The Ring Magazine - The Bible of Boxing, May 2026 • Volume 103, No. 5
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64 THE WALK THE PATH FROM THE DRESSING ROOM TO THE RING IS A MENTAL MAZE THAT CAN DEFINE THE FIGHT TO COME By Brin-Jonathan Butler 70 LOVE OF THE GAME FOR TRAINER MANNY ROBLES, GUIDING FIGHTERS TO THEIR GREATEST VICTORIES IS THE ONLY JOB HE HAS EVER WANTED By Steve Kim 74 DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE THE RING’S NEW DIGITAL ARCHIVE HAS GIVEN BOXING FANS MORE THAN 100 YEARS’ WORTH OF STUDY MATERIAL By Cliff Rold 80 MYTHICAL MATCHUP: LISTON VS. TYSON TWO BOMBERS FROM DIFFERENT ERAS MEET TO CROWN THE UNDISPUTED HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION By Ron Lipton DEPARTMENTS 6 OPENING SHOTS 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 48 PROSPECT WATCH: GURGEN HOVHANNISYAN By Manouk Akopyan 88 A SLICE OF BOXING By Thomas Hauser 90 COMMISSIONER’S CORNER By Randy Gordon 92 THE FIGHT DOCTOR
36 MAN OF THE MOMENT RYAN GARCIA REMINDED US HOW GOOD HE IS AGAINST MARIO BARRIOS, BUT WILL THIS VERSION OF “KING RY” STICK? By Don Stradley 42 DUTCH COURAGE FEW BESIDES RICO VERHOEVEN HIMSELF BELIEVE THE KICKBOXING ICON CAN UPSET THE WORLD’S GREATEST HEAVYWEIGHT BOXER By Gareth A Davies
52 NO TRASH TALK REQUIRED NEWLY UNIFIED 154-POUND TITLEHOLDER XANDER ZAYAS IS A REMINDER THAT NICE GUYS CAN STILL KICK ASS
By Joseph Santoliquito 58 CLUB FIGHTERS
FOR BOXERS IN THE U.K., BEING CONNECTED TO A LOCAL SOCCER TEAM CAN SUPPLY A READY-MADE HORDE OF FANS By Dom Farrell
By Dr. Margaret Goodman 94 FINISHING SHOTS 96 FIGHTLINE
In one of our sport’s most memorable ring walks, Floyd Mayweather dressed as Roman centurion for his fight against Carlos Baldomir in 2006.
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