Description
Sugar, Bert ‘The Ring All-New 1980 Boxing Record Book’ 880 pages. VG/VG. Another G+/G $20 each.
Book Summary & Description:
Originally founded in 1942 by the “Bible of Boxing” editor Nat Fleischer, The Ring Record Book series provided the absolute blueprint for tracking professional fighter metrics before the internet age. The 1980 volume was a significant milestone, marketed as “All-New” because it underwent exhaustive restructuring to create an easier-to-read, highly indexing layout for fans, managers, and sports broadcasters.
Spanning 833 pages, the book acts as an exhaustive factual ledger containing:
• The Master Record Book: Fight-by-fight historical records for over 5,000 professional boxers active at the transition into the 1980s.
• The Global Championship Roll Call: An unbroken, chronological archive tracing the lineage of world titleholders across every weight class—covering the undisputed champions of the past alongside contemporary claimants.
• Historical Firsts: For the first time in the series’ history, this edition integrated fully detailed international Olympic boxing records.
• All-Time Ratings: Special analytical retrospective sections featuring The Ring magazine’s curated “All-Time Ratings” and historical pound-for-pound assessments.
Physical & Publication Details:
• Editor/Author: Bert Randolph Sugar (continuing the historical framework established by Nat Fleischer)
• Publisher: The Ring Publishing Corp. (New York)
• Publication Date: January 1, 1980
• Format: Heavy hardcover bound in paperboards (“Pappband”), distributed with an illustrative dust jacket
• Length: 833 pages
• Weight: Approximately 1,320 grams (2.8 lbs), reflective of its massive encylopedic format
• ASIN: B000L9XOLW
Because it was heavily used by sports writers and gym managers as a direct workspace reference, finding a true 1980 copy on the secondary market with an intact, unblemished dust jacket and crisp, clean white pages is highly prized by vintage sports memorabilia collectors.
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