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FROM THE DESK OF: David Martinez

July 9, 2022David Martinez, FROM THE DESK OF:, hats, Rankings, RatingsDavid Martinez

(Summer 2022 Edition)

It is truly a joy to announce that on July 15th this month www.dmboxing.com officially celebrates a milestone … fifteen years online.

The website started back is 2007 and since then I have published 1,894 articles and features world-wide.

It’s absolutely a delight to bring you boxing, as I have produced this site to be the best that I can provide.

Along the way, I have been truly blessed to become acquainted with a wonderful array of fans, with some becoming the closest of friends.

I am also grateful to have a special core group of people that have enhanced the success of the website. First off is John Boitnott, who had the vision to believe in me and was the first webmaster. After serving a trial period learning the mechanics of a website, I am now a proud producer.

There are others in that group who have certainly contributed to the continuing success, and I’ll start with a trio of individuals that are no longer with us (R.I.P.) – may their souls rest peacefully in heaven – Rusty Rubin, Harold Lederman, and Jim Amato. These three have provided a wealth of boxing knowledge to the website.

Rusty was my first writer and featured his monthly column, “In Rusty’s Corner”, and also “Glove2Glove” which offered prayers for the sick, needy, and deceased.

Harold provided his own video shorts called “Hey Harold!” which previewed upcoming major fights to be shown on HBO World Championship Boxing.

Jim was nothing less than brilliant with featured stories on boxers of the past and present. His expertise as a true boxing historian was priceless.

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FROM THE DESK OF: David Martinez

March 24, 2022Boxing Events, David Martinez, FROM THE DESK OF:, Hall Of Fame, hats, Rankings, RatingsDavid Martinez

(Spring 2022 Edition)

The Spring season is officially here and it’s that time once again, as I do on a quarterly basis, to say thank you to a small team of people that help make dmboxing.com the success that it has become since the first publication on July 15, 2007.

I would like to acknowledge these people, who are: Bob Quackenbush (Lead Assistant / Proof Reader); Tom Donelson (Member Boxing Writers Association of America); Steve Corbo (Boxing Writer / Proof Reader); and Kathy Kraft (Proof Reader).

There are three other people who are no longer with us (R.I.P.) that contributed in a tremendous way to this website, and they are Rusty Rubin (In Rusty’s Corner / Glove2Glove), Harold Lederman (Hey Harold! / HBO World Championship Boxing), and Jim Amato (Senior Boxing Writer / Boxing Historian). These men were my dearest of friends, never to be forgotten, and resting peacefully in heaven with the Lord.

Also, a special thank you to all my female and male friends that have kindly displayed my website products and attire. Pictured in this edition is my official website hat which is blue in color and embroidered with logo on the front and website address on the back. It includes an adjustable Velcro strap to fit all sizes. To purchase this attractive product, kindly send $18.95 to: David Martinez Boxing, 810 Coronel Street, Santa Barbara, California 93109… and the price includes FREE shipping to any of the USA mailing zones.

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FROM THE DESK OF: David Martinez

December 22, 2021Boxing Events, David Martinez, FROM THE DESK OF:, Hall Of Fame, hats, Rankings, RatingsDavid Martinez

(Winter 2021 / 2022 Edition)

Happy Holidays and may the New Year 2022 bring you good health, prosperity and joy!

It is simply a delight to bring you this website that is now going on its fifteenth year since beginning in July 2007. Since that time, there have been 1,843 published articles and features.

I am so grateful and certainly blessed to have such a special cast of people that have contributed to the success of dmboxing.com through the years.

I would like to acknowledge Bob Quackenbush (Lead Assistant / Proof Reader), Tom Donelson (Member Boxing Writers Association of America), Steve Corbo (Proof Reader / Boxing Writer), and Kathy Kraft (Proof Reader).

There are three people who are no longer with us (R.I.P.) that added so much of their expertise and input to this website. They are Rusty Rubin (In Rusty’s Corner / Glove2Glove), Harold Lederman (Hey Harold! / HBO World Championship Boxing), and Jim Amato (Senior Boxing Writer / Boxing Historian)… I miss them tremendously, as they were special friends whom I will never forget.

I am also grateful to those who have kindly displayed my website products.

As seen on this edition, my official website hat is displayed. It is blue in color with embroidered logo on the front, website address on the back, and an adjustable Velcro strap to fit all sizes. To purchase this attractive product, kindly send $18.95 to: David Martinez Boxing, 810 Coronel Street, Santa Barbara, California 93109 … and the price includes FREE shipping to all of the USA mailing zones.

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FROM THE DESK OF: David Martinez

July 10, 2021David Martinez, FROM THE DESK OF:, hats, Rankings, RatingsDavid Martinez

(Summer 2021 Edition)

It’s Happy Anniversary time once again for dmboxing.com as it turns 14 years old this month, officially on July 15th.

It was back in 2007 that the birth of my website began and I am so grateful to celebrate another year, with many more to come.

There have been over 1,800 published article features on the website, and along the way it’s truly been a blessing to have met and become acquainted with such a wonderful fan base of friends.

