To Be The Best: The top 100 boxers in the history of The Ring Rankings (30-21)
If you’re new to this on-going series, please read: The Introduction. (Seriously, if you’re posting questions like “What does the asterisk...
read moreDougie’s Friday Mailbag (PED suspicions, Sam Langford, Nico Hernandez, Wilfredo Gomez)
SAM LANGFORD Hey Doug, I hope you and your family are well and staying safe. On Teddy Atlas’ podcast I heard him mention...
read moreDougie’s Friday mailbag (rating Wladimir Klitschko, Calzaghe vs. Conn, Parker vs. Fa)
RATING THE GREATS Morning Dougie, Hope things are going well with you and the family. MM: The King (you know who) vs Too Sharp...
read moreDougie’s Friday mailbag (Jack Dempsey’s old school training, Loma mythical matchups, Billy Conn)
PROGRESSION OR REGRESSION? Hello Dougie, I hope you and the family are doing well during this strange time. If you're like us...
read more1930’s Boxing Trivia by Ring Magazine
Joe Louis, arguably the greatest heavyweight of all time, and Henry Armstrong, one of the finest pound-for-pound, had some excellent...
read moreDougie’s Monday mailbag
STOPPING ONE-SIDED FIGHTS Hi Dougie, In today's mailbag you wrote: "Fights need to be stopped once they aren’t competitive." Surely under that rule...
read moreThe Ring Archives: Born on this day: Joe Louis – part two
Joe Louis was born this week (on May 13) in 1914. By the time he was 24 years old, he...
read moreDougie’s Friday mailbag
Fans share their thoughts and criticisms on the heavyweight division, Canelo Alvarez’s weight advantage in the Amir Khan showdown, Guillermo Rigondeaux and much more in this week’s Friday mailbag.
read moreThe Ring celebrates the 100th anniversary of Joe Louis’ birth
One hundred years ago today Joe Louis, the owner of boxing’s greatest championship reign and the athletic catalyst for racial healing in America during the post-slavery era, was born. His life was one of supreme achievement, personal tumult and enormous influence.
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