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.

[Pavlik]

I buy issues with Pacquiao in it after every BIG win

[JazMerkin]

I buy issues with Pacquiao in it after every BIG win

They must come in handy when you're rubbing one out in the bathroom

I have to say reading the latest issues of Ring & Boxing Monthly, I've come to the conclusion that the standard of writing is far better in Boxing Monthly. They are far more analytical than Ring & they don't have annoying writers who think putting on some kind of written tough guy act makes them a better boxing pundit