Hank Kaplan's Boxing Digest: October 1979

Cover: Bruce Curry & Thomas Hearns

• This is the first magazine issue; prior issues were newspapers.
• Prospect of the Month: John Carter
• Articles include: Roberto Duran...Latin Ambassador of Macho, Tommy Hearns...Bound for Greatness, Sonny Liston...The Man, The Myth and the Mystery Part 1, Emile Griffith...A World Champion Again!, Eusebio Pedroza Retires Ruben Olivares, Edgar Ross Retires at Peak, The Death of Barbados Joe Walcott, Sean O'Grady Ends Layoff, Jack Dempsey Honored in New Jersey, The Reincarnation...Is Sugar Ray Leonard the next Muhammad Ali, and Let's Drop Back to "The Fifties"...With Chico Vejar