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1954105007<p> 4to magazine glossy covers illustrated 64 pp. Spine with a little split at the top otherwise covers in very nice shape. Contents with normal browning and aging; overall very good. This issue features Cuban heavyweight Nino Valdes. Valdes had mixed success in the U.S. losing to some top contenders and never earning a shot at the title. Included is an article by Ezzard Charles about an upcoming bout with Rocky Marciano. </p> The Ring Inc., books
1956105077<p>4to magazine glossy covers illustrated 66 pp. Contents complete but missing back cover tape repairs to spine some margin tears minor edgewear normal aging and browning; otherwise good. The main feature article is about the retirement of heavyweight Champ Rocky Marciano. Marciano is the only heavyweight champ that retired undefeated and never lost a professional fight. Other articles cover Marciano’s career. Anither article reports on Italian-American fights Also included as a rebuttal to communist group claims that Negro fighters are exploited. </p> The Ring Inc. books
1956105078<p> 4to magazine glossy covers illustrated 66 pp. Spine partially split some minor edgewear normal aging and browning otherwise very good. Includes a feature article on sports greats Marciano and DiMaggio which suggests they are the top Italian- American sports’ figures. Other articles report on Mexican Fighters and rookie of the year Bobby Murphy. </p> The Ring Inc. books
1950105010<p>4to magazine glossy covers illustrated 64 pp. Covers bright slight spine chip and a little edge foxing but still in really nice condition less usual aging and browning; very good plus. Veteran heavyweight Lee Savold is featured on the cover. He fought losing fights against Joe Louis and Rocky Marciano widely accepted as the best from that era. There is coverage of Jake LaMotta's winning middleweight title fight over Tiberio Mitri. Another article covers Sugar Ray Robinson's problems with the New York Boxing Commission. </p> The Ring Inc., books
1956105070<p>4to magazine glossy covers illustrated 66 pp. Slight darkening to covers but are bright and clean normal aging and browning; otherwise very good plus. This issue includes an article on the film "The Harder They Fall" which is loosely based on the career of Primo Carnera. There are also a couple articles on corruption in boxing and another on boxing on TV. </p> The Ring Inc. books
1956105085<p> 4to magazine glossy covers illustrated 66 pp. Old tape repairs to spine some edgewear and a few chips normal aging and browning; otherwise good. This issue includes a feature article on Floyd Patterson’s rise through the heavyweight ranks and his recent win over Hurricane Jackson. Another article covers the upcoming middleweight bout between Sugar Ray Robinson and Gene Fullmer.</p> The Ring Inc. books
1956105086<p>4to magazine glossy covers illustrated 66 pp. Archival tape repair to spine some minor edgewear covers generally bright and clean letter A on front cover normal aging and browning; otherwise about very good. This issue includes a feature article on how former champ Jack Dempsey feels about current heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano. This issue also incudes an article on the Basilio – Saxton fight and a tribute to Sam Langford the legendary "Negro" fighter from the early days of the 20th century. </p> The Ring Inc. books
1956105076<p>4to magazine glossy covers illustrated 66 pp. Spine small split on bottom slight darkening to covers but still bright and clean normal aging and browning; otherwise very good. This issue contains a feature article on the rumored fixed fight between Jack Johnson and Jess Willard. Many years after the fight Jonson claims he took a dive against Willard and this has been debated for decades. The issue also contains an article on newly elected boxing hall if famers. </p> The Ring Inc. books
1952105008<p> 4to magazine glossy covers illustrated 64 pp. Covers bright only a little darkening on back cover less aging and brown than usual; very good plus. Great issue that includes coverage of the Sugar Ray Robinson and Joey Maxim light heavyweight title match. While ahead on points Robinson was felled by the heat and couldn't answer the bell in the 15th round. There is also an article on up and coming heavyweight Rocky Marciano after he defeated Joe Louis. </p> The Ring Inc., books
104092<p>The Ring. Zale vs. Graziano. August 1948. Vol. XXVII. No. 7. New York: The Ring Inc. December 1952. 4to magazine glossy covers illustrated 64 pp. 4to magazine glossy covers illustrated 64 pp. Covers with some chips and wear at extremities spine in good shape paper fragile a couple of margin tears browning and aging; about very good. The Zale and Graziano cover relates to coverage of the third and final bout between these two fights. Zale regained his middleweight title with a third round knockout of Graziano. All three of their fights were won inside the distance and have to be considered among the most brutal in boxing history. </p> books
1953105080<p>4to magazine glossy covers illustrated 64 pp. Slight edgewear covers bright and clean but some separation of cover from text body normal browning and aging; otherwise very good. Rocky Marciano who recently won the heavyweight crown is named fighter of the year. A few articles report on his ring performances. Other articles report on important fights in 1952. </p> The Ring Inc. books
1949105081<p>4to magazine glossy covers illustrated 64 pp. Archival tape repair to top cover some spine and edgewear some margin tears normal aging and browning; otherwise about very good. A feature article names Ike Williams as fighter of the year and Marcel Cerdan victory over Tong Zale is named fight of the year. Also another article names Rocky Castellani as rookie of the year. </p> The Ring Inc. books
1952104095<p>4to magazine glossy covers illustrated 64 pp. A bit of aging and browning to covers slight edgewear spine solid normal aging and browning; very good. The cover features Kid Gavilan and Billy Graham in a fighting pose. While this cover has sparked some modest controversy since there is no direct story about the featured boxers Gavilan and Graham are the likely fighters. They had already fought three times and would fight for a fourth time three months later in Havana Cuba. Gavilan would hold on to his welterweight title in that match. Another key story was the end of Rocky Graziano's comeback hopes as a result of a loss to Sugar Ray Robinson.</p> The Ring Inc., books
