The Ring Magazine - The Bible of Boxing, April 2026 • Volume 103, No. 4
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DEPARTMENTS 6 OPENING SHOTS
34 BOXING’S BIG NIGHT THE RING MAGAZINE 2025 YEAR-END AWARDS GALA BROUGHT THE BEST OF THE BEST TOGETHER By The Ring Staff 40 ALL IN TYSON FURY IS PUTTING HIS LEGACY ON THE LINE TO LAUNCH ONE MORE COMEBACK – HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP OR BUST By Cormac O’Donnell 46 THE GLORY OF THE GARDEN NO BOXING LOVER’S LIFE IS COMPLETE WITHOUT A PILGRIMAGE TO THE SPORT’S MOST FAMOUS VENUE By Tom Gray 52 BULK IS BEAUTIFUL DAVID BENAVIDEZ WILL BE A FIRST- TIME CRUISERWEIGHT AGAINST GILBERTO RAMIREZ, BUT THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD THING By Michael Rosenthal
62 HEAD TO HEAD: INOUE VS. NAKATANI THIS MATCHUP OF ELITE BOXER-PUNCHERS HAS ALL THE INGREDIENTS FOR A FIGHT TO REMEMBER By Adam Abramowitz 68 PATH OF AN ICON HIDEYUKI OHASHI DISCUSSES HIS JOURNEY FROM NATIONAL HERO IN THE RING TO MONSTER PROMOTER OUTSIDE OF IT By Daisuke Sugiura 74 A BAD GOOD FIGHT EMILE GRIFFITH VS. DICK TIGER SHOULD’VE BEEN A CLASSIC, BUT IT PROVIDED A FLASHPOINT FOR CRITICISM INSTEAD By Don Stradley
11 RINGSIDE By Doug Fischer 16 BERNSTEIN ON BOXING By Al Bernstein 19 STEVE’S SOAPBOX By Steve Kim 22 BY THE NUMBERS By Don Stradley 25 RING RATINGS 58 PROSPECT WATCH: CURMEL MOTON By Manouk Akopyan 80 BOOK EXCERPT By Mike Silver 84 COLLECTOR’S SHOWCASE By Dan Rafael 86 FIGHT OF FANTASY By Anson Wainwright 88 A SLICE OF BOXING By Thomas Hauser 90 COMMISSIONER’S CORNER By Randy Gordon 92 THE FIGHT DOCTOR
The Ring Awards Gala was a gold mine for photo ops, including a fashion- forward encounter between Canelo Alvarez and Oleksandr Usyk.
By Dr. Margaret Goodman 94 FINISHING SHOTS 96 FIGHTLINE
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