• 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 2010″

By admin | Published: January 8, 2011

By David Martinez, Boxing Historian I have assembled personal choices in boxing for THE BEST OF 2010 in the major categories, and they are: FIGHTER OF THE YEAR: Sergio Martinez On April 17, Sergio scored an impressive upset victory over Kelly Pavlik to win the WBC / WBO Middleweight Championship. Then on November 20, he [...]

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"THE BEST OF 2009"

By admin | Published: January 11, 2010

  Bernard Dunne photo courtesy David Martinez private collection By David Martinez / Boxing Historian     I have assembled my personal choices in boxing for THE BEST OF 2009 in the major categories, which are:     FIGHTER OF THE YEAR: Manny Pacquiao, who won his two “super” fights in 2009, Ricky Hatton (May [...]

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FIGHT RE-CAP!

By admin | Published: March 5, 2009

By David Martinez / Boxing Historian This past weekend, I witnessed simply the best lightweight championship fight I have seen since Corrales vs. Castillo, May 7, 2005; and certainly this is my fight of the year thus far for 2009. Juan Manuel Marquez scored a spectacular 9th round knockout over Juan Diaz to win the [...]

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Bernard Hopkins!

By admin | Published: October 21, 2008

By David Martinez / Boxing Historian I spoke to many boxing experts prior to the recent Bernard Hopkins vs. Kelly Pavlik light heavyweight fight and the answer to my question who would win – was the same … the undefeated middleweight champion Pavlik will win!

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Fight Re-Cap!

By admin | Published: July 30, 2008

By David Martinez / Boxing Historian Photos – George Garcia This past Saturday night at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas, and for the millions watching on HBO/PPV, we were treated to a terrific fight between the two best welterweights in boxing today – Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito.

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Split Decision for Calzaghe!

By admin | Published: April 23, 2008

By David Martinez / Boxing Historian On Saturday night, April 19, 2008, in a much anticipated fight, unbeaten and Super Middleweight champion, Joe Calzaghe, made his debut in the United States by stepping up to light-heavyweight to challenge the crafty 43 year-old champion, Bernard Hopkins.

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Weekend Fight Recap!

By admin | Published: March 10, 2008

By David Martinez / Boxing Historian This past weekend proved to be another exciting and unpredictable weekend in boxing, as I personally picked two of the top three fights correctly. However, I was dead wrong with Nate Campbell’s upset split decision win over previously unbeaten Juan “The Baby Bull” Diaz. Samuel Peter photo by George [...]

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Showtime Scores A “Double” KO!

By admin | Published: March 4, 2008

By David Martinez / Boxing Historian This past weekend Showtime scored a big knockout with two outstanding fights shown on “live” home television. On Friday evening, February 29, from Lemoore, California, Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero was at his peak performance in successfully defending his IBF Featherweight Championship with an electrifying eighth round knockout over top [...]

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Post-Fight View: Mayweather vs. Hatton

By admin | Published: December 25, 2007

By David Martinez / Boxing Historian Now that the Floyd Mayweather vs. Ricky Hatton welterweight title fight is well behind us, let me respond to the many that have contacted me and have asked me for my post fight input. Frankly, I thought the fight was one sided, and I had Mayweather winning every round [...]

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