The Ring Magazine - The Bible of Boxing, March 2026 • Volume 103, No. 3
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66 SOCIAL SKILLS BEN WHITTAKER HAS ALREADY GATECRASHED THE GLOBAL BOXING SCENE COURTESY OF A DAZZLING SKILL SET AND A COLOSSAL ONLINE FOLLOWING By Dom Farrell 76 TO A STANDSTILL FORTY YEARS AGO, MARVELOUS MARVIN HAGLER COLLIDED WITH JOHN “THE BEAST” MUGABI IN ALL-OUT WAR FOR THE MIDDLEWEIGHT CROWN By Ron Borges
DEPARTMENTS 8 OPENING SHOTS 11 COME OUT WRITING 13 RINGSIDE By Doug Fischer 18 BERNSTEIN ON BOXING By Al Bernstein 21 STEVE’S SOAPBOX By Steve Kim 24 BY THE NUMBERS By Don Stradley 27 RING RATINGS 36 PROSPECT WATCH: OMARI JONES By Manouk Akopyan 72 PROMOTER SNAPSHOT 84 FUNDAMENTALS By Ruth Raper 86 COLLECTOR’S SHOWCASE By Dan Rafael 88 FIGHT OF FANTASY By Anson Wainwright 90 A SLICE OF BOXING By Thomas Hauser 92 COMMISSIONER’S CORNER By Randy Gordon 94 FINISHING SHOTS 96 FIGHTLINE By Adam Abramowitz 82 INMEMORIAM
40 FIGHTER OF THE YEAR: TERENCE CRAWFORD 2025 WAS A GREAT YEAR FOR A HANDFUL OF FIGHTERS, BUT BOXING WILL REMEMBER WHAT “BUD” ACCOMPLISHED FOR GENERATIONS By David Greisman 46 FEMALE FIGHTER OF THE YEAR: MIZUKI HIRUTA WITH FOUR TITLE DEFENSES AND A NEW RING CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2025, “MIMI” TOOK HER PLACE AMONG BOXING’S BRIGHTEST STARS By Doug Fischer
54 THE WAY OF THE WARRIOR OLEKSANDR USYK HAS NOTHING LEFT TO PROVE AS HE ENTERS THE ENDGAME OF HIS BOXING CAREER, AND YET HE STILL SEARCHES FOR ANY CHALLENGES THAT REMAIN By Michael Rosenthal 60 DON’T CALL IT A COMEBACK TYSON FURY HOPES TO CONTINUE THE LONG TRADITION OF VETERAN CHAMPS RESUMING THEIR CAREERS AFTER BACK-TO-BACK LOSSES TO THE SAME NEMESIS By Don Stradley
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