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Seeing as though we've been having debates about 'Boxing News' and Glynn has his 'Boxing Monthly' up for sale at a very reasonable price of £11M I was wondering why 'the Ring' has taken a bit of flak in a number of posts recently.
I get it every month and admittedly there are some months when it is a lot better than others, this month's is pretty poor, although I suppose all mags have their good and bad issues. It also has to be said that they're currently having a cringeworthy love affair with Manny Pacquiao who has featured massively in the last four or fives issues.
The only negative for me it that it's always about three months behind, which I've never understood in all the years I've bought it. Maybe there is a valid reason for this but I can't really see one to be honest...?
But I'd be genuinely interested in why it gets such a bad press on here?

Was just going to bring up how out of date a lot of it is. Otherwise quite liked it, but one magazine a month is enough for me and haven't bought it for a while.

I hate reading previews of fights that happened a few months ago. It's too expensive and is very Golden Boy orientated imo. I havn't bought it for over two years but I do remember liking a few articles on boxers of the past.

Out of date reports and out of touch, owned by goldie and a dodgy banker!


The 'brown' Ring...end of.

There is little a magazine can offer these days that a website can't.

On the odd time I've bought it, it was out of date and irrelevant despite being the correct month.

It was discussing / reviewing fights 8 weeks earlier and the overall content was just dull, dull, dull.

Old farts reminiscing about some unknown 'contender' from New Jersey in 1930 mixed in with Everlast adverts.

meant to post this here:

i'm going to start subcribing to Ring Magazine, any UK outlets that do it rather than pay x3 times the cost to have it shipped from US?

smcb80 wrote:meant to post this here:

i'm going to start subcribing to Ring Magazine, any UK outlets that do it rather than pay x3 times the cost to have it shipped from US?

WHSmiths sell it, not sure if you can get a subscription.

Scottrf wrote:

smcb80 wrote:meant to post this here:

i'm going to start subcribing to Ring Magazine, any UK outlets that do it rather than pay x3 times the cost to have it shipped from US?

WHSmiths sell it, not sure if you can get a subscription.

Always get mine from WH Smith...never have any problem getting it from there.

milpool wrote:

Scottrf wrote:

smcb80 wrote:meant to post this here:

i'm going to start subcribing to Ring Magazine, any UK outlets that do it rather than pay x3 times the cost to have it shipped from US?

WHSmiths sell it, not sure if you can get a subscription.

Always get mine from WH Smith...never have any problem getting it from there.

What I dont get mate is this..

Why is it so out of date with it's fight reports unlike Boxing Monthly?

Jon Saxon wrote:

milpool wrote:

Scottrf wrote: WHSmiths sell it, not sure if you can get a subscription.

Always get mine from WH Smith...never have any problem getting it from there.

What I dont get mate is this..

Why is it so out of date with it's fight reports unlike Boxing Monthly?

Probably because they take so long publishing and releasing the bloody thing.

Deno1986 wrote:

Jon Saxon wrote:

milpool wrote: Always get mine from WH Smith...never have any problem getting it from there.

What I dont get mate is this..

Why is it so out of date with it's fight reports unlike Boxing Monthly?

Probably because they take so long publishing and releasing the bloody thing.

But its a monthy just like BM, I think thats the main reason i dont buy it anymore.

smcb80 wrote:meant to post this here:

i'm going to start subcribing to Ring Magazine, any UK outlets that do it rather than pay x3 times the cost to have it shipped from US?

you can subscribe to the online version for something like $30 a year. I think they send a link for you to download it every month

BIGMARK wrote:Apart from the Bhop training bit and some great photos i find it quite poor

I agree mate. Ring Magazine Is Rubbish. Adios