Barry Hugman

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Barry John Hugman (born 1941) is an English sports author, statistician, and historian. He has published various works that include collated football statistics, and the records of all players in the Football League since 1946. Hugman also helped establish the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) Awards in 1984, and in 2011 he received their "Award of Excellence". [1] In 1989, Hugman co-founded and was the launch editor of Boxing Monthly magazine, Britain's first colour monthly about boxing. [2] With the growing popularity of the internet and social media becoming the popular choice for news and information, the magazine ended in 2020 after 31 years of publication. [3]

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Football publications

Boxing publications

In Mike Silver's review of Hugman's The Definitive History of World Championship Boxing he described the four-volume book series as "epic" and a "monumental work – 30 years in the making" as it chronicled every championship fight from 1870 to 2016. [4] The series includes the following volumes:

in 2019 and 2021 these volumes were re-packaged as:

Other boxing publications

Other sporting publications

References

  1. Christie, Matt (11 April 2013). "For the love of the game". Boxing News . Gannett Company. Archived from the original on 17 April 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  2. Christie, Matt (31 March 2020). "Goodbye to a boxing institution". Boxing News. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  3. Jay, Phil (31 March 2020). "2020: Magazine ends after 31 years". World Boxing News. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  4. Silver, Mike (18 April 2017). "Review: Four-volume 'Definitive History' a monumental work". The Ring. Retrieved 20 January 2024.