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JANUARY 2014 FEATURES DEPARTMENTS 4 RINGSIDE 80 5 OPENING SHOTS 10 COME OUT WRITING 13 ROLL WITH THE PUNCHES Jabs and Straight Writes by Thomas Hauser 18 BEST I’VE FACED: MIKE TYSON By Anson Wainwright 21 RING CARD GIRL 25 READY TO GRUMBLE By David Greisman 28 OUTSIDE THE ROPES By Brian Harty 30 RING RATINGS PACKAGE Anthony Joshua is keeping good company. 90 LETTERS FROM EUROPE By Gareth A Davies 95 SWEET SCIENCE By Scott LaFee 98 NEW FACES By Mike Coppinger 100 WOMEN’S BOXING Adonis Stevenson By Thomas Gerbasi (left, knocking out 103 RINGSIDE REPORTS Chad Dawson) made a splash By Norm Frauenheim in 2013. 108 WORLDWIDE RESULTS 110 COMING UP 112 FROM THE ARCHIVE COVER STORY 74 POWER PLUS 114 AT THE FIGHTS 38 RING 100 JURY REMAINS OUT ON THE RING’S EXCLUSIVE ANNUAL DEONTAY WILDER, BUT HIS KO AT RINGTV.COM RANKING OF THE BEST IN BOXING STREAK IS INTRIGUING MALIGNAGGI-JUDAH Video: New Yorkers Paulie By David Greisman By Norm Frauenheim Malignaggi and Zab Judah discuss their Dec. 7 fght in 64 DECISION TIME 80 PROPHECY FULFILLED Brooklyn. 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DON’T FORGET TO FOLLOW US ON: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/RINGTV @RINGMAGAZINE THERINGDIGITAL COVER PHOTO BY JEFF BOTTARI / GOLDEN BOY PROMOTIONS / GETTY IMAGES 1.14 / RINGTV.COM 3 RINGSIDE By Michael Rosenthal QUEST FOR VOLUME 93, NO. 1 | JANUARY 2014 FOUNDER THE BEST Nathaniel Fleischer (1888-1972) electing the 100 best Three fighters were considered: EDITOR S fighters in the world and Timothy Bradley, Sergio Martinez Michael Rosenthal ranking them in order is and (even though he ended up ASSOCIATE EDITOR no easy task. at No. 7) Wladimir Klitschko. Douglass Fischer That’s why we called in David Bradley beat the RING’s No. 3 Greisman, Martin Mulcahey and fighter pound-for-pound to remain CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Anson Wainwright to do the job. undefeated. Martinez hasn’t lost Brian Harty No one has a better handle on since 2009 but appears to be boxing’s minutiae than these three breaking down. And Klitschko ART DIRECTOR boxing nerds … er, ace journalists, has been as dominating as anyone Lamar Clark who spend much more time than against inferior opposition. they should on YouTube watching Bradley won out, but we each COVER DESIGN fghts from around the had some doubt when we ANYONE™ COLLECTIVE world. moved on to other issues. RING CARD GIRLS COORDINATOR No surprise that they Who should round out Heather Shanholtz logged a ridiculous our Top 10, Nonito number of hours Donaire or Danny CONTROLLER putting together the Garcia? Where should Deborah L. Harrison RING 100, spending Ruslan Provodnikov, 100 CIRCULATION DIRECTOR much of their existence who wasn’t on the list Kenneth J. Gudaitis for several weeks on last year, fall after his Boxrec.com and other sensational knockout of sites comparing the fighters. Mike Alvarado? 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Naoki Fukuda 8 RINGTV.COM / 1.14 COME OUT WRITING SCORE ONE FOR six times in his career is stupid. service, and I love boxing. I just MARQUEZ Manny Pacquiao’s loss to Bradley gave up a Saturday afternoon I watched Timothy Bradley vs. Juan was much more controversial, and of good college football to Manuel Marquez live in Sweden. Pacquiao was gracious in defeat. watch Wladimir Klitschko- The Swedish commentator Roger He showed how a true sportsman Alexander Povetkin. What I saw Pettersson, who was an outstanding should carry himself. Marquez says was a taller, slimmer, smarter amateur, believed Marquez won the decision was bad for boxing, but grandmother lean on a short clearly. As did I. Yes, it was a close I think the poor sportsmanship he grandmother while a possible fight, but saying Bradley won clearly displayed was worse. professional wrestling referee makes me wonder if people have Victor Rivero looked on. No wonder HBO gone blind to make this guy a star. Pacifca, Calif. seldom shows Klitschko fghts. Marquez landed the harder punches. P.S.: Archie Moore refereed Why no credit for that? Bradley GARCIA my last fght, which I lost, in moved around laterally and landed INJUSTICE? Oakland, Calif., in 1958. jabs while Marquez cut off the ring Ron Schmucker with little movement. Palm Coast, Fla. Stefan Arvidsson Vendel, Sweden SHAME ON BOXING GOOD DECISION Allowing Billy Smith and his First of all, I’m a staunch supporter of brother, Ernie, to absorb beating Juan Manuel Marquez. So for me to after beating after beating (“Billy say that Timothy Bradley won their Smith and the Case Against fght fair and square quite frankly Boxing,” November 2013) was means a lot.