I want to acknowledge a special group of people that have enhanced the success of my website. First is John Boitnott, the original web-master and publisher that had the vision to believe in me and believed that I could provide my boxing expertise in a positive way to others world-wide.

The team of others that certainly have contributed with the highest of standards are Bob Quackenbush (Lead Assistant / Proof Reader / Photo Editing), Tom Donelson (Author, Member Boxing Writers Association of America), Kathy Kraft (Proof Reader), and Steve Corbo (Proof Reader / Boxing Writer).

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Happy Thanksgiving 2018 … from dmboxing.com

November 20, 2018David Martinez, Rankings, RatingsDavid Martinez

Here’s wishing everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday … we have so much to be thankful for, and God bless America.

I know you have many choices in boxing, so I greatly appreciate you making this website just one of them – thank you!

Many of my fan base have asked me to share my ranking of the top “pound for pound” boxers today – here’s my current top (12) dozen:

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WBC Ratings – March 2014

March 21, 2014Ratingsadmin

WORLD BOXING COUNCIL RATINGS – AS OF MARCH 9, 2014

HEAVYWEIGHT

+200 Lb +90.71 Kg Ukraine HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION: VACANT EMERITUS CHAMPION:VITALI KLITSCHKO WON TITLE:

LAST DEFENSE:

LAST COMPULSORY : September 10, 2011 by Klitschko

WBA CHAMPION: Wladimir Klitschko Ukraine

Ukraine IBF CHAMPION: Wladimir Klitschko WBO CHAMPION: Wladimir Klitschko Ukraine

Contenders: WBC SILVER CHAMPION: Bermane Stiverne Canada

1 Bermane Stiverne (Canada) SILVER 2 Chris Arreola (US) 3 Deontay Wilder (US) AMERICA 4 Bryant Jennings (US) 5 Mike Perez (Cuba/Ireland) USNBC 6 Manuel Charr (Lebanon/Syria) INTL SILVER /BALTIC/CISBB 7 Derek Chisora (GB) EBU 8 Tyson Fury (GB) 9 Tomasz Adamek (Poland) 10 Odlanier Solis (Cuba) 11 Lucas Browne (Australia) 12 Vyacheslav Glazkov (Ukraine) BALTIC Silver 13 Andy Ruiz (Mexico) NABF 14 Carlos Takam (Cameroon) 15 Tony Thomspon (US) 16 Fres Oquendo (P. Rico) 17 Luis Ortiz (Cuba) 18 Seth Mitchell (US) 19 Mark De Mori (Australia) 20 Eric Molina (US) 21 Artur Szpilka (Poland) 22 Johnathon Banks (US) 23 Malik Scott (US) 24 Kyotaro Fujimoto (Japan) 25 Billy Wright (US) LATINO/FECARBOX 26 Yazmany Consuegra (Cuba) 27 Johann Duhaupas (France) 28 Sam Sexton (GB ) 29 Francesco Pianeta (Italy) 30 Amir Mansour (US) 31 Anthony Joshua (GB) 32 Raphael Zumbano (Brazil) SOUTH AMERICA 33 Alexander Ustinov (Russia) 34 David Price (GB) 35 Andrzej Wawrzyk (Poland) 36 Solomon Haumono (Australia) OPBF 37 Erkan Teper (Germany) 38 Herve Hubeaux (Belgium) YOUTH 39 Alexander Flores (US) 40 Arnold Gjergjaj (Switzerland) WBC INT. CHAMPION: VACANT NA = NOT AVAILABLE Alexander Povetkin (Russia) * NA – WBA Kubrat Pulev (Bulgaria) * NA -IBF Alex Leapai (Australia) * NA – WBO

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WBC Ratings – February 2014

February 22, 2014Ratingsadmin

WORLD BOXING COUNCIL RATINGS – AS OF FEBRUARY 10, 2014

HEAVYWEIGHT

+200 Lb +90.71 Kg Ukraine CHAMPION: VACANT EMERITUS CHAMPION:VITALI KLITSCHKO WON TITLE: October 11, 2008

LAST DEFENSE: September 8, 2012

LAST COMPULSORY : September 10, 2011

WBA CHAMPION: Wladimir Klitschko Ukraine

Ukraine IBF CHAMPION: Wladimir Klitschko WBO CHAMPION: Wladimir Klitschko Ukraine

