Draft:Rick Reeno

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Comment: References 2 and 5 do not provide significant coverage and Reference 3 is not independent of the subject. 🌀Hurricane Wind and Fire, why did you decline my draft? (talk) (contribs)🔥 15:52, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

Rick Reeno is a sports media executive who has served as chief executive officer (CEO) of The Ring since July 2025.^[1] He founded BoxingScene.com, a boxing news website.^[2]^[3]

Career

Reeno founded BoxingScene.com in 2003.^[3]^[4]

CBS Sports Digital acquired BoxingScene in June 2018. Reeno continued to lead the site.^[2]

In 2024, ProBox TV acquired BoxingScene.^[5]

In July 2025, Reeno was appointed chief executive officer of The Ring.^[1]

References

1 2 "How The Ring CEO Rick Reeno got both sides together before Ryan Garcia vs. Conor Benn fight was official". The Sporting News. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
1 2 Brzoznowski, Kristin (13 June 2018). "CBS Sports Digital Acquires Online Boxing Destination". World Screen. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
1 2 "Rick Reeno Built an Independent Boxing Site That Became a Heavyweight in Sports Media". Market Realist. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
↑ Simmons, Logan (20 July 2026). "The Man Behind Boxing's Biggest Media Brands". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
↑ Hammond, Joseph (20 February 2024). "ProBox's Acquisition Of Boxing Scene Alters Landscape Of Boxing Journalism". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 23 July 2026.

External links

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Category:Living people Category:American chief executives Category:American sports journalists Category:Sports mass media people Category:St. John's University (New York) alumni Category:21st-century American journalists

[SportingNews-1] 1 2 "How The Ring CEO Rick Reeno got both sides together before Ryan Garcia vs. Conor Benn fight was official". The Sporting News. Retrieved 23 July 2026.

[WorldScreen-2] 1 2 Brzoznowski, Kristin (13 June 2018). "CBS Sports Digital Acquires Online Boxing Destination". World Screen. Retrieved 23 July 2026.

[MarketRealist-3] 1 2 "Rick Reeno Built an Independent Boxing Site That Became a Heavyweight in Sports Media". Market Realist. Retrieved 23 July 2026.

[4] Simmons, Logan (20 July 2026). "The Man Behind Boxing's Biggest Media Brands". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 23 July 2026.

[5] Hammond, Joseph (20 February 2024). "ProBox's Acquisition Of Boxing Scene Alters Landscape Of Boxing Journalism". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 23 July 2026.

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