By David Martinez / Boxing Historian / dmboxing.com

This edition of “Pages From The Scrapbook” features my pre-fight article piece – dated October 2, 1980 – on the Larry Holmes vs. Muhammad Ali WBC Heavyweight Championship fight. It also includes a post-fight piece – dated October 5, 1980 – by Santa Barbara News Press Sports Editor Dave Kohl which refers to my mishap with a flat tire and fight prediction.

Many of my current readers don’t know that back in the Seventies, Eighties, and Nineties, I was a boxing beat writer for my local newspaper, the Santa Barbara News Press.

I learned quite a bit about the journalism field in those early years that has propelled me to be the best I can be today in producing my website, www.dmboxing.com. It is my pleasure to serve!