Want to buy 1980’s ko magazines
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Brian Seneca
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Want to buy 1980’s ko magazines
Hello. I have acquired many already. Would consider buying lots or individually I need the. Trying to complete entire set. Thanks in advance
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HomicideHenry
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Re: Want to buy 1980’s ko magazines
KO MAGAZINE was my favorite. I preferred it over RING MAGAZINE easily. It gave more information. They would give you complete rankings of the WBA, WBC, WBO & IBF (top fifty). I hate that they went out of business years ago.
Re: Want to buy 1980’s ko magazines
How about 1970's Boxing Illustrated?
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Onetimeonly
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Re: Want to buy 1980’s ko magazines
I loved their dream fights and that heavy tourney that I somehow missed the end of. I had like 10 large boxes full that I tossed when I moved out of pops. Crazy thing is I had stashed 5k in with them years earlier and forgot about it. Found it when I browsed through before I trashed them.
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That must've been an exciting find! But why did you do that in the first place? Divorce?Onetimeonly wrote: ↑09 Jun 2019, 14:39 I loved their dream fights and that heavy tourney that I somehow missed the end of. I had like 10 large boxes full that I tossed when I moved out of pops. Crazy thing is I had stashed 5k in with them years earlier and forgot about it. Found it when I browsed through before I trashed them.
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Onetimeonly
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Lol, no I was like 18. Delving into things better left unsaid. A vendor used to pay me in ones and I just stuffed them in there for safe keeping and completely forgot about it.
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LOL! That's a lot of 'ones.'Onetimeonly wrote: ↑09 Jun 2019, 14:48 Lol, no I was like 18. Delving into things better left unsaid. A vendor used to pay me in ones and I just stuffed them in there for safe keeping and completely forgot about it.
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I have a bunch from the 1990s I am willing to part with. A few from the 1980s. If you have any particular date in mind post them.
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Brian Seneca
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Brian Seneca
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Re: Want to buy 1980’s ko magazines
Mags I need are
1980: Jan. Feb. March. May. July. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov.
1981: Jan. March. Apr. May. July. Sept. Nov.
1982: Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. Oct.
1983: Apr. May. July. Oct. Nov.
1984: Mar. Apr. Jun. Aug. Nov. Dec.
1985: Jun. Sept. Oct.
1986: Mar. May. Sep.
1987: Apr. Jun. Oct Dec.
1988: Mar. May. Jun. Oct. Nov.
1989: Jan. March. Apr. May. Sep. Oct. Dec.
I actually thought it was less than this. I have many doubles. Let me know if you have any.
1980: Jan. Feb. March. May. July. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov.
1981: Jan. March. Apr. May. July. Sept. Nov.
1982: Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. Oct.
1983: Apr. May. July. Oct. Nov.
1984: Mar. Apr. Jun. Aug. Nov. Dec.
1985: Jun. Sept. Oct.
1986: Mar. May. Sep.
1987: Apr. Jun. Oct Dec.
1988: Mar. May. Jun. Oct. Nov.
1989: Jan. March. Apr. May. Sep. Oct. Dec.
I actually thought it was less than this. I have many doubles. Let me know if you have any.
Re: Want to buy 1980’s ko magazines
I will look but I'm pretty sure I only have a couple of late '80s - many 1990s. Sorry, will look.Brian Seneca wrote: ↑09 Jun 2019, 20:10 Mags I need are
1980: Jan. Feb. March. May. July. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov.
1981: Jan. March. Apr. May. July. Sept. Nov.
1982: Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. Oct.
1983: Apr. May. July. Oct. Nov.
1984: Mar. Apr. Jun. Aug. Nov. Dec.
1985: Jun. Sept. Oct.
1986: Mar. May. Sep.
1987: Apr. Jun. Oct Dec.
1988: Mar. May. Jun. Oct. Nov.
1989: Jan. March. Apr. May. Sep. Oct. Dec.
I actually thought it was less than this. I have many doubles. Let me know if you have any.
p.s. for a laugh if you have February 1987 check out the last page 68, I have a letter to the editor published. It's the only mag I intend to keep.
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Brian Seneca
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Re: Want to buy 1980’s ko magazines
I appreciate it. I will look at your letter. That’s great! I had a subscription to the Ring for years. I always liked KO better. The articles, the layout, the features.
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Sorry but I wasted your time. I have nothing that can help you with the 1980s. I guess other than that one mag I wasn't hanging on to them in the 80s.Brian Seneca wrote: ↑10 Jun 2019, 07:46 I appreciate it. I will look at your letter. That’s great! I had a subscription to the Ring for years. I always liked KO better. The articles, the layout, the features.
I looked through what I got and from 1994 to 2000 I have almost everyone and then a depleted collection starting in 1990 through 1993. I have no love for them so if you need anything from that time period let me know.
I guess it is my Ring Magazines that go back into the '80s. I will have to go pull those boxes out.
I have around 25 issues of Boxing Illustrated, also Boxing's '94 and World Boxing.
I liked the articles in KO better myself, I remember there was an editor named "Jeff ?.?.?" who wasn't an idiot and I enjoyed reading his stuff. Plus Ring never published any of my letters.
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I LOVED KO in the 1980s. It was the first magazine I ever bought. Starling, Honeyghan, Hagler, Leonard - those were the days. I didn’t keep any though.
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Brian Seneca
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Re: Want to buy 1980’s ko magazines
You didn’t waste my time. I appreciate you trying to help me. Jeff Ryan is who you are thinking about. I liked his column as well. Thanks againAPerno wrote: ↑10 Jun 2019, 12:23 Sorry but I wasted your time. I have nothing that can help you with the 1980s. I guess other than that one mag I wasn't hanging on to them in the 80s.
I looked through what I got and from 1994 to 2000 I have almost everyone and then a depleted collection starting in 1990 through 1993. I have no love for them so if you need anything from that time period let me know.
I guess it is my Ring Magazines that go back into the '80s. I will have to go pull those boxes out.
I have around 25 issues of Boxing Illustrated, also Boxing's '94 and World Boxing.
I liked the articles in KO better myself, I remember there was an editor named "Jeff ?.?.?" who wasn't an idiot and I enjoyed reading his stuff. Plus Ring never published any of my letters.![]()
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I have every KO magazine from Hagler-Hearns to the mid 90s
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I've got a lot of duplicate copies of The Ring and need quite a few issues if anyone fancies trading....
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Brian Seneca
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Re: Want to buy 1980’s ko magazines
Hi Brian
I think they are mostly in my mom's loft. I go down there in the summer and can dig them out.
I think they are mostly in my mom's loft. I go down there in the summer and can dig them out.
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Brian Seneca
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Re: Want to buy 1980’s ko magazines
Cool. Thank you very much. Now with forums like this you can find fighters records. Back then KO was the only way I knew of to find records via centerfold. I amassed a fairly large fight collection, unfortunately VHS. So many tapes that I don’t have the energy to transfer to DVD. With YouTube you can watch them all now and some I never could find. Having KO I could see what fights I had and didn’t.