GREATEST EVER BOXING MONTHLY COVERS

[loaded_gloves]

I thought we could perhaps employ a temporary ceasefire against Team GB and their evil, black hearted overlord Ron McIntosh and take a cheery trip down memory lane in honour of Boxing Monthly and Glyn Leach.

These are, in my humble opinion, some of the great boxing mag covers. I hope these images clear the Skotch induced fog from your mind and reveal some happy, possibly long forgotten boxing memories.























Graham Houston's pic in previous issue: 'Moorer by KO in 10'.








Probably my personal fave.





Easy to forget what a monster Gonzalez was considered in 95. His bad habits and Bowe's terrifying beating ruined whatever he might have been.










Incredible.





McNeeley here attempting to follow through on his threat to "wrap Tyson in a cocoon of horror"





No celebration of Bruno's stirring win over McCall in the British boxing mag. Instead...






















Golota was a monster in 96.









The general consensus in 96 was that Tyson was still a monster and the best in the world - despite what so many internet loons claim these days.





Amazing.

























The end of Foreman... hugely controversially.

[MightyWarrior]

Nice one, those bring back some memories. MAB looks so young on that cover. One of the best covers was issue 1, with an iconic shot of Tyson

[loaded_gloves]

Never seen that one - do you have it, or a link to a picture of it? I have heard about it.

[Bard of Boxrec]

I lolled at 'Kevin McBride - is he the next white hope'?

Knew you wouldn't miss the chance to proudly display a cover with Witherspoon on it. Oh, Overhand_right!

[loaded_gloves]

If I had my way, Tim Witherspoon would be on every cover and feature in every fight in every weight class.

[Coco]

I remember most of those covers, I dunno what that says about me!

[loaded_gloves]

In the interest of balance, worst ever cover:

[Bard of Boxrec]

If I had my way, Tim Witherspoon would be on every cover and feature in every fight in every weight class.

He could've dropped a division every fight with incremental degrees of breast amputation.

[Final round]

Brilliant covers LG! Excellent thread, things were getting pretty gloomy on here
My fave is the Toney Jones on yellow background which would look sweet framed, but honestly they are all classics.

[Bard of Boxrec]

In the interest of balance, worst ever cover:

But...you love Audley

[loaded_gloves]

Brilliant covers LG! Excellent thread, things were getting pretty gloomy on here
My fave is the Toney Jones on yellow background which would look sweet framed, but honestly they are all classics.

I agree - that cover is a thing of beauty!

[loaded_gloves]

In the interest of balance, worst ever cover:

But...you love Audley

I guess there's still time for Audley to validate that cover.

[mickey1975]

In the interest of balance, worst ever cover:

But...you love Audley

I guess there's still time for Audley to validate that cover.

YES HE CAN!

[dondada]

Just shows how important it is to have a real star (Naz) and, even more importantly, a live, interesting heavyweight division.

Good work, OP

[Glyn Leach]

Bloody hell!! Quiet evening then?!

Ian's observation is spot on, by the way, today is like making silk purses from sows' ears every month

[loaded_gloves]

I feel for you trying to make the current game attractive Glyn. How do you feel the current state of the sport compares to the 90s?

Who were the guaranteed sellers in the 90s? Although my selections don't reflect it, it felt like Naz or Tyson were on the cover every other month! They made for great covers as well though. Do you have a standout cover you are particularly proud of?

[milpool]

I remember most of those covers and agree I that the boxing scene at the moment must be a nightmare for those at BM and BN in trying to interest the floating fan into buying their publication.

[Final round]

First there was Golota and his low blows, the came cry-baby Mcall, now Tyson has savaged Holyfield and Akinwande has cuddled Lewis!

We hAve to ask

HAVE THE BIG MEN GONE MAD?



Great cover header that, worthy of a dramatic movie trailer voice over.

[Glyn Leach]

It really is like flogging a dead horse, telling people they should become interested in things that are barely of interest to real fight followers, of which there are too few for us to preach to the converted.

Very very uncomfortable era compared to the 90s LG. Yep, Naz, Tyson were the mainstays but then we had a host of other great fighters to call on as well, the likes of Lennox, Bowe, Holyfield, Benn, Jones etc. Today only Floyd sells. No exceptions, just Floyd - and he isn't uber popular TBH

[bennie]

Nobody has shown the first one, and the best one. We had Mullan and Abrams crying in the rain.

[loaded_gloves]

How do we see this mythical first issue?

Who has it?

[mickey1975]

How do we see this mythical first issue?

Who has it?

Me

[Terminator666]

[orbtastic]

Seem to remember issue 4 had Hearns on it.

[loaded_gloves]

Sweet - never seen issue one. Still think the December 95 issue I posted is the best looking Tyson cover. Had my paws on the odd early issue, when it was still under Steve Holdsworth, and didn't like it. Bland and boring, lacking flavour. I think BM started to find its form in 92/93 under Glyn and from around 94 became the best boxing mag in the world for the rest of the 90s.

I do think Boxing Illustrated, under Bert Sugar, gave BM a run for its money with some seriously fun and entertaining writers and articles. Like a mini boxing bible, each issue.