• 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: Video

Muhammad Ali / Part Six

By David Martinez / Boxing Historian This is the last of a six part series on Muhammad Ali. It has truly been my pleasure to share with you my personal accounts of THE GREATEST heavyweight champion in my era of boxing. For those of you who have missed any of this special series, you can [...]

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Cleveland "Big Cat" Williams

First let me thank Jim for submitting this Cleveland Williams article for dmboxing.com, and after you enjoy Jim’s excellent article, you may go directly to the menu on this website and under “Categories” just chick on Ali, and you can view the 1966 Muhammad Ali vs. Cleveland Williams fight in it’s entirety! David Martinez / [...]

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Muhammad Ali vs Gorilla Monsoon

There has been many staged, The Boxer vs The Wrestler, bouts in ring history. On June 2, 1976, Muhammad Ali, while training for his June 25th closed circuit, Boxer vs Wrestler, exhibition match against Japanese champion Antonio Inoki, he had a most colorful “pre-hyped” encounter with a 39 year old Gorilla Monsoon. For your entertainment, [...]

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Lightweight "Unification" Championship

By David Martinez / Boxing Historian Last month fight fans were treated to, what I call, a very exciting “unification” title fight, and what has been brought to my attention is – many of you missed it. So let me personally take you back to “that” fight, October13, 2007, in Chicago, at the Sears Centre [...]

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The Greatest Lightweight

By David Martinez / Boxing Historian Who was the greatest lightweight ever? To answer that question, and I have been asked this many times the same, my answer remains the same – there were actually two of them and in my life time I had the pleasure of able to see one of them – [...]

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The Greatest Ever!

By David Martinez / Boxing Historian One of the most asked questions that is asked of me is – who do I think is the greatest boxer of all time? That is very easy for me to answer, in my opinion – it is – Sugar Ray Robinson. At the peak of his career he [...]

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David's Video Extra

Marvin Hagler vs Loucif Hamani, February 16, 1980, Portland, Maine. It only goes two rounds. It’s a fight that solidified Hagler as the top ranked Middleweight, and later in that same year on September 27, he would go on to win the World Middleweight Championship vs Alan Minter. The rest is boxing history, as Hagler [...]

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Fight Video Of the Month

This is what I call Muhammad Ali at the “peak” of his career. It was November 14, 1966, Houston Astrodome, witnessed by 35,460 paid in attendance. Note Ali’s fleet foot speed & tremendous left jab & punching power. This was Ali at his best , his very best & try to keep in perspective that [...]

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