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. […]
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.
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. […]
Ruben Olivares and David Martinez ( photo taken October 16, 1999 ) 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 [...]
HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION: VITALY KLITSCHKO (UKRAINE) WBA CHAMPION: Nicolay Valuev (Russia) IBF CHAMPION: Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine) WBO CHAMPION: Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine) Contenders: WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Odlanier Solis (Cuba) 1. Juan Carlos Gomez (Cuba) 2. Chris Arreola (US) AMERICA/NABF 3. Alexander Dimitrenko (Ukraine) 4. David Haye (GB) 5. Samuel Peter (Nigeria)
HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION: VITALY KLITSCHKO (UKRAINE) WBA CHAMPION: Nicolay Valuev (Russia) IBF CHAMPION: Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine) WBO CHAMPION: Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine) Contenders: WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Odlanier Solis (Cuba) 1. Juan Carlos Gomez (Cuba) 2. Chris Arreola (US) AMERICA 3. Alexander Dimitrenko (Ukraine) 4. Samuel Peter (Nigeria) 5. David Haye (GB)
HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION: SAMUEL PETER (NIGERIA) EMERITUS CHAMPION: VITALY KLITSCHKO (UKRAINE) WBA CHAMPION: Nicolay Valuev (Russia) IBF CHAMPION: Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine) WBO CHAMPION: Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine) Contenders: WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Vacant 1. Juan Carlos Gomez (Cuba) 2. Chris Arreola (US) AMERICA 3. Alexander Dimitrenko (Ukraine) 4. David Haye (GB) 5. Oleg Maskaev (Kazakhstan)
HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION: SAMUEL PETER (NIGERIA) EMERITUS CHAMPION: VITALY KLITSCHKO (UKRAINE) WBA CHAMPION: Nicolay Valuev (Russia) IBF CHAMPION: Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine) WBO CHAMPION: Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine) Contenders: WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Vacant 1. Vladimir Virchis (Ukraine) 2. Juan Carlos Gomez (Cuba) 3. Alexander Dimitrenko (Ukraine) 4. Chris Arreola (US) AMERICA 5. David Haye (GB)
HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION: SAMUEL PETER (NIGERIA) EMERITUS CHAMPION: VITALY KLITSCHKO (UKRAINE) WBA CHAMPION: Ruslan Chagaev (Uzbekistan) IBF CHAMPION: Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine) WBO CHAMPION: Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine) Contenders: WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Juan Carlos Gomez (Cuba) 1. Vladimir Virchis (Ukraine) 2. Juan Carlos Gomez (Cuba) INTL 3. Alexander Dimitrenko (Ukraine) 4. Chris Arreola (US) AMERICA 5. David Haye [...]
HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION: SAMUEL PETER (NIGERIA) EMERITUS CHAMPION: VITALY KLITSCHKO (UKRAINE) WBA CHAMPION: Ruslan Chagaev (Uzbekistan) IBF CHAMPION: Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine) WBO CHAMPION: Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine) Contenders: WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Juan Carlos Gomez (Cuba) 1. Vladimir Virchis (Ukraine) EBU 2. Juan Carlos Gomez (Cuba) INTL 3. John Ruiz (P. Rico) 4. Alexander Dimitrenko (Ukraine) 5. Chris [...]
HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION: SAMUEL PETER (NIGERIA) EMERITUS CHAMPION: VITALY KLITSCHKO (UKRAINE) WBA CHAMPION: Ruslan Chagaev (Uzbekistan) IBF CHAMPION: Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine) WBO CHAMPION: Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine) Contenders: WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Juan Carlos Gomez (Cuba) 1. Vladimir Virchis (Ukraine) EBU 2. Juan Carlos Gomez (Cuba) INTL 3. John Ruiz (P. Rico) 4. Alexander Dimitrenko (Ukraine) 5. David [...]
HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION: SAMUEL PETER (NIGERIA) EMERITUS CHAMPION: VITALY KLITSCHKO (UKRAINE) WBA CHAMPION: Ruslan Chagaev (Uzbekistan) IBF CHAMPION: Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine) WBO CHAMPION: Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine) Contenders: WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Juan Carlos Gomez (Cuba) 1. Vladimir Virchis (Ukraine) EBU 2. Juan Carlos Gomez (Cuba) INTL 3. John Ruiz (P. Rico) 4. Hasim Rahman (US) NABF 5. [...]
HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION: SAMUEL PETER (NIGERIA) EMERITUS CHAMPION: VITALY KLITSCHKO (UKRAINE) WBA CHAMPION: Ruslan Chagaev (Uzbekistan) IBF CHAMPION: Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine) WBO CHAMPION: Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine) Contenders: WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Juan Carlos Gomez (Cuba) 1. Vladimir Virchis (Ukraine) EBU 2. Juan Carlos Gomez (Cuba) INTL 3. John Ruiz (P. Rico) 4. Hasim Rahman (US) NABF 5. [...]