The Ring Magazine - who still buys it ??

[Mark TKO]

TKO live from his sick bed...

Went to get latest Ring magazine from Smiths today and realised something – I don’t really read it any more.

My last dozen or so are barely touched. I just tend to flick through them on the bus \ train, look at the ratings (always – though their website is more up to date) and the other stories I am familiar with already from the Ring site and other boxing sites.

I have never missed a copy of the Ring since 1991 and am now wondering if its worth continuing given their site etc - which I am on 3-4 times a week. One of the main problems has always been the fact that it’s so far behind, eg this month there is a report on the Froch v Taylor fight , but that’s the nature of a monthly publication.

It’s £4.95 in UK – not sure how much in USA , but as magazines go that ain’t cheap.

I am going to continue getting it for foreseeable future but can defo see a time I will stop bothering with the magazine altogether. Anyone else stooped bothering with it ?

Ps don’t get me wrong – for me it is and always will be the Bible of Boxing and their ratings and champions are the ones I go by.

[skel1983]

TKO live from his sick bed...

Went to get latest Ring magazine from Smiths today and realised something – I don’t really read it any more.

My last dozen or so are barely touched. I just tend to flick through them on the bus \ train, look at the ratings (always – though their website is more up to date) and the other stories I am familiar with already from the Ring site and other boxing sites.

I have never missed a copy of the Ring since 1991 and am now wondering if its worth continuing given their site etc - which I am on 3-4 times a week. One of the main problems has always been the fact that it’s so far behind, eg this month there is a report on the Froch v Taylor fight , but that’s the nature of a monthly publication.

It’s £4.95 in UK – not sure how much in USA , but as magazines go that ain’t cheap.

I am going to continue getting it for foreseeable future but can defo see a time I will stop bothering with the magazine altogether. Anyone else stooped bothering with it ?

Ps don’t get me wrong – for me it is and always will be the Bible of Boxing and their ratings and champions are the ones I go by.

I dont buy it, dont really like the format. The best magazine for my needs is Boxing News shits on the Ring and Boxing Monthly imo.

[Kel]

Not for the last six months or so, it's expensive and bloody hard to find

[Lance Uppercut]

I still buy it. Got to support the bible of boxing. However, magizines in general have become less relevant in this new digital age.

[Howlin Mad Missy]

depends who's in it.

[holmcall]

Who needs it? In my opinion, the online writers are better than the ones who write for the Ring, and its rankings suck to the max (where is Juan Manuel Lopez?). Their writers are tied into the BWAA which in turn is tied into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, and that makes me very sketchy about who is beholden to whom. Moreover, The Ring is now owned by you know who.

The whole thing has an odor of spoiled tuna to it. I won't give them a penny for it.

[generalbulldog]

I download it, the same with all magazines. In this economy I'm trying to cut costs here and there.

[holmcall]

I download it, the same with all magazines. In this economy I'm trying to cut costs here and there.

Smart move, mate $$$$$$$$$$$$

[Master]

Have not bought it is years, prefer boxing weekly, to read at WH Smiths that is.

[Violent Demise]

Subscription gets renewed every year

[DaxxKahn]

Depends on the month and if the mag is worth keeping after reading.....

I get all the boxing news I need off the net or in my email from promoters no need to pay $7 for out of date news

[porkypara]

Stoped it about 6 months ago.


I just did not find the articals as good as they used to be ans also I found it very bises.

Its not cheap to buy either.


Still as Mark TKO said I respect there ratings and championship poilcey.


I subscribe to Boxing Monthly but get Boxing news off a friend.

[DaxxKahn]

Stoped it about 6 months ago.


I just did not find the articals as good as they used to be ans also I found it very bises.

Its not cheap to buy either.


Still as Mark TKO said I respect there ratings and championship poilcey.


I subscribe to Boxing Monthly but get Boxing news off a friend.

Agreed on the ratings they are the most legit but today that isn't saying much is it?

[jdonaher1]

I would love for somebody to specifically point out just one single writeup, ad, ranking, favorable article ANYTHING AT ALL that has changed since Golden Boy bought Ring Magazine?!!? It's such a BS accusation. Isn't it better that somebody who gives a crap about boxing owns the mag as opposed to some corporating that just views it as a numbers of subscrptions or ad revenue?

I have been buying Ring Mag since 1990 and have boughten past issues off EBay and now have a complete collection going back to Jan 1970. I still buy it every month and read it from cover to cover.

[killersheep]

I recently got a copy to show my coworkers what was going on in boxing.
Mayweather/Marquez was on the cover. So I got to tell them remember that PPV I was going to get and invite ya'll over to watch? It's postponed and found a lot of the info dated.

I think a way they could become more relevant is to include more prospects, focus on the future to keep others interested. If someone
was new to boxing they would think there are only about 20 boxers
in the whole sport.