The New Boss

GENNADY GOLOVKIN’S JOURNEY TO THE POUND-FOR-POUND PINNACLE WAS ARDUOUS AND OFTEN FRUSTRATING, BUT PERSISTANCE PAID OFF. No journey to pound-for-pound supremacy...

Come Out Writing

FOND MEMORIES I have just been reading on RingTV the “Best I Faced” feature on Frank Bruno. It is a great...

Come Out Writing

NOT NO. 1 I have purchased every issue of THE RING Magazine since January 1961. I bought the first magazine when...

Roll With The Punches

Degrees of separation between fighters of the past and their more contemporary counterparts. This month, in keeping with the theme...

His Own Words

GENNADY GOLOVKIN’S INTERVIEWS IN ENGLISH HAVE AN ENDEARING QUALITY BUT HE TAKES ON A MORE SERIOUS TONE IN RUSSIAN. Gennady Golovkin...

Jabs and Straight Writes

BLINDED

The dialogue over racial prejudice in the United States has gotten uglier the past few months. Let me add an experience I had years ago to the discussion.

Ring IQ

BOXING MADE A COMEBACK IN 2017 AND 2018 LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT BE EVEN BETTER This is one in a series of...

Fights of Fantasy

THREE EXPERTS – A FIGHTER, A TRAINER AND A MEDIA MEMBER – TELL YOU HOW A POTENTIAL MATCHUP WOULD PLAY OUT.

MIKEY GARCIA   VS.  VASYL LOMACHENKO

Fights of Fantasy

THREE EXPERTS – A FIGHTER, A TRAINER AND A MEDIA MEMBER – TELL YOU HOW A POTENTIAL MATCHUP WOULD PLAY OUT.

With lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury still in exile, Anthony Joshua vs. Deontay Wilder has quickly become the most anticipated showdown within the sport’s glamour division.

This transatlantic encounter would feature two thunderous, albeit vulnerable, punchers in a three-title unification fight. Both men are undefeated with a combined record of 59-0 (58 knockouts).

Outside the Ropes

GOOD HANDS Cutman and trainer Rafael Garcia died on Nov. 14 at the age of 88 as a result of leukemia....