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== Creation of ''The Ring'' Magazine ==
''The Ring'' is the oldest existing sports publication in the United States. It was founded in 1922 by [[Nat Fleischer]], with help from promoter [[Tex Rickard]] and partners [[Ike Dorgan]], [[Madison Square Garden]] secretary-treasurer [[Frank Coultry]], and [[I. C. Brenner]] of ''Golfers Magazine''. The latter two partners left within six months of ''The Ring'''s debut, while Dorgan remained until his retirement in 1930. Rickard, the "silent financier," died in January 1929.

The first issue, dated [[Ring Magazine: February 1922|February 15, 1922]], was 24 pages and cost 20 cents. The cover proclaimed the publication to be "The World's Foremost Boxing Magazine." It later proclaimed itself "The World's Official Boxing Magazine." Since the [[Ring Magazine: June 1972|June 1972]] issue, ''The Ring'' has called itself "The Bible of Boxing."

Fleischer died in 1972. His last issue as editor and publisher was [[Ring Magazine: September 1972|September 1972]]. The [[:File:72Oct.jpg|October 1972]] issue saw [[Nat Loubet]], Fleischer's son-in-law, take over those responsibilities, which he held for the next seven years. [[Bert Sugar]] became editor and publisher with the [[:File:79Oct.jpg|October 1979]] issue and continued until the [[:File:83Feb.jpg|February 1984]] issue. After Sugar's departure, the editor and publisher duties were separated. Later editors-in-chief included [[Randy Gordon]] (February 1984 - December 1984), [[Nigel Collins]] (January 1985 - May 1989, Holiday issue 1997 - 2011), [[Steve Farhood]] (January 1990 - December 1997) and Michael Rosenthal (2011 - Present). Later publishers included [[Denis Blanck]] (March 1984 - August 1988), [[Don Hanrahan]] (September 1988 - May 1989), [[Stanley Weston]] (January 1990 - October 2002), and [[Stuart M. Saks]] (November 2002 - 2009).

''The Ring'' has had five owners throughout its history: Nat Fleischer and family, Dave DeBusschere and Nick Kladis, Stanley Weston, Nick Karabots, and [[Oscar De La Hoya]]. In September 2007, ''The Ring'' and its sister publications—''[[World Boxing]]'', ''[[KO Magazine]]'', and ''[[Boxing 2005]]''—were sold by the Kappa Publishing Group to De La Hoya's [[Golden Boy Enterprises]].

Read an expanded history of the magazine [http://ringtv.craveonline.com/blog/119823-the-history-of-a-boxing-institution here].

== ''The Ring'' Magazine Issues ==
[[file:22Feb.jpg|100px|Feb 1922 debut issue, with Tex Rickard & Lord Lonsdale]]
[[file:32Aug.jpg|100px|Aug 1932 cover]]
[[File:43Sep.jpg|95px|Sept 1943 cover, with Sugar Ray Robinson]]
[[file:51Jan.jpg|100px|Jan 1951 cover]]
[[file:64Apr.jpg|100px|April 1964 cover, with Muhammad Ali]]
[[file:73Jan.jpg|100px|Jan 1973 cover, with George Foreman]]
[[file:87May.jpg|100px|May 1987 cover, with Mike Tyson]]
[[file:95Sep.jpg|100px|Sept 1995 cover, with Oscar De La Hoya]]
[[File:RING.Extra.2005.jpg|98px|Extra 2005 cover, with 'The Contender']]
[[File:TR201505.jpeg|100px|May 2015 cover, with Floyd Mayweather Jr. & Manny Pacquiao]]
[[File:TR201907.jpg|100px|Current Cover]] 
The ''Table of Contents'' is provided for issues marked by an asterisk* 
'''1920s:'''
[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1922|1922]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1923|1923]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1924|1924]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1925|1925]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1926|1926]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1927|1927]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1928|1928]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1929|1929]]| 
'''1930s:'''
[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1930|1930]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1931|1931]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1932|1932]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1933|1933]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1934|1934]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1935|1935]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1936|1936]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1937|1937]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1938|1938]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1939|1939]]| 
'''1940s:'''
[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1940|1940]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1941|1941]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1942|1942]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1943|1943]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1944|1944]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1945|1945]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1946|1946]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1947|1947]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1948|1948]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1949|1949]]| 
'''1950s:'''
[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1950|1950]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1951|1951]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1952|1952]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1953|1953]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1954|1954]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1955|1955]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1956|1956]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1957|1957]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1958|1958]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1959|1959]]| 
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[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1960|1960]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1961|1961]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1962|1962]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1963|1963]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1964|1964]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1965|1965]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1966|1966]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1967|1967]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1968|1968]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1969|1969]]| 
'''1970s:'''
[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1970|1970]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1971|1971]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1972|1972]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1973|1973]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1974|1974]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1975|1975]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1976|1976]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1977|1977]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1978|1978]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1979|1979]]| 
'''1980s:'''
[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1980|1980]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1981|1981]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1982|1982]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1983|1983]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1984|1984]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1985|1985]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1986|1986]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1987|1987]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1988|1988]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1989|1989]]| 
'''1990s:'''
[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1990|1990]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1991|1991]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1992|1992]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1993|1993]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1994|1994]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1995|1995]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1996|1996]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1997|1997]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1998|1998]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 1999|1999]]| 
'''2000s:'''
[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 2000|2000]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 2001|2001]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 2002|2002]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 2003|2003]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 2004|2004]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 2005|2005]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 2006|2006]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 2007|2007]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 2008|2008]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 2009|2009]]| 
'''2010s:'''
[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 2010|2010]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 2011|2011]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 2012|2012]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 2013|2013]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 2014|2014]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 2015|2015]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 2016|2016]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 2017|2017]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 2018|2018]]|[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 2019|2019]]| 
'''2020s:'''
[[The Ring Magazine Covers: 2020|2020]]|

