Ring if Officially Dead With Latest Move

[OctoberRed]

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."

[Madison Boxing]

ring magazines been a joke for a while now. the rousey front cover was the final nail in the coffin

[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.

[Morrie ATG]

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."

So what are you complaining about?

“Based in Los Angeles, Friedman will oversee the editorial staff led by Douglass Fischer which includes a network of boxing expert contributors around the world.”

[Eff Pandas]

Ring's been dead to me for several years now & I was a late to funeral then I think. Welcome to the party doe.

Boxing magazines (or just magazines in general) have been dead to me for a long a$$ time so the conflict of interest with GBP & Ring is just one more problem that particular dead tree publication has with me.

[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.

[youbeight]

ring was dead when they put rousey on the cover.

[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

[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...

[GhostofDempsey]

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.