Ring Terminates Print Mag

[QueensburyRules]

- - After more than 100 years, History goes Kaputsky!

| Ring Magazine |

R.I.P.

[Ivich]

- - After more than 100 years, History goes Kaputsky!

| Ring Magazine |

R.I.P.

They put the UK edition up to an exorbitant price so I stopped my subscription .**** Them!

[Tatabanya]

I lost my interest in The Ring after De La Hoya bought it and fired all the reporters who were not kissing his ass.

[QueensburyRules]

I lost my interest in The Ring after De La Hoya bought it and fired all the reporters who were not kissing his ass.

- - Not an Oscar fan these days, but Ring circling the drain since Nat passed in the 70s went through, what, a dozen owners who ran it into the ground until Oscar bought it.

It may yet cease to exist since Oscar lost his last money fighter in Canelo as his empire in a slow crumble, so don't be holding your breath.

[crold1]

- - Not an Oscar fan these days, but Ring circling the drain since Nat passed in the 70s went through, what, a dozen owners who ran it into the ground until Oscar bought it.

It may yet cease to exist since Oscar lost his last money fighter in Canelo as his empire in a slow crumble, so don't be holding your breath.

Actually remarkable they made it this long. They were DEAD in 1989 and Weston saved them. All good things…

[Willow The Wisp]

This should not come as a surprise to anyone. All print magazines are already gone or well on the way out, with few exceptions. The same is true of print newspaper, cigars and testosterone. The magazine was always exceptional except for a couple of short transitional periods, and was always the brain center of boxing over the past 100 years. Today we read electronically, and even schoolbooks and libraries are on borrowed time. Somebody here supposed that the Magazine was "circling the drain since Nat passed in the 70s", but (naturally), that's perfectly inaccurate. After Nat's death in 1972, the Nat Loubet, Burt Sugar, Nigel Collins and Steve Farhood eras produced some of the best issues ever, and for a time it was published in English, Spanish, Japanese and French.

[Rosco3387]

This should not come as a surprise to anyone. All print magazines are already gone or well on the way out, with few exceptions. The same is true of print newspaper, cigars and testosterone. The magazine was always exceptional except for a couple of short transitional periods, and was always the brain center of boxing over the past 100 years. Today we read electronically, and even schoolbooks and libraries are on borrowed time. Somebody here supposed that the Magazine was "circling the drain since Nat passed in the 70s", but (naturally), that's perfectly inaccurate. After Nat's death in 1972, the Nat Loubet, Burt Sugar, Nigel Collins and Steve Farhood eras produced some of the best issues ever, and for a time it was published in English, Spanish, Japanese and French.

They become dated... I can say this as an author. I wrote many articles for Black Belt Magazine, which was and probably is, the most widely circulated and read martial arts magazine in the world. But with the media today and all, its really dated. its the treatment of subjects, but also the fact that they compete with multimedia like Youtube, etc.

I can go on Youtube right now and find gifted presenters... and books are, and remain, a much more complete treatment of any subject. Print media just has gotten dated.

[GhostofDempsey]

Most print mags are not much more than rags loaded with advertisements. Ring stopped printing interesting articles long ago. The rankings and results were outdated and can’t possibly keep up with the internet sites.

[markusmod]

They put the UK edition up to an exorbitant price so I stopped my subscription .**** Them!

That was the problem in the states. It was so expensive that someone would have to be nuts to buy it, when you can read the same writers for free on the net.

[QueensburyRules]

That was the problem in the states. It was so expensive that someone would have to be nuts to buy it, when you can read the same writers for free on the net.

- - Started with a paid subscription to access ABC articles on their website. Dropped that requirement, but still needed a subscription to view the monthly issue. Did they stop that?