The Ring Magazine - The Bible of Boxing, September 2026 • Volume 103, No. 9
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28 STILL HUNGRY CANELO ALVAREZ MAY HAVE NOTHING LEFT TO PROVE OR GAIN, BUT HE’S AS FIRED UP AS EVER TO BE A WORLD CHAMPION AGAIN By Steve Kim 36 THE CHOSEN ONE CHRISTIAN MBILLI HAS WALKED A LONG, DIFFICULT ROAD TO REACH THE DOORSTEP OF DESTINY AND THE CHANCE TO BEAT CANELO By Corey Erdman WITH OLEKSANDR USYK’S ENDGAME AT HAND, THE SHUFFLE TO REDEFINE THE HIERARCHY IN BOXING’S TOP DIVISION HAS BEGUN By Michael Rosenthal 50 A DREAM DELAYED 44 DANCE OF THE HEAVYWEIGHTS
RELENTLESS DETERMINATION IN THE FACE OF HEARTBREAK, CONTROVERSY AND DEFEAT FINALLY PAID OFF FOR ANDREW MOLONEY By Anthony Cocks 56 THE MASTER CLASS BERNARD HOPKINS REVISITS HIS DRAMATIC CLASH WITH FELIX TRINIDAD AND DESCRIBES HOW HE TOOK DOWN TITO
DEPARTMENTS 4 OPENING SHOT 7 RINGSIDE By Doug Fischer 12 BERNSTEIN ON BOXING By Al Bernstein
By Adam Abramowitz 66 THE WITNESS
14 STEVE’S SOAPBOX By Steve Kim 16 BY THE NUMBERS By Don Stradley 19 RING RATINGS 62 MY FIRST TIME: MICHAEL NUNN By Doug Fischer 78 FIGHT OF FANTASY By Anson Wainwright 80 BOOK EXCERPT: “JINX” SPINKS By Jack Hirsch 84 FUNDAMENTALS By Tom Gray 86 THE FIGHT DOCTOR By Dr. Margaret Goodman 88 SLICE OF BOXING By Thomas Hauser 90 COMMISSIONER’S CORNER By Randy Gordon 94 FINISHING SHOTS 96 FIGHTLINE
BUDD SCHULBERG’S DRIVE TO PORTRAY THE HUMAN SIDE OF BOXING LED TO SOME OF THE MOST QUOTABLE MOMENTS IN
CINEMATIC HISTORY By Christina Newland 72 SOUTHPAW RESISTANCE
OF THE FIVE FIGHTS MUHAMMAD ALI CONTESTED IN 1966, HIS TOUGHEST CAME AGAINST A DETERMINED GERMAN LEFTY NAMED KARL MILDENBERGER By Don Stradley
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