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.