The Ring Magazine - The Bible of Boxing, January 2026 • Volume 103, No. 1
66 ALL-OUT WAR NO FEELING-OUT PROCESS, NO TACTICAL APPROACH – GEORGE FOREMAN VS. RON LYLE WAS ALL ABOUT DOING DAMAGE By Tom Gray 72 HELLRAISER BATTLING SIKI WAS KNOWN AS A TROUBLEMAKER AND PROVOCATEUR – POSSIBLY TO THE POINT OF GETTING HIM KILLED By Don Stradley DEPARTMENTS 4 OPENING SHOTS 7 RINGSIDE By Doug Fischer 14 BERNSTEIN ON BOXING By Al Bernstein 17 STEVE’S SOAPBOX By Steve Kim 20 BY THE NUMBERS By Don Stradley 23 RING RATINGS 54 PROSPECT WATCH By Michael Rosenthal 76 PROMOTER SNAPSHOT By Adam Abramowitz 80 REMEMBERING ALEX WALLAU By Jim Lampley
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32 QUARTER MASTERS RANKING THE TOP POUND-FOR- POUND FIGHTERS OF THE 21ST CENTURY (SO FAR) By Brian Harty 46 WINNER IN PLAIN SIGHT HARD-HITTING ENGLISHMAN FABIO WARDLEY IS NOW POISED FOR HIS GREATEST-EVER CHALLENGE – AND WE’VE LEARNED TO NOT WRITE HIM OFF By Dom Farrell
56 JUNIOR MIDDLE GROUND A POTENTIALLY ERA-DEFINING FIGHT BETWEEN JARON ENNIS AND VERGIL ORTIZ JR. IS NEARING IGNITION IN THE 154-POUND DIVISION By Corey Erdman 62 SWEET SUCCESS WHEN OPPORTUNITY CALLED, CHERNEKA JOHNSON ANSWERED IN SPECTACULAR FASHION, ENSURING BIGGER NIGHTS TO COME By Anthony Cocks
82 FIGHT OF FANTASY By Anson Wainwright 84 COLLECTOR’S SHOWCASE By Dan Rafael 86 THE FIGHT DOCTOR By Dr. Margaret Goodman 89 A SLICE OF BOXING By Thomas Hauser 92 COMMISSIONER’S CORNER By Randy Gordon 94 FINISHING SHOTS 96 FIGHTLINE
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