26 Facts About Stanley Weston

Stanley Weston was an American publisher, sportswriter, artist and photographer.

Stanley Weston promoted the sport of boxing and professional wrestling throughout his career.

Stanley Weston was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2006.

Stanley Weston was born to Bessie and Jacob Weinburger in the Bronx.

Stanley Weston soon became enamored with the sport of boxing when his father brought home a copy Fleischer's magazine and in 1937 Fleischer hired him as copy boy.

Stanley Weston was a World War II and Korean War veteran who enlisted in the United States Army in 1941 and was promoted to second lieutenant in 1943.

Stanley Weston remained on active duty until 1946 when he transitioned into the reserves.

Stanley Weston returned to active duty for service in the Korean War and then transitioned back to the reserves after the war.

Stanley Weston retired from Air Force Reserves in 1966 at the rank of major.

In December 1939, Stanley Weston, a budding artist, painted a portrait of Billy Conn that would be the first of 57 Ring covers painted by Stanley Weston.

Stanley Weston returned to civilian life and The Ring in 1946, but left the publication in 1951 and returned to the Army during the Korean War.

In 1970, Stanley Weston ensured access to wrestling's most important celebrities by hiring 25 year old wrestling enthusiast Bill Apter who cultivated friendships with the biggest stars in the business.

In 1989, fifty-two years after joining The Ring as a stock boy, Stanley Weston purchased the magazine that gave him his first job.

Stanley Weston subsequently sold all of his publications, to include The Ring, to Kappa Publishing in 1993.

Stanley Weston authored several of the definitive books on boxing history, including History of the Heavyweights, The Heavyweight Champions, The Best of The Ring, The Chronicle of Boxing and, with Steve Farhood, The Ring: Boxing the 20th Century.

In 1973, Stanley Weston showed Apter a set of photos taken by Los Angeles-based boxing photographer Theo Ehret.

Stanley Weston referred to the wrestling sessions as "Apartment House Wrestling" and told Apter that they would constitute a new feature in Sports Review Wrestling.

Stanley Weston began publishing Pro Wrestling Illustrated in 1979 and assigned Bill Apter as the magazine's senior editor and photographer.

Apter remained senior editor of the magazine when Stanley Weston sold PWI to the Kappa Publishing Group in 1993 and, along with other staff members, moved from the New York area to the Philadelphia suburbs where Kappa was located.

Stanley Weston was married to Hope Patrick for 38 years.

Stanley Weston died on April 11,2002, from pancreatic cancer.

Stanley Weston was survived by two daughters, Toby Weston Cone and Barbara Harris, along with four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Stanley Weston was an amazing storyteller, whether he was talking about a cruise he took or writing in a publication.

Stanley Weston was a millionaire who drove a Ford Tempo.

Stanley Weston was a former military officer who rarely barked orders.

Stanley Weston was at the same time a man who watched every penny and the most generous soul I have ever met.