1952104133<p>4to magazine glossy covers illustrated 64 pp. Some darkening to covers center crease normal aging and browning; very good. This issue provides coverage of the recent Walcott and Charles heavyweight championship fight. Also some coverage of rising star Rocky Marciano and talk of another Robinson and Turpin middleweight clash.</p> The Ring Inc., books
1951105011<p> 4to magazine glossy covers illustrated 64 pp. Covers bright and clean slight aging and browning; very good plus. A feature article discusses Joe Louis probable return match with heavyweight champ Ezzard Charles. Louis got back in contention with a knockout of Lou Savold. There is another feature article by Nat Fleischer about Sugar Ray Robinson. Also coverage of a rising star Walter Cartier who had a nice start but didn't have a great record with top contenders. He would eventually become an actor.</p> The Ring Inc., books
1946104096<p>4to magazine glossy covers illustrated 64 pp. Covers with some very slight edgewear spine and covers in nice shape contents with normal aging and browning; very good plus. The cover paves the way for the first Zale and Graziano title bout. However the big news of this issue was the article on the return match between heavyweight champ Joe Louis and Billy Conn. A few years earlier Conn outboxed Louis and was on his way to winning the fight until he got careless and was knocked out in the 13th round. He would do no better in the return engagement and was counted out in round eight. This issue has some good coverage of middleweight and welterweight fights.</p> The Ring Inc., books
1946105061<p> 4to magazine glossy covers illustrated 64 pp. Some minor soiling or darkening to covers but still bright and clean overall normal aging; overall very good plus. Historically important article on the second Louis – Conn return match which ended in a knockout victory for Louis. The return bout was halted for almost five years because of WWII. In their first fight Conn shocked the boxing world by almost defeated the heavily favored Louis.</p> The Ring Inc. books
1948104104<p>4to magazine glossy covers illustrated 64 pp. Some spine and extremity wear but still a very respectable cover contents with normal aging and browning; very good. The cover features Joe Louis and Jersey Joe Walcott which set the stage for a return bout on June 25 1948. After a difficult first fight which many believed Walcott won Louis won by a knockout in the second bout. This issue provides a lot of information on Joe Louis including a detailed account of his ring earnings. Perhaps the significance of this contest was that it would be only the third time in history that two African Americans would fight for the heavyweight title. However boxing’s' color line was not as rigid as some other sports and by the late 1940s there had been several African American world champions. </p> The Ring Inc., books
1952105012<p>4to magazine glossy covers illustrated 64 pp. Covers bright and clean with just a slight bit of edgewear slight aging and browning; very good plus. Unusual Ring issue that features coverage of fighters outside the United States. The cover story features South African Bantamweight Champion Vic Toweel who is shown on the cover. Other articles include coverage of Marciano’s fight with Lee Savold Kid Gavilan's victory over Bobby Dykes and Japanese fighters invade the world of boxing. </p> The Ring Inc., books
1951105066<p>4to magazine glossy covers illustrated 64 pp. Some darkening to cover rear corner fold normal aging and browning; overall very good. For the first half of the last century boxing rivaled baseball as the most popular sport in America. Football and basketball were small potatoes at that time and boxing ws often a close second to baseball. However by the1950s boxing started to decline a bit and according to Nat Fleischer in an article on the subject. The reason was TV which was forcing many of the small boxing clubs out of business as they couldn’t compete with TV. This is a very early article on the subject and historically important to the sport. There are also articles on Joey Maxim Jersey Joe Walcott and Ezzard Charles. Great issue! </p> The Ring Inc. books
1947104109<p>4to magazine glossy covers illustrated 64 pp. Tape repairs to covers extremity wear contents aged and browned; still in decent shape overall. Articles on new middleweight champion Rocky Graziano are featured in this issue. There are also articles on boxing's ills white hopes and coverage of a recent bout of the legendary Willie Pep. </p> The Ring Inc., books
1952104156<p>4to magazine glossy covers illustrated 64 pp. Some edge and spine wear normal aging and browing; very good overall. This issue provides annual rankings and features an article on Sugar Ray Robinson as the fighter of the year. Robinson regained his middleweight crown by beating Randy Turpin in their second bout. Ring names the Walcott-Charles bout as the fight of the year. Walcott's knockout of Charles earned him the heavyweight title. </p> books
1951104123<p>4to magazine glossy covers illustrated 64 pp. Moderate darkening to covers but covers and spine in nice shape overall normal aging and browning; very good plus. A great issue with coverage of the aging Joe Louis Rocky Graziano. Jersey Joe Walcott and Jake LaMotta. There is also an article on rising star Rocky Marciano who would become heavyweight champion. Another article covers Randy Turpin and his family. Turpin had recently won the middleweight crown from Sugar Ray Robinson but would lose it back to Robinson in the rematch. </p> The Ring Inc., books
1946105074<p>4to magazine glossy covers illustrated 64 pp. Some minor edgewear and a couple of chips normal aging and browning; otherwise very good. This issue provides coverage of the Joe Louis and Tami Mauriello heavyweight title fight. Louis wins by KO in first round. Another feature article names Jake LaMotta as the leading contender for the middleweight crown. </p> The Ring Inc. books
105067<p>4to magazine glossy covers illustrated 64 pp. Some very minor edgewear covers bright and clean normal aging and browning; overall very good plus. Feature article on the top middleweight contenders reflecting Sugar Ray Robinson’s retirement. Other articles include report on the Chuck Davey Kid Gavilan welterweight title fight and another article on newly crowned heavyweight champ Rock Marciano. </p> The Ring Inc. books
