The Ring Magazine - The Bible of Boxing, December 2025 • Volume 102, No. 13
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On the course to inspire the future of golf DRIVING IMPACT
DEPARTMENTS 6 OPENING SHOTS 11 COME OUT WRITING 15 RINGSIDE By Doug Fischer 21 STEVE’S SOAPBOX By Steve Kim 24 BY THE NUMBERS By Don Stradley 27 RING RATINGS 36 IN MEMORIAM: THOMAS GERBASI By Joseph Santoliquito 54 PROSPECT WATCH By Daisuke Sugiura 86 COLLECTOR’S SHOWCASE By Dan Rafael 88 THE FIGHT DOCTOR By Dr. Margaret Goodman 90 A SLICE OF BOXING By Thomas Hauser 92 COMMISSIONER’S CORNER By Randy Gordon 94 FINISHING SHOTS 96 FIGHTLINE
40 TAKING ON THE WORLD WITH ITS TALENT POOL AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH AND A BLOCKBUSTER RIVALRY ON THE HORIZON, JAPAN WILL BE THE STAR AT RING V IN RIYADH By Corey Erdman 46 CHAMPION OF THE LENS NAOKI FUKUDA IS BOTH A MASTER OF HIS CRAFT AND A LIFELONG FAN OF THE SPORT HE PHOTOGRAPHS By Tom Gray 58 THE COMEBACK KID WITH MAX KELLERMAN BACK IN THE BROADCASTER SEAT WITH INSIDE THE RING , BOXING HAS REGAINED ONE OF ITS MOST ENTHUSIASTIC VOICES By Joseph Santoliquito 64 CRUISER CONTROL AUSTRALIAN STAR JAI OPETAIA IS THE WORLD’S LEADING 200-POUNDER, BUT SECURING UNIFICATION BOUTS CONTINUES TO BE A SOURCE OF REAL FRUSTRATION By Michael Rosenthal
70 GAMECHANGER A NEW BIPARTISAN BILL AIMS TO REFORM THE BUSINESS OF PROFESSIONAL BOXING AND CLEAN UP A TARNISHED SPORT – WILL IT WORK? By Mike Silver 76 FROM THE ARCHIVE MIKE TYSON: THE LEGACY OF CUS D’AMATO By Nigel Collins 82 NEVER SO SWEET SUGAR RAY ROBINSON’S THIRD FIGHT AGAINST BOBO OLSON IS AN ENDURING TESTAMENT TO THE GREATNESS OF BOXING’S MOST HALLOWED HERO By Don Stradley
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A perfect straight right meets perfect timing in Naoki Fukuda’s photograph from Jorge Linares’ victory over Al Toyogon in 2019.
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Cover illustration by Wolfgang Escalante
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