Born on this day: Gene Fullmer
Not too many fighters can claim to have defeated the best fighter in the universe two times in four fights....
read moreBest I Faced: Tony DeMarco
Editor's Note: This feature originally appeared in the October 2018 issue of The Ring Magazine. 58-12-1 (33 KOs) Tony DeMarco’s reign as...
read moreCarmen Basilio-Sugar Ray Robinson 2: Warfare never to be seen again
A lot has happened in boxing over the past 63 years. Much change has been initiated. Where once there were...
read moreFifty years after shocking Jose Napoles, Billy Backus accepts role as Carmen Basilio’s sidekick
Batman had Robin, the Lone Ranger had Tonto and Sherlock Holmes had Dr. Watson. All things considered, there are worse...
read more1950’s Boxing Trivia from Ring Magazine
During the 1950s, Rocky Marciano seized the heavyweight throne and was never vanquished, Sugar Ray Robinson won the middleweight championship...
read moreSugar Ray Robinson versus the Hall of Fame
On the 30th anniversary of Sugar Ray Robinson’s passing, Associate Editor Tom Gray looks back on showdowns the great pound-for-pound king had with fellow Hall of Famers.
read morePolice still awaiting results of DNA testing in case of stolen belts
The Canastota police chief describes the investigation into the six stolen belts belonging to Carmen Basilio and Tony Zale as ‘stagnant.’
read moreMike Tyson offers reward for stolen championship belts
Mike Tyson has offered a reward for the six championship belts that were stolen from the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota in November.
read moreBasilio and Zale RING Magazine belts stolen from IBHOF
Heartbreaking news out of Canastota, N.Y., as a collection of “priceless” world-title belts belonging to two of the sport’s finest practitioners have been stolen.
read moreRemembering Gene Fullmer
On Tuesday, April 27, 2015, the boxing world lost a legend as two-time middleweight champion Gene “Cyclone” Fullmer passed away at his home in West Jordan, Utah.
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