Ring if Officially Dead With Latest Move

I just canceled my subscription. If it couldn't get any worse, saw this posted on a Facebook group and confirmed on Ring's site. They hired the guy who is De La Hoya's "public relations adviser" to run the magazine. Business executive and former journalist Stefan Friedman, a longtime advisor to RING Magazine proprietor and boxing legend Oscar De La Hoya, will become the next publisher of the venerable boxing publication effective immediately, the Hall of Fame fighter announced today. Friedman, a native of New York, will be tasked with shepherding THE RING, known as the Bible of Boxing since 1922, into new territory in relation to strategic partnerships and advances in the digital space. "I have every confidence that Stefan will be a great steward of the Ring Magazine and lead the publication and its dedicated staff into a new era that will benefit the fans, readers and the sport overall," said De La Hoya. "I remember the day I purchased RING Magazine as it was a moment I would have never thought possible as a young kid growing up in East Los Angeles. I still have the same love and respect for the magazine and its writers today as I did back then, and I trust that Stefan will make the best decisions for the publication and be successful leading THE RING into this next chapter in its history."

Comments (11)

NC_Uppercut

I'm surprised print boxing magazines are still in publication. The "news" in those magazines is outdated before it even hits the shelf. I do enjoy reading some of Ring's online articles, especially "The Best I've Faced" interviews, and I typically enjoy Dougie's Mailbags. Not a fan of their discussion forum format. Me too. Plus a different comment view. The only problem I have is every time ring tv is saved as a favorite, the site moves. Damn ring tv lol

8y ago

New_England

ring deteriorated for a while prior to being bought by GBP. they were hemorrhaging subs. people started looking at quicker news sources, IE the internet, twitter, etc. i used to read ring basically cover to cover when i was a youngster. it was the very best publication out there. i still ahve several ring magazines saved from fights i went to, fights i cared about, etc. used to mow lawns to get the money to afford my sub. helped me follow the sport when i was growing up and my parents couldn't afford cable or HBO. funny story, my dad bought one ppv in all of my childhood and it was tyson vs mcneely. fight was over in less than a round. mcneely was as overmatched as anybody i have ever seen on PPV. he was hurt with literally the first punch that landed. he was irish and from boston and it was a big deal around here. big is an understatement, it was one of the biggest sporting events of the decade in the lead up. i tried to tell my poor dad that mcneely had no shot, but the guy bought the ppv anyway :rofl:. then everybody tried to act like they knew mcneely was a sham and had no shot. uhh, the third grader told you that before the fight, and you tried to convince him tyson was ripe for the taking.

8y ago

paulf

I forgot to renew my sub last year and after they named Dougie editor of the whole thing, that was it for me. Dude is a spiteful, negative troll fanboy with some completely outlandish views. It's one thing for posters on NSB to be like that, but the editor of the ****ing Ring???? Ernest Hemingways go-to magazine??? Nope. If they get a new editor down the line I'll think about subscribing again, but as long as Dougies in charge I'll pass.

8y ago

Bigg_Rigg

Ring been a joke since they put Ronda on the cover. And this is coming from an mma head. That was disrespectful.

8y ago

HanzGruber

you hung on longer than most, ring is lame

8y ago

GhostofDempsey

8y ago

LADIV

The end of Ring as a credible, believable boxing magazine ended when Oscar the promoter purchased the magazine so he could use it as a tool to do his bidding.oscar is one smart mofo...

8y ago

mrgreb

The end of Ring as a credible, believable boxing magazine ended when Oscar the promoter purchased the magazine so he could use it as a tool to do his bidding. Todays more savvy promoter buys social media accounts with large audiences and uses them to do their bidding

8y ago

youbeight

ring was dead when they put rousey on the cover.

8y ago

boliodogs

The end of Ring as a credible, believable boxing magazine ended when Oscar the promoter purchased the magazine so he could use it as a tool to do his bidding.

8y ago

chrisJS

I remember the day I purchased RING Magazine as it was a moment I would have never thought possible as a young kid growing up in East Los Angeles. Makes East LA sound like it's some remote place with nothing there. Granted it's not Beverly Hills, but it ain't Baghdad either.

8y ago