'''Annuals & Special Issues:'''
* [[The Ring Magazine Annuals and Yearbooks]]
* [[The Ring Magazine Special Issues]]

==''The Ring'' Magazine Awards==
*[[Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year]] (1928 - present)
*[[Ring Magazine Fight of the Year]] (1945 - present)
*[[Ring Magazine Round of the Year]] (1945 - present)
*[[Ring Magazine Upset of the Year]] (1980 - present)
*[[Ring Magazine Comeback of the Year]] (1980 - present)
*[[Ring Magazine Knockout of the Year]] (1989 - present)
*[[Ring Magazine Event of the Year]] (1993 - present)
*[[Ring Magazine Trainer of the Year]] (2011 - present)
*[[Ring Magazine Most Inspirational]] (2011 - present)
*[[Ring Magazine Defunct Awards]]

==''The Ring'' Magazine Hall of Fame==
*[[Ring Magazine's Boxing Hall of Fame|Alphabetical]] | [[Ring Magazine's Boxing Hall of Fame - Alpha|Alphabetical by Category Elected]]
* [[Ring Magazine's Boxing Hall of Fame - By Class|Induction Year]] | [[Ring Magazine's Boxing Hall of Fame - By Year|Induction Year by Category Elected]]

==''The Ring'' Magazine Ratings==
* [[The Ring Magazine's Annual Ratings]]: By Division or by Year

== Lists Compiled by ''The Ring'' Magazine ==
*1996 - [[The Top 50 Fighters of the Last 50 Years]]
*1996 - [[The 100 Greatest Title Fights of All-Time]]
*2002 - [[The 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years]]
*2003 - [[The 100 Greatest Punchers of All-Time!]]
*[[The Ring 100 : Ranking the World's Best Fighters]]
*[[Division-By-Division - The Greatest Fighters of All-Time]]
*[[The Ring Magazine - Miscellaneous Lists]]

==''The Ring'' Magazine's Championships==
[[File:Ringmagazinebelts.jpg|thumb|''The Ring'' Championship Belt]]
''The Ring'' began awarding championship belts in 1922. The very first ''Ring'' belt was given to [[World Heavyweight Champion]] [[Jack Dempsey]] shortly after the launch of the magazine.

Inspired by Walter Camp's annual All-America football team, [[Nat Fleischer]] pioneered the concept of boxing rankings and published the very first of its kind in the [[Ring Magazine: February 1925|February 1925]] issue of ''The Ring''.

''The Ring'' stopped awarding championships when Steve Farhood became editor-in-chief with the [[Ring Magazine: January 1990|January 1990]] issue. In 2002, ''The Ring'' once again started to award championship belts. Their new Championship Policy was presented in the [[:Ring Magazine: April 2002|April 2002]] issue.

