By David Martinez / Boxing Historian / dmboxing.com

In this edition of “Pages From The Scrapbook” features my pre-fight article piece – that was published in the Santa Barbara News Press on May 9, 1981 for viewing – regarding the Ken Norton vs. Gerry Cooney heavyweight fight.

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

I learned lots about the journalism field in those early years that has truly propelled me to be that best I can be today in producing my own website, www.dmboxing.com … AND – it is simply such a pleasure to serve!