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==United States Championship Tournament scandal==
{{Main article|1977 United States Boxing Championships Series}}
In 1976, managing editor of ''The Ring'', Johnny Ort fabricated records of selected boxers, to elevate them, thereby securing them lucrative fights in the United States Championship Tournament, which was promoted by [[Don King (boxing promoter)|Don King]] and sponsored by ABC Sports.<ref name="Time Magazine">{{cite magazine|date=May 2, 1977|title=A King-Size Scandal in The Ring|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918922,00.html|url-status=dead|access-date=May 25, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130406081345/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918922,00.html|archive-date=April 6, 2013}}</ref><ref>Newfield, Jack. [https://books.google.com/books?id=sWYN6cETROQC&pg=PA115 ''Only in America: The Life and Crimes of Don King''],  Harbor Electronic Publishing, New York, 2003, page 115. Retrieved June 16, 2018.</ref> The scandal was uncovered by boxing writer Malcolm "Flash" Gordon and ABC staffer [[Alex Wallau]]. After Gordon and Wallau's evidence was presented to  Arledge the United States Championship tournament was cancelled. The scandal would lead to the eventual resignation of New York State Boxing Commissioner [[James A. Farley Jr.]], who had lent his name to the Championship fights.<ref name="Time Magazine" />