was, not a fighter in serious training. Earlier that [...]

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