Ring Magazine: August 1942

Cover: Tami Mauriello

• Article topics include: Tami Mauriello; photos of Mauriello's fight with Bob Pastor; "Suggest All-Service Boxing Carnivals"; Joe Louis and the freezing of world titles during World War II; "Future Greats in Boxing": Army and Navy contests, the U.S.S. North Carolina championship team (with photo), McClellan Field boxing team (with photo), Camp Blanding team (with photo), and Golden Gloves competitions; photos of Sammy Angott-Allie Stolz; a long Melio Bettina article; boxing in Detroit; Jimmy Hatcher's "Rapid Rise"; The Ring's Honor Roll of those amateur and professional boxers in the armed services, with photos, including those at Camp Upton, Ernie Rios, Pat Valentino, Ernie Collins, Charles (Wheaties) Cartwright, Sammy Richman, Bill Klause, Henry Huerta, and many others; Ruby Goldstein then and now (in the U.S. Army); Eddie Eagan; long stories on the recent passings of manager/promoter Eddie Mead, and boxer Chuck Wiggins; boxers "Making the Grade" (with photos)--including Aaron "Jackie" Byrd of Arkansas, Jimmy Edgar of Detroit, Honey Mellody of Boston, Kid Zefine of Panama, Toughy Gib Jones of Cincinnati, and Pete Kennedy of Elmsford, NY; "New Faces" (with photos of each): Bobby Powell, Shelton Bell, Baby Al Brown of Jamaica, Mel Seratta, Frankie Carto, George Sugar Costner, Gene (Baby Face) Luker, and Jimmy Rankin; "Hitting the Spotlight" (with photos of each): Steve Vaccarelli, Gus Levine, Phil Norman, Jimmy Pierce, Billy Pierce, Jerry Hoffman, Irish Mickey Hayes, Mike Piskin, and Carmine Fatta; "Shadows of the Past" retrospectives of old-timers Brooklyn Jimmy Carroll, Arthur Chambers, and Sam Collyer; and wrestling.
• 1942 Issues