The Ring Magazine - The Bible of Boxing, June 2026 • Volume 103, No. 6
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74 IN LIMBO, QAZAQ STYLE
JANIBEK ALIMKHANULY WAS POISED TO BE THE NEXT BIG MIDDLEWEIGHT, BUT A DRUG TEST POPPED THE BUBBLE AND LEFT HIS FUTURE UNCLEAR By Steve Kim 80 ALL IN ONE INTERNATIONAL BOXING HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE RUSS ANBER HAS LEFT HIS MARK ON JUST ABOUT EVERY FACET OF THE SWEET SCIENCE By Adam Abramowitz 88 A TREASURE TROVE FROM MANILA THE THRILLA IS BACK IN NEWLY UNEARTHED PHOTOS OF MUHAMMAD ALI AND JOE FRAZIER’S MOST BRUTAL ENCOUNTER Photographs by Lowell Riley, Text by Thomas Hauser
The Hall Of Fame Class Of 2026 56 BIG DRAMA SHOW GENNADIY GOLOVKIN’S HALL OF FAME INDUCTION HAS BEEN CALLED TOO GENEROUS BY SOME, BUT CRITICS ARE MISSING THE LARGER PICTURE By Don Stradley 62 INTO THE LIGHT WITH HIS CALL TO THE HALL, “DARK DESTROYER” NIGEL BENN IS FINALLY BEING RECOGNIZED FOR HIS SENSATIONAL CAREER By Tom Gray 68 IT MUST BE MAGIC ANTONIO TARVER IS KNOWN FOR TOPPLING ROY JONES JR., BUT THERE WAS SO MUCH MORE
34 GUTS FOR GLORY XANDER ZAYAS VS. JARON “BOOTS” ENNIS IS THE RARE MATCHUP OF PRIME, UNDEFEATED FIGHTERS VYING FOR DIVISION SUPREMACY By Corey Erdman 40 USURPERS’ ROW TYSON FURY VS. ANTHONY JOSHUA MAY BE CLOSE, BUT PLENTY OF OTHER HEAVYWEIGHTS WANT TO KICK “THE GYPSY KING” OFF HIS THRONE By Gareth A Davies 50 FIGHTER BY NECESSITY, CHAMPION BY DESIRE EMANUEL NAVARRETE TOOK A LONG, LOW-PAYING ROAD TO SUCCESS AND NOW FINDS HIMSELF AMONG THE POUND-FOR-POUND
DEPARTMENTS 4 OPENING SHOTS
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 46 HOW TO WATCH BOXING By Adam Abramowitz 84 FIGHT OF FANTASY By Anson Wainwright 86 THE FIGHT DOCTOR By Dr. Margaret Goodman 92 COMMISSIONER’S CORNER By Randy Gordon 94 FINISHING SHOTS 96 FIGHTLINE
TO THE FORMER LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP By Michael Rosenthal
BEST IN BOXING By Ernesto Amador
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