Why is it that the square enclosure used by boxers is called a "ring"?
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The name ring is an atavism from when contests were fought in a roughly drawn circle on the ground, the name ring continued with the Jack Broughton rules (1743) specifying a small circle in the centre of the fight area where the boxers met at the start of each round. The first square ring was introduced by the Pugilistic Society in 1838, the ring was specified as 24 feet square and bound by two ropes.
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why is this question in the boxing category?
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In the early days of professional fist fighting, groups of fighters would travel from town to town challenging the local men. The fighters would arrange a few of the spectators in a circle and have them hold a ring of rope. Any man wishing to challenge one of the boxers would "toss his hat into the ring." The bout would then take place in this early boxing "ring."
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Alan Minter was the former world Middleweight champion, the guy who Marvin Hagler beat to become world middleweight champion back in the early eighties. Im pretty sure he never did bare knuckle boxing though, unless as said in the answer above there is someone else of the same name?. He retired years ago but is still involved in boxing, i think he currently trains his son Ross who is an up and coming fighter.
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A pugilists heart is not contingent what style he or she is accomplished at.  In Professional fighting, your "heart" is your ability to rise up against adversity, no matter how grave the situation is.  Filtering out distractions like (but not limited to) fighting on your opponents home turf or in front of a crowd that is predominantly rooting for your opponent, fighting with an annoying injury ie broken nose, rib, hand, twisted ankle, bloody gash etc, ... or being aware that you are way behind on the scorecards, recent domestic issues or mental distractions, you get the idea.  Heart is an individual asset and I believe not relevent to ones style.  Boxers have Heart.  Brawlers have Heart.
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HI BOXER GIRL, BETWEEN THE TWO, THE HANGING BAG GIVES MORE RESISTANCE WHEN THE WEIGHT OF THE BAG SWINGS BACK AT YOU, YOU DEVELOPE MORE POWER, THE STANDING BAG DOES'NT OFFER THAT. THE\nSAME APPLYS WHEN YOU KICK THE BAG, IF YOU ARE A KICK BOXER........
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I believe its oval. It would look like a box if it was square..No?
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Oh yeah. Head gear. Three 1 minute rounds. 16 oz. gloves. Winner gets the money. Everyone else gets nothing, not even a free t-shirt. They are usually a 2 night event with the prelims on Friday and finals on Saturday. Usually a friggin money machine for the promoters because all they have to do is pay $1000 or so to the winner of each weight class. Used to be very popular in my area, but were banned after a few people got seriously hurt. One was killed even in the state. They did an investigation and found out that the ring doctor was a friggin chiropractor. Entered once, won Friday, lost Saturday. Just kind of a personal challenge. Is the promoter named Art Dorr by any chance? Anyways, very little skill involved in most of these. Hardly ever see a jab. Mostly just wild haymakers that ocassionaly land and someone gets ko'd. All the drunks roar with bloodlust and about a dozen fights break out in the stands. Good times!
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if answering this for a radio trivia question, "boxer" works.
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i found this explanation interesting:\n\n"circular manhole covers have the advantage that you don't have to get the corners lined up when dropping them into place."
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I think you're describing the ring exercises.
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Boxing is real wrestling is show that's primary focus is to bring in money through selling tickets and ratings. Where boxing is more of an event where the primary focus is grambling and collecting commisions. PRIDE, and FDC or something like that are also real. PRDIE is alll martial arts and is my personal favorite.
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Boxing out - To place your body between the hoop and an opponent to facilitate rebounding.\n\nPick and roll - To stand still while a team mate "scrapes" his defender by leading him into you, then you move toward the hoop anticipating a pass from your team mate.\n\nhere are some more:\nhttp://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3014786\nhttp://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215404/basterms.htm\nhttp://www.firstbasesports.com/basketball_glossary.html
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I think that the Boxing Ring size is determined by the boxer that is top on the card or his promoter. It can vary from small 18 x 18 feet or at the largest 24 x 24
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Somewhere along the line, however, The Ring’s criticism of the “alphabet gangs” went from a few targeted jibes in editorials to full-blown “axis of evil” rhetoric that permeates the magazine. Instead of reporting on the sport they are so intent on saving, the folks at The Ring are spending more and more of their time talking about...themselves.\nThe Ring champions is better.
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I believe that originally boxing occurred in a circle painted or drawn on the ground.  The boxers had to remain inside, and the spectators had to stay out side.  When ropes where added (for safety) the obvious shape for them to be is a square, but by then the boxing community had called it a "ring" so long that the name stuck.
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i want to see the best fighters, and the better fighters are going to do mma.  It's tough watching boxing when you know the best boxers probably would'nt have a chance in a cage, so my money will never go to see 2 guys pound each other for 12 rounds then have a decision go to crooked judges.