The Ring Magazine - The Bible of Boxing, August 2026 • Volume 103, No. 8
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30 THE NONCONFORMIST OF COMBAT NOBODY BELIEVED RICO VERHOEVEN’S BACKGROUND WOULD MEAN MUCH AGAINST OLEKSANDR USYK – NOW MANY SAY RICO DESERVES A REMATCH By Tom Gray 38 DON’T MISS NEIL LEIFER’S PASSION, HARD WORK, ARTIST’S EYE AND A BIT OF LUCK HAVE LED TO SOME OF THE MOST ICONIC PHOTOGRAPHS IN SPORTS HISTORY By Brian Harty 52 THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT NICKNAMES HAVE BEEN AN INTRINSIC PART OF BOXING SINCE THE BEGINNING, BUT ONE MONIKER STANDS ABOVE THEM ALL By Don “Kid” Stradley 58 TALES OF UNCLE BILL BELOVED PUBLICIST BILL CAPLAN WAS MORE THAN A BOXING BUSINESS COLLEAGUE – HE JUST MADE LIFE MORE FUN By Michael Rosenthal 64 DYNAMITE RELIT DANIEL DUBOIS WALKED THROUGH FABIO WARDLEY’S FIRE TO RECLAIM HIS POSITION IN THE HEAVYWEIGHT HUNT By Gareth A Davies 70 THE KING OF L.A. FRANKIE DUARTE NEVER BECAME A WORLD CHAMPION, BUT HE WON THE HEARTS OF TINSELTOWN WITH CINEMATIC FLAIR By Gene Aguilera 74 A BIG DEAL OSCAR COLLAZO IS IN BOXING’S SMALLEST DIVISION, BUT THE STRAWWEIGHT CHAMPION IS FORGING A LEGACY OF HISTORIC PROPORTIONS By Carlos Narváez Rosario 80 CATCHING UP WITH KRONK KRONK BOXING HAS BEEN KNOCKED DOWN A FEW TIMES, BUT THE FUTURE IS LOOKING BRIGHTER THAN EVER FOR THE ICONIC DETROIT BRAND By Michael Montero
That’s the PIF Effect ELEVATING EXPERIENCES
DEPARTMENTS 4 OPENING SHOTS 7 RINGSIDE By Doug Fischer 12 BERNSTEIN ON BOXING By Al Bernstein 15 STEVE’S SOAPBOX By Steve Kim 18 BY THE NUMBERS By Don Stradley 21 RING RATINGS 48 PROMOTER SNAPSHOT By Adam Abramowitz 84 FUNDAMENTALS By Dom Farrell 86 FIGHT OF FANTASY By Anson Wainwright 88 SLICE OF BOXING By Thomas Hauser 90 COMMISSIONER’S CORNER By Randy Gordon 92 THE FIGHT DOCTOR By Dr. Margaret Goodman 94 FINISHING SHOTS 96 FIGHTLINE
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