In boxing why "boxing ring" not "boxing squire"?
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A bit o' cut and paste:\n\nn 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."\n\nAs the number of spectators increased, the hand-held ring no longer sufficed, and it became necessary to fashion an enclosure by attaching ropes to stakes driven into the ground. Four stakes were normally used, which produced a square enclosure, but it continued to be called a boxing ring.
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This is a fascinating bout. Two guys with arguably the best jabs in boxing today, one orthodox, one southpaw.\nWhoever lands his jab first and keeps the other guy turning, wins the fight.\nMy pick is Winky.
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There are four world heavyweight champions:\nNikolai Valuev -- WBA\nHasim Rahman -- WBC\nVladmir Klitschko -- IBF\nSerguei Lyakhovich -- WBO\n\nToo many alphabet organizations claiming champions, which hurts the great sport of boxing.  Thank goodness for The Ring Magazine, which only recognizes one champion for the whole world.  Currently, the magazine does not list a heavyweight champion.
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Tradition.\n\nBoxing is a respected sport all around the world.  I think it is a great way to see young fighters before they turn pro.
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A boxer knows a lot about boxing
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Most of the Categories used on this site came from the previous Japanese site.  Boxing is not a big winner in Japan.\n\nWhen the list of Categories was edited for an English speaking group of Users, the people who did this were mostly "Southern California types" and the Categories reflect this.\n\nSubmitting a request for Boxing to be add will help, but Asking more Questions about Boxing might help as well.
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Why is this under