Front cover of the first issue of Ring Magazine

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Ring Magazine, first edited by hall of famer Nat Fleischer, has opened boxing scandals, helped make unknown fighters famous worldwide and covered boxing's biggest events of all time. Nat Fleischer (1887-1972) was a noted Jewish-American boxing writer. ...

In 1977, three international versions of the magazine came out. One, the Spanish version, was named The Ring En Espanol and was published from Venezuela and distributed around all Spanish speaking countries and the United States until 1985. There was also a Japanese version published in Tokyo and a French version published in Paris. For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... The Ring En Español was a Spanish version of boxing publication Ring Magazine. ... This article is about the year. ... Headquarters of Tokyo Metropolitan Government View of Tokyos Shibuya district Tokyo ) (help· info), literally eastern capital, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and includes the highly urbanized downtown area formerly known as the city of Tokyo which is the heart of the Greater Tokyo Area. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world Paris is the capital and largest city of France, as well as the capital of the ÃŽle-de-France région, whose territory encompasses Paris and its suburbs. ...

Also in 1977, boxer Cathy Cat Davis became the first and only female ever so far on a cover of Ring Magazine. Cathy Davis (born c 1959 in Poughkeepsie, New York) is a former female boxer who caused sensation in the sport of boxing during the late 1970s. ...

The magazine was taken over by flamboyant publisher Bert Randolph Sugar in 1979, who hired Randy Gordon — who would go on later that decade to become New York's boxing commissioner — as his editor-in-chief. Together, over the next five years, they put together what is still regarded by many readers as the finest Ring Magazines the sporting world has yet to see. By 1985, both Sugar and Gordon had moved on, then watched from the sidelines as The Ring nearly went bankrupt in 1989, causing the magazine to be taken off-stands. It rebounded in 1992 and has been on a healthy run to supermarket stands and magazine establishments around the world ever since. Bert Randolph Sugar (born June 7, 1937) is a well noted boxing writer. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Eighth Congressional District of Washington Randolph I. Gordon is a Democrat from Bellevue, Washington. ... This article is about the year. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Supermarkets, past and present, include: // Transnational Originating (HQ) country first. ...

It can be said that Ring Magazine is as classic a magazine as such others like Time Magazine, People, Sports Illustrated, Tiger Beat and Popular Mechanics. It refers to itself (and is referred to by others) as "The Bible of Boxing". (Clockwise from upper left) Time magazine covers from May 7, 1945; July 25, 1969; December 31, 1999; September 14, 2001; and April 21, 2003. ... July 1999 cover showing soccer star Brandi Chastain Sports Illustrated is a popular weekly American sports magazine owned by media giant Time Warner. ... Tiger Beat, published by Laufer Media, Inc. ... The adolescent Internet. ...

Among other boxers, some of the boxers featured on the magazine covers have included Jack Dempsey, Max Schmeling, Joe Louis, Sugar Ray Robinson, Jake LaMotta, Muhammad Ali, Alexis Arguello, Wilfredo Benitez, Wilfredo Gomez, Roberto Duran, Larry Holmes, Marvin Hagler, Sugar Ray Leonard, Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Julio Cesar Chavez, Félix Trinidad, and Oscar De La Hoya. William Harrison Jack Dempsey (June 24, 1895 - May 31, 1983), was an Irish-American boxer who won the world heavyweight title. ... Maximillian Adolph Otto Siegfried Schmeling (September 28, 1905 – February 2, 2005) was a German boxer whose two fights with Joe Louis transcended boxing and became worldwide social events which will forever be linked to the rivalry between Americans and Germans before World War II. // Biography Early years and Jack Sharkey... Joseph Louis Barrow (1914-1981), better known in the boxing world as Joe Louis and nicknamed The Brown Bomber, was a native of Lexington, Alabama who became World Heavyweight Champion. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Giacobbe La Motta (born July 10, 1921), better known as Jake LaMotta, nicknamed The Bronx Bull, The Raging Bull, is a former boxer who was world middleweight champion and whose life was as controversial outside the ring as it was inside it. ... Muhammad Ali-Haj (Arabic: محمد على) born January 17, 1942 (as Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. ... Alexis Argüello (born April 19, 1952), is a former world champion Nicaragua. ... Wilfred Benitez (born September 12, 1958), also known popularly as Wilfredo Benitez, is a Puerto Rican boxer. ... Wilfredo Gómez (born October 29, 1956) is a former boxer and three time world champion. ... Roberto Duran (b. ... Larry Holmes is a former world heavyweight boxing champion considered one of the fiercest fighters in the history of heavyweight boxing. ... Marvin Hagler Marvelous Marvin Hagler (born Marvin Nathaniel Hagler in Newark, New Jersey May 23, 1954), a native of Brockton, Massachusetts, was a very tough looking character, and a number one ranked Middleweight boxer for many years before he could fight for the title. ... Sugar Ray Leonard (born May 17, 1956 in Wilmington, North Carolina) is a former American boxer. ... Michael Gerard Tyson, (born June 30, 1966, Brooklyn, New York, USA) is a former American professional boxer and World Heavyweight Champion, and is considered by many to be one of the greatest and most feared heavyweight boxers of all time. ... Evander Holyfield (born October 19, 1962) is a professional boxer from The United States. ... Julio César Chávez (born July 12, 1962 in Culiacán, Sinaloa) is a Mexican world champion boxer who won world titles in 3 different divisions, went undefeated for 89 bouts before originally retiring with a record of 104-5-2, with 80 knockouts. ... Félix Tito Trinidad Jr. ... Oscar de la Hoya (born February 4, 1973) — nicknamed the Golden Boy — is a Mexican-American boxer who won a gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games and is considered one of boxings all time greats. ...

Ring magazine is published by London Publications, which also publishes sister magazines KO Magazine and World Boxing, once stubborn Ring Magazine competitors themselves. Kappa Publishing Group, Inc. ... KO Magazine is a popular United States boxing magazine. ...

In 2002, The Ring attempted to clear up the confusion regarding world champions by creating a championship policy. It echoes many critics' arguments that the sanctioning bodies that control the championships in boxing had undermined the sport because of undeserving contenders fighting undeserving champions, and forcing the boxing public to see mismatches for a "so-called" championship. It attempts to be more authoritative and open than the sanctioning bodies's rankings, with a page devoted to full explanations for ranking changes. While this has pleased some, critics claim that Ring championships are just opinions, and that a journalistic institution shouldn't be "making the news" of who is champion. Thus far, the wider press has made little note of the Ring's policy.

Generally, the Ring Magazine champion will hold at least one of the three major sanctioning bodies' titles (the WBA, WBC, or IBF belt.) However, it has broken ranks at times (for example, Ring declared the winner of the Antonio Tarver/Glencoffe Johnson fights its champion, though neither held a sanctioned belt as both gave their belts up to fight each other). World Boxing Association (WBA) is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title, at the professional level. ... The World Boxing Council (WBC) has operated since 1963 as a competitor to Venezuelas World Boxing Association (WBA) and, according to its founders, a way to improve professional boxings standards. ... The International Boxing Federation, or IBF, is one of many organizations which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC, WBO, and a dozen or so others. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Glencoffe Johnson (b. ...

External link

• The Ring Online

See also

• Ring Magazine fighters of the year
• Ring Magazine fights of the year
• Ring Magazine knockouts of the year
• Ring Magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time
• Ring Magazine pound for pound
• The Ring Boxing The 20th Century