Contenders: WBC SILVER CHAMPION: Bermane Stiverne Canada

1 Bermane Stiverne (Canada) SILVER 2 Chris Arreola (US) 3 Deontay Wilder (US) AMERICA 4 Bryant Jennings (US) 5 Mike Perez (Cuba/Ireland) USNBC 6 Manuel Charr (Lebanon/Syria) INTL SILVER /BALTIC/CISBB 7 Derek Chisora (GB) EBU 8 Tyson Fury (GB) 9 Tomasz Adamek (Poland) 10 Odlanier Solis (Cuba) 11 Lucas Browne (Australia) 12 Fres Oquendo (P. Rico) 13 Vyacheslav Glazkov (Ukraine) BALTIC Silver 14 Andy Ruiz (Mexico) NABF 15 Carlos Takam (Cameroon) 16 Tony Thomspon (US) 17 Luis Ortiz (Cuba) 18 Johnathon Banks (US) 19 Mark De Mori (Australia) 20 Eric Molina (US) 21 Artur Szpilka (Poland) 22 Seth Mitchell (US) 23 Malik Scott (US) 24 Kyotaro Fujimoto (Japan) 25 Yazmany Consuegra (Cuba) 26 Sam Sexton (GB ) 27 Billy Wright (US) LATINO/FECARBOX 28 Alexander Dimitrenko (Germany) 29 Francesco Pianeta (Italy) 30 Tony Grano (US) 31 Raphael Zumbano (Brazil) SOUTH AMERICA 32 Johan Duhaupas (France) 33 David Price (GB) COMM 34 Solomon Haumono (Australia) OPBF 35 Anthony Joshua (GB) 36 Erkan Teper (Germany) 37 Amir Mansour (US) 38 Herve Hubeaux (Belgium) YOUTH 39 Alexander Flores (US) 40 Arnold Gjergjaj (Switzerland) WBC INT. CHAMPION: VACANT NA = NOT AVAILABLE Alexander Povetkin (Russia) WBA Champion Magomed Abdusalamov (Russia) *NA Medical Hasim Rahman (US) * NA – WBA Mariusz Wach (Poland) * NA – WBA/WBO/IBF Andrzej Wawrzyk (Poland) * NA -WBA Kubrat Pulev (Bulgaria) * NA -IBF Alex Leapai (Australia) * NA – WBO WORLD BOXING COUNCIL 2014 www.wbcboxing.com

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WBC Ratings – January 2014

January 29, 2014Ratingsadmin

WORLD BOXING COUNCIL RATINGS – THROUGH JANUARY 2014

HEAVYWEIGHT

CHAMPION: VACANT

CHAMPION EMERITUS: VITALI KLITSCHKO (UKRAINE)

WON TITLE: October 11, 2008

LAST DEFENCE: September 8, 2012

LAST COMPULSORY: September 10, 2011

WBA CHAMPION: Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine)

IBF CHAMPION: Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine)

WBO CHAMPION: Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine)

Contenders:

WBC SILVER CHAMPION: Bermane Stiverne (Canada)

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Chris Arreola (US)

1. Bermane Stiverne (Canada) SILVER

2. Chris Arreola (US) INTL

3. Deontay Wilder (US) AMERICA

4. Bryant Jennings (US)

5. Mike Perez (Cuba/Ireland) USNBC

6. Manuel Charr (Lebanon/Syria) INT SILVER/MED/BALT/CISBB

7. Derek Chisora (GB) EBU

8. Tyson Fury (GB)

9. Tomasz Adamek (Poland)

10. Odlanier Solis (Cuba)

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The Greatest Mexican-Born Boxers “ pound for pound ” of All Time

July 13, 2011David Martinez, History, RatingsDavid Martinez, featured, History, ratingsadmin

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 in any way and that would satisfy any boxing fan.

My order is simply based on what I have seen, my research, interviews with the people that have lived in their eras, and my expertise on how they would of done against each other had they fought at the peak of their careers.

The level of their competition also plays a huge factor, but not necessarily their ring record, and I can say that I have been so blessed to have had the opportunity in my lifetime see all five of these great champions in their respective careers.

#1) RUBEN OLIVARES, Total Bouts: 104 (88-13-3 / 78 by KO)
former World Bantamweight Champion: 1969-1970, 1971-1972
former WBA Featherweight Champion: 1974
former WBC Featherweight Champion: 1975

Ruben was simply the best Mexican-born body puncher that I have ever seen in the ring, with a tremendous left hook to liver and a right cross to his opponents chin which was devastating.

When Ruben won the World Bantamweight title in 1969 against Lionel Rose by knockout in five rounds, his ring record was an impressive 51-0-1 with 49 KO’s, and at one point early in his career he had a knockout streak of 21 in a row.

From April 1970 to April 1971, and in between other fights in that 12 month period, Ruben had a trilogy with Chucho Castillo, wining two of the three fights against his fellow Mexican countryman.

After the Castillo fights, Ruben started having trouble making weight at the bantamweight limit, and, before moving up into the featherweight class, he lost two fights against another great countryman, Rafael Herrera.

Although Ruben fought later in his career at featherweight, and won two versions of those titles at 126 pounds, his true greatness was at bantamweight at 118 pounds. They came no colorful, nor more dynamic than Ruben Olivares, who I consider at his prime the greatest Mexican-born boxer I have seen.

Ruben fought all the other top notable fighters of his era, such as Efren Torres, Jesus Pimentel, Godfrey Stevens, Bobby Chacon, Art Hafey, Alexis Arguello, David Kotey, Danny Lopez, Jose Luis Ramirez, and Eusebio Pedroza.

Ruben Olivares retired in 1981, but five years later, 1986 at the age of 39, he made a comeback and fought in two dismal fights before he officially retired from the ring in 1988. Continue reading The Greatest Mexican-Born Boxers “ pound for pound ” of All Time →

WORLD BOXING COUNCIL RATINGS, DECEMBER 2008

December 24, 2008Ratingsadmin

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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)
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