(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.

I would like to bring to your attention a couple of key topics of interest:

#1) Be sure to check out my friend Edgar Gonzalez’ outstanding boxing website called MyBoxingFans.com. I thoroughly endorse it and gladly support Edgar.

#2) The National Boxing Hall of Fame banquet is coming next month on April 24 (Sunday) at this location: Quiet Cannon, 901 Via San Clemente, Montebello, California 90640. For additional information and tickets please contact Bill and Linda Dempsey-Young at: www.nationalboxinghalloffame.com

With the Covid-19 situation seemly decreasing, it’s so nice to see many good fights on the horizon:

March 26 – Kiko Martinez vs. Josh Warrington

March 29 – Petchmanee CP Freshmart vs. Wanheng Menayothin

April 9 – Gennady Golovkin vs. Ryota Murata

April 16 – Errol Spence Jr. vs. Yordenis Ugas

April 23 – Tyson Fury vs. Dillian Whyte

April 30 – Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano

April 30 – Shakur Stevenson vs. Oscar Valdez

May 7 – Canelo Alvarez vs. Dmitry Bivol

May 11 – Mairis Briedis vs. Jai Opetaia

May 14 – Jermell Carlo vs. Brian Castano

May 21 – David Benavidez vs. David Lemieux

May 21 – Zach Parker vs. Andrade Demetrius

May 28 – Gervonta Davis vs. Rolando Romero

June 4 – Stephen Fulton Jr. vs. Daniel Roman

June 18 – Jermall Charlo vs. Maciej Sulecki

June 18 – Artur Beterbiev vs. Joe Smith Jr.

July 9 – Mark Magsayo vs. Rey Vargas

I know you have many choices in boxing, and I respectfully thank you for making dmboxing.com one of them – it’s much appreciated!

In closing, here is my personal “pound for pound” ranking of the current top forty (40) boxers:

1 – Terence Crawford (38-0 / 29 by KO)

2 – Canelo Alvarez (57-1-2 / 39 by KO)

3 – Naoya Inoue (22-0 / 19 by KO)

4 – Oleksandr Usyk (19-0 / 13 by KO)

5 – Tyson Fury (31-0-1 / 22 by KO)

6 – Errol Spence Jr. (27-0 / 21 by KO)

7 – Juan Francisco Estrada (42-3 / 28 by KO)

8 – Vasiliy Lomachenko (16-2 / 11 by KO)

9 – Roman Gonzalez (51-3 / 41 by KO)

10 – Josh Taylor (19-0 / 13 by KO)

11 – Gervonta Davis  (26-0 / 24 by KO)

12 – Artur Beterbiev (17-0 / 17 by KO)

13 – George Kambosos Jr. (20-0 / 10 by KO)

14 – Gennady Golovkin (41-1-1 / 36 by KO)

15 – Skakur Stevenson (17-0 / 9 by KO)

16 – Tiofimo Lopez (16-1 / 12 by KO)

17 – Nonito Donaire (42-6 / 28 by KO)

18 – Mairis Briedis (28-1 / 20 by KO)

19 – Dmitry Bivol (19-0 / 11 by KO)

20 – Stephen Fulton (20-0 / 8 by KO)

21 – Jermell Charlo (37-1-1 / 18 by KO)

22 – Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (50-5-1 / 43 by KO)

23 – Kazuto Ioka (28-2 / 15 by KO)

24 – Jermall Charlo (32-0 / 22 by KO)

25 – Regis Prograis (27-1 / 23 by KO)

26 – Demetrius Andrade (31-0 / 19 by KO)

27 – David Benavidez (25-0 / 22 by KO)

28 – Devin Haney (27-0 / 15 by KO)

29 – Brian Castano (17-0-2 / 12 by KO)

30 – Jaime Munguia (39-0 / 31 by KO)

31 – Vergil Ortiz Jr. (18-0 / 18 by KO)

32 – Knockout CP Freshmart (23-0 / 9 by KO)

33 – Tim Tszyu (20-0 / 15 by KO)

34 – Ryan Garcia (21-0 / 18 by KO)

35 – Edgar Berlanga (19-0 / 16 by KO)

36 – Keith Thurman (30-1 / 22 by KO)

37 – Petchmanee CP Freshmart (37-1 / 23 by KO)

38 – Mark Magsayo (24-0 / 16 by KO)

39 – Caleb Plant (21-1 / 12 by KO)

40 – Jaron Ennis (28-0 / 26 by KO)