• 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

By David Martinez | Published: May 4, 2013

(Spring 2013 Edition) I would like to start by saying thank you for making this website one of your choices in boxing. It is my pleasure to share my passion for a sport I have been attached to since 1961. This website was started in 2007, and has received many more views than any of [...]

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Bob Foster and the light heavyweight division

By David Martinez | Published: January 15, 2013

                                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. [...]

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The Best of the Year 2012

By David Martinez | Published: December 29, 2012

By David Martinez / Boxing Historian / dmboxing.com   FIGHTER OF THE YEAR: Juan Manuel Marquez The Mexican warrior wins mega fight IV vs. Manny Pacquiao in December by a spectacular knockout. The result gives Marquez his first definitive victory in his epic four-fight series against arguably one of the best in boxing today.  Marquez [...]

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“World Colored Heavyweight Championship”

By David Martinez | Published: November 21, 2012

By David Martinez / Boxing Historian   Let me bring you a feature story that you will probably not read any where regarding, all together, the five best black heavyweights at the turn of the 20th century. I got the idea when I over heard some mutual friends talking about the best black baseball players [...]

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The Greatest Mexican-Born Boxers “pound for pound” of all time

By David Martinez | Published: November 4, 2012

          By David Martinez / Boxing Historian   Picking the five best Mexican boxers was really an easy task because the five I have personally chosen are so close in greatness at the peak of their careers, that I could virtually switch the order around in any way and that would satisfy any boxing fan. [...]

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Why Mike Tyson is NOT in My Top Ten!

By admin | Published: September 8, 2008

By David Martinez / Boxing Historian I have rated many fighters in many different divisions, eras, and ethnic groups. One of my first ranking features that I posted on this Web site (see Archives / August 2007 or Rankings on menu to view) was my view of the top ten heavyweights of all time (i.e.) [...]

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The Greatest Mexican-Born Boxers “Pound For Pound ” of All Time

By admin | Published: September 5, 2007

By David Martinez / Boxing Historian Picking the five best Mexican boxers was really an easy task because the five I have personally chosen are so close in greatness at the peak of their careers, that I could virtually switch the order around in any way and that would satisfy any boxing fan. My order [...]

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Rating The Heavies

By admin | Published: August 5, 2007

By David Martinez, Boxing Historian Selecting the best heavyweight champions of all time is a task I have been asked to do many times in my many years as a boxing historian. There seems to be no set formula for rating them, but I have researched this topic from top to bottom and have come [...]

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