The Ring En Español is a Spanish version of

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publication '' The Ring'' magazine. ''Ring En Español'' was originally published from 1977 to 1985. Originally published from

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and later from

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, it moved in 1981 to

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, to Editorial America (currently owned by

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), the same editorial house that oversaw the production of ''

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''s Spanish version. Although ''Ring En Español'' covered every boxing event worldwide, it concentrated more than anything else on

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s, helping boxers like

Wilfred Benítez Wilfred "Wilfredo" Benítez (born September 12, 1958) is an American-born Puerto Rican former professional boxer and the youngest world champion in the sport's history. Earning his first of three career world titles in separate weight division ...

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Eusebio Pedroza Eusebio Pedroza (March 2, 1956 – March 1, 2019) was a Panamanian boxer who held the WBA and lineal featherweight championship from 1978 to 1985, having defended the title against 18 different contenders, more than any other boxer in featherwe ...

Roberto Durán Roberto Durán Samaniego (born June 16, 1951) is a Panamanian former professional boxer who competed from 1968 to 2001. He held world championships in four weight classes: lightweight, welterweight, light middleweight and middleweight, as wel ...

Santos Laciar Santos Benigno Laciar (born January 31, 1959), known familiarly as Santos Laciar and nicknamed Falucho, is an Argentine who was boxing's world flyweight and super flyweight champion. Biography Laciar was born in Huinca Renancó, in the province ...

Antonio Cervantes Antonio Cervantes (born December 23, 1945) is a Colombian boxing trainer and former professional boxer who competed from 1961 to 1983. He held the WBA and ''The Ring'' light welterweight title twice between 1972 and 1980. In 2002, Cervantes ...

, Pipino Cuevas,

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Lupe Pintor José Guadalupe Pintor Guzmán (born 13 April 1955), better known as Lupe Pintor, is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1974 to 1995. He won the WBC bantamweight title in 1979 after defeating Carlos Zárate Serna, and made e ...

, Rafael "Bazooka" Limón,

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and many others become international household names. The unstable Latin American economy combined with rising magazine production costs and other factors caused ''The Ring En Español'' to come off the

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after the October 1985 edition. Lupe Pintor was featured on the magazine's last cover, having won the WBC Super Featherweight championship of the world by defeating

Juan Meza Juan Meza (born March 18, 1956), also known for his nickname Kid Meza, is a Mexican former professional boxer who was world Super Bantamweight champion. Meza was born in Mexicali, Mexico. Short biography Mesa was born Jesus Fernández. Prior to b ...

the previous August in Aguascalientes, Mexico. The ''Ring en Españols top competitor was ''

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''. Starting in June 2019, The Ring magazine started publishing a Spanish version of the magazine, only in digital format.

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