From 2002 to 2012, there were two ways a title vacancy could be filled: A fight between the magazine's No. 1 and No. 2 contenders or, in some cases, a fight between the No. 1 and No. 3 contenders.

In 2012, a new policy was announced: If the No. 1 and No. 2 contenders chose not to fight one another, a title vacancy can also be filled if the No. 1 or No. 2 contender fights the No. 4 or No. 5 contender. The new policy was controversial and some members of ''The Ring'' ratings panel resigned. Cliff Rold, one of the members who resigned, wrote, "''The Ring'' making it possible for a number two to face a number five and be declared a World Champion is antithetical to the notion of crowning legitimate, strong Champions."

There are seven situations in which the Champion can lose his belt:

1. The Champion loses a fight in the weight class in which he is champion. 
2. The Champion moves to another weight class. 
3. The Champion does not schedule a fight in any weight class for 18 months. 
4. The Champion does not schedule a fight at his championship weight for 18 months (even if he fights at another weight). 
5. The Champion does not schedule a fight with a Top-5 contender from any weight class for two years. 
6. The Champion retires. 
7. The Champion tests positive for a banned substance.

[[Wikipedia: List of The Ring world champions|List of ''The Ring'' World Champions]]
== Related Pages ==
* [[Ring Record Book]]
* [[Ring Magazine Scandal]]

== Official Site & Contact Information ==
[http://www.ringtv.com/ ''The Ring'''s Official Site]

Twitter: @RingMagazine (https://twitter.com/ringmagazine]

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Phone: 215-643-3087 
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Letters to the Editors: comeoutwriting@yahoo.com 

To Contact the Staff at ''RingTV.com'': 
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|colspan="3"| [[Boxing Digest Issues: 2006 |«« 2006]] | [[Boxing Illustrated | ''Boxing Digest'' HOME]] | [[Boxing Digest Issues: 2008 | 2008 »»]] 
|- align="center"
|'''[[Boxing Digest: January 2007|January]]'''
[[file:BDMag.200701.jpg|thumb|[[Sylvester Stallone]], [[Antonio Tarver]]]]
|'''[[Boxing Digest: February 2007|February]]'''
[[file:BDMag.200702.jpg|thumb|[[Willie Pep]], [[Manny Pacquiao]]]]
|'''[[Boxing Digest: March 2007|March]]'''
[[file:BDMag.200703.jpg|thumb|X]]
|- align="center"
|'''[[Boxing Digest: April 2007|April]]'''
[[file:BDMag.200704.jpg|thumb|X]]
|'''[[Boxing Digest: May/June 2007|May/June]]'''
[[file:BDMag.200705.jpg|thumb|[[Oscar De La Hoya]], [[Floyd Mayweather]]]]
|'''[[Boxing Digest: July 2007|July]]'''
[[file:BDMag.200707.jpg|thumb|[[Oscar De La Hoya]], [[Floyd Mayweather]]]]
|- align="center"
|'''[[Boxing Digest: August 2007|August]]'''
[[file:BDMag.200708.jpg|thumb|[[Ronald (Winky) Wright]], [[Bernard Hopkins]]]]
|'''[[Boxing Digest: September 2007|September]]'''
[[file:BDMag.200709.jpg|thumb|Wladimir Klitschko and others]]
|- align="center"
|'''[[Boxing Digest: October 2007|October]]*'''
[[file:BDMag.200710.jpg|thumb|[[Kelly Pavlik]], [[Jermain Taylor]]]]
|'''[[Boxing Digest: November 2007|November]]'''
[[file:BDMag.200711.jpg|thumb|[[Joe Calzaghe]], [[Mikkel Kessler]], [[Miguel Cotto]], [[Shane Mosley]]]]
|'''[[Boxing Digest: December 2007|December]]'''
[[file:BDMag.200712.jpg|thumb|[[Floyd Mayweather Jr]], [[Ricky Hatton]]]]
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|colspan="3"| [[Boxing Digest Issues: 2006 |«« 2006]] | [[Boxing Illustrated | ''Boxing Digest'' HOME]] | [[Boxing Digest Issues: 2008 | 2008 »»]] 
Asterisk* means that the Table of Contents is available by clicking on the issue link.
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