The Ring Magazine - The Bible Of Boxing, July 2025 • Volume 102, No. 8
Jeddah Historic District - AlBalad
Sindalah, NEOM
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Where two worlds make one
DEPARTMENTS 4 OPENING SHOTS
42 DOUBLEJEOPARDY NAOYA INOUE IS ALREADY DESTINED FOR THE HALL OF FAME, BUT HIS MOST THRILLING CHALLENGES MAY BE YET TO COME By Tom Gray 50 A NEW BRITISH BREW A FUTURE SHOWDOWN BETWEEN ADAM AZIM AND DALTON SMITH COULD HAVE THE INGREDIENTS FOR A PERFECT STORM By Adam Smith 56 LA DOLCE VITA NINO BENVENUTI’S CHARMED CAREER BROUGHT HIM OLYMPIC GOLD, MULTIPLE WORLD TITLES AND THE LOVE OF A NATION By Lee Groves 60 FLOAT LIKE A BEE SOME SEE RICHARD TORREZ JR. AS THE “AMERICAN HOPE” IN THE HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION, BUT HIS MOTIVATIONS ARE MORE PERSONAL By Thomas Gerbasi
66 EYE TO EYE THE PRE-FIGHT STAREDOWN HAS LONG BEEN A FAVORITE TACTIC FOR FIGHTERS LOOKING TO GAIN AN EDGE By Don Stradley 72 THE BOBCAT THE STORY OF LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION BOB MONTGOMERY IS A TOUR THROUGH A GOLDEN AGE IN BOXING By Nigel Collins
9 RINGSIDE By Doug Fischer 15 BERNSTEIN ON BOXING By Al Bernstein 19 STEVE’S SOAP BOX By Steve Kim 22 MY FIRST TIME By Lennox Lewis and Anson Wainwright 26 BY THE NUMBERS By Don Stradley 28 HOW TO WATCH BOXING By Adam Abramowitz 33 RING RATINGS 85 FUNDAMENTALS By Ruth Raper 88 FIGHT DOCTOR By Dr. Margaret Goodman 90 THE FACE OF BOXING By Wojtek Urbanek and Thomas Hauser 92 COMMISSIONER’S CORNER By Randy Gordon 94 FINISHING SHOTS 96 FIGHTLINE
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80 A TRIP TO LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT HELL CELEBRATING THE 45TH
ANNIVERSARY OF MATTHEW SAAD MUHAMMAD VS. YAQUI LOPEZ, THE 1980 FIGHT OF THE YEAR By Randy Gordon
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