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Boxing News
Posted: 10 Apr 2004, 10:09
by daniel son
Did anyone get theirs this week?
I didn't the newsagent says it's because of Easter holiday but i never saw anything saying it wouldn't be out.
Re: Boxing News
Posted: 10 Apr 2004, 10:11
by KOJOE90
daniel son wrote:Did anyone get theirs this week?
I didn't the newsagent says it's because of Easter holiday but i never saw anything saying it wouldn't be out.
I subscribe and it arrived through my letterbox this morning.
Posted: 10 Apr 2004, 10:17
by daniel son
Cheers.
Posted: 10 Apr 2004, 10:25
by bennie
Boxing News has never missed a week since it was founded in 1909.
Posted: 10 Apr 2004, 10:28
by KOJOE90
bennie wrote:Boxing News has never missed a week since it was founded in 1909.
That's a great record from a great publication, although it sounds like the printers and distributers need a slapping from time to time.
Posted: 10 Apr 2004, 10:30
by daniel son
bennie wrote:Boxing News has never missed a week since it was founded in 1909.
Must be my newsagent or supplier then.
Almost 100 years and not missed once. That's some record.
Posted: 10 Apr 2004, 12:09
by kevin
I don't think the produced weekly through the war years though..
Posted: 10 Apr 2004, 14:37
by stujones
Is BN the oldest boxing mag in the world?
Posted: 10 Apr 2004, 14:39
by kevin
Longest running that is for sure. Mirror of Life was before it, Ring started in 1928 I think
kev
Posted: 10 Apr 2004, 17:27
by tonyevs
My BN has quite a few times not arrived until the saturday.
Posted: 10 Apr 2004, 18:01
by REAL_DEAL
how many copies does BN sell around the world each week?
Posted: 10 Apr 2004, 18:03
by bennie
REAL_DEAL wrote:how many copies does BN sell around the world each week?
Around 35,000 I believe.
Posted: 11 Apr 2004, 01:46
by Deserter
REAL_DEAL wrote:how many copies does BN sell around the world each week?
I get it delivered to my doorstep in Dubai. Only gets here on the Tuesday or Wednesday so all the weekend previews are out of date for me, but it's still indispensable (despite my reservations about the editor!).
Posted: 11 Apr 2004, 09:32
by kevo
bennie wrote:Boxing News has never missed a week since it was founded in 1909.
Don't want to sound like a smartarse or nothing, but they don't put out an edition on Christmas week (well, they didn't this year anyway)
Posted: 11 Apr 2004, 09:43
by Southpaw Stylist
He means that there has been an edition every week unless stated. The Xmas edition was clearly presented as a two week edition.
Posted: 11 Apr 2004, 09:43
by kevin
Always a double issue at Xmas, give them some days off!
Kev
Posted: 11 Apr 2004, 09:43
by Southpaw Stylist
Southpaw Stylist wrote:He means that there has been an edition every week unless stated. The Xmas edition was clearly presented as a two week edition.
Posted: 11 Apr 2004, 09:45
by kevo
Southpaw Stylist wrote:He means that there has been an edition every week unless stated. The Xmas edition was clearly presented as a two week edition.
Righto, just wanted to clear that up.
Posted: 11 Apr 2004, 09:46
by bennie
Is there anything, you, as readers, feel is missing from BN?
Posted: 11 Apr 2004, 09:50
by kevo
Regular British ratings. I don't trust the Boxing Monthly ratings, some of their world ratings are a bit dodgy as well.
Posted: 11 Apr 2004, 10:04
by Deserter
bennie wrote:Is there anything, you, as readers, feel is missing from BN?
Bennie, I feel one massive ommission is the lack of post-fight interviews with the fighters/trainers concerned. Every reader is surely fascinated to hear 'from the horse's mouth', and this works well on TV already. the BN guys surely have access to these people yet in my opinion don't exploit this to the maximum (for journalistic purposes).
Conversely, the round-by-round breakdown can become tedious, with the "in round four x hit y with a big right hand, but y hit back later with a good hook" format dragging on occasion.
The recently introduced snippets of gossip from the venue work well though.
Posted: 11 Apr 2004, 11:41
by KOJOE90
bennie wrote:Is there anything, you, as readers, feel is missing from BN?
More competitions maybe?
Posted: 11 Apr 2004, 12:03
by Southpaw Stylist
bennie wrote:Is there anything, you, as readers, feel is missing from BN?
All pro and amateur ratings should stay in the magazine like Boxing Monthly. I mean god knows when the last world ratings (amateur) were published. These things mean something to some ppl.
Posted: 12 Apr 2004, 07:00
by Alex
bennie wrote:Is there anything, you, as readers, feel is missing from BN?
Features on British fighters of yesteryear (going further back than the 60s and 70s).
Posted: 12 Apr 2004, 07:02
by kevin
I agree it would be good to see ratings appear more often, including European and Commonwealth too
Kev