Probably not the Gold standard it use to be, but its origin in 1922 was still shrouded in controversy from its founder Nat Fleisher to Tex Rickard, a boxing promoter who was involved back then, like Dela Hoya, a promoter today.

By the late 1970's Ring magazine's monopoly on boxing publication took on.. IMO the biggest scandal to date
.. when another boxing promoter Don aka Con- King helped fabricate fighter's records to ensure ABC television promoted a tournament to make American boxers look more successful than non-American boxers.

They flailed for awhile and for the first time lost the Gold standard rep.

Boxing historian Burt Sugar (R.I.P) did his best IMO to turn it legit. Nigel Collins as well, but I'm not sure who came first Collins or Sugar.

I think...the other boxing magazine I used to buy like KO, ended up being all own or run by the same people, so no matter the name of the magazine at that time, one couldn't have been more fair or shiesty then the other one. They eventually were all ran by the same orgs.

So DLH basically is in a line of promoters who have all used the magazine at some point to benefit themselves or their fighters.

First Ring champ Dempsey, then Villa. I think it would still be an honor to be called the Ring champ, since it really never was a clean sport with clean promoters from jump street. But Ring ensure kids like me and before me could read who fought who, when they fought and where...all the fights, minor as well as major.
No internet back then so Ring was the Bible of Boxing so to speak.