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.
In rememberence of Muhammad Ali’s 70th birthday this week, January 17, I am bringing back one of my favorite features on THE GREATEST that was part of a series I did for for this Web site. Here now, for your enjoyment, is that story. Happy Birthday Champ! Muhammad Ali By David Martinez / Boxing HistorianThis is the last of [...]
By David Martinez / Boxing Historian This past week boxing lost a great champion, Joe Frazier, who passed away after a brief battle with liver cancer at the age of 67.I will always remember Joe, and I am so blessed to have lived in his boxing era and to have witnessed his fights. He was [...]
( a monthly feature from dmboxing.com ) 1) Muhammad Ali was born in Louisville, Kentucky. What other former heavyweight champion was also born in Louisville and note both fighters also had their first professional bouts in Louisville ? ANSWER ~ Marvin Hart 2) Which boxer was 22 years, 11 months younger than George Foreman [...]
1) Muhammad Ali was born in Louisville, Kentucky. What other former heavyweight champion was also born in Louisville and note both fighters also had their first professional bouts in Louisville ? a) Jim Jeffries b) Marvin Hart c) Gene Tunney d) Max Baer 2) Which boxer was 22 years, 11 months younger than George [...]
THE FORGOTTEN WHITE HOPE By Jim Amato / Senior Boxing Writer As Muhammad Ali ruled the heavyweight division in the mid 60′s, white hope contenders came and went. Henry Cooper, George Chuvalo and Karl Mildenberger all were vanquished by the “Greatest”. When Ali was forced to relinquish his crown in 1967, the best of the [...]
By David Martinez / Boxing Historian As we approach this week in boxing, something that will forever live in the sport happened forty years ago: Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier – the FIGHT OF THE CENTURY. On March 8, 1971, the boxing world saw the most eagerly anticipated championship fight that I have ever been [...]
1) Muhammad Ali “aka” Cassius Clay suffered his first knock down as a professional, in 1962, to what boxer ? ANSWER – Sonny Banks 2) The late boxing trainer Howie Steindler trained many professional fighters in his career, who was his first ? ANSWER – Eddie Shapiro 3) Mexican great Salvador Sanchez once fought the [...]
By Bob Quackenbush / for dmboxing.com Friday, June 11, 2010 marks the beginning of a month-long sporting event that is viewed by more people around the globe than any other, including the Olympic Games. What is this event? The World Cup soccer tournament. Held every four years, this spectacle captivates audiences from Asia and Africa, [...]