• 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: Recap

“THE BEST OF 2011″

My personal top choices in boxing for the year 2011 in the major categories By David Martinez / Boxing Historian FIGHTER OF THE YEAR: Andre Ward With two impressive one sided wins against Arthur Abraham ( May 14) and Carl Froch (Dec 17), Ward wins the coveted Super-Six Super Middleweight tournament. He stays undefeated (25-0) [...]

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Fight of the Year and the Bogus Controversy

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GUEST POST for dmboxing.com by Adam Pollack The Lamont Peterson – Amir Khan fight has to be considered fight of the year. Wonderful intense battle by two young elite prime warriors giving it their all. Some brutal blows were landed by both in 12 rounds of excellent high level combat. The speed, footwork, counters, body [...]

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Thoughts on Khan and Fury

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By Tom Donelson ( Member of Boxing Writers Association & International Boxing Research Organization )   Zab Judah found himself with one more opportunity to win a big fight, this one from Amir Khan and become an elite fighter once again.  At the age of 33, Judah moved down in weight to the 140 pound division but [...]

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Thoughts on HBO and Showtime fights!

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By Tom Donelson ( Member of Boxing Writers Association ) Paul Williams came off a two round knock out lost suffered at the hand of Sergio Martinez against Cuban fighter Erislandy Lara in a comeback fight.  For Williams, there would be no change in style against a fighter similar in style to Martinez.  As for [...]

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Klitschko wins the big one!

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By Tom Donelson ( Member of Boxing Writers Association and International Boxing Research Organization )   It was suppose to be the big heavyweight fight of the past decade and the big test for Wladimir Klitschko over the past seven years. Instead, the fight ended with a whimper with little action and only in the [...]

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Alvarez wins easily!

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By Tom Donelson ( Member Boxing Writers Association and International Boxing Research Organization ) This past Saturday, HBO boxing after Dark had an evening of knock out boxing as the card featured knock out artists in both bouts.  Adrien Broner came into the bout as an undefeated fighter with 16 knockouts in 20 wins against [...]

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Boxing Results and Thoughts: Chavez wins a title

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By Tom Donelson ( Member of Boxing Writers Association and International Boxing Research Organization ) Froch moves on Carl Froch was one fight away from facing Andre Ward and being a part of the Super Six tournament final.  His opponent, Glen Johnson, was the ultimate road warrior and a fighter better than his record as he [...]

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Ward wins a big one!

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By Tom Donelson ( Member of Boxing Writers Association and International Boxing Research Organization )   Arthur Abraham had lost two fights in a row during the Super Six tournament and faced the new favorite Andre Ward as a heavy underdog but Abraham has one thing in his favor; the big punch.  For Ward, this [...]

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Two undefeated champions, Berto and Lopez, lose their belt and their zero!

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By Tom Donelson (Member of the Boxing Writers Association, International Boxing Research Organization and contributes to numerous boxing publications) Paul McCloskey challenged Amir Khan for Khan’s version of the junior Welterweight title. For Khan, a victory meant a big dollar fight with Timothy Bradley and who knows from there? Khan decided to take the action [...]

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Gamboa Impressive!

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By Tom Donelson (member of the Boxing Writers Association, International Boxing Reseach Organization and contributes to numerous boxing publications) ESPN featured on Friday night, Cuban prospects night and HBO on Saturday night featured Cuban Yuriokis Gamboa defending his WBA featherweight against Jorge Solis. It could be said that of all of the Cuban fighters fighting today, [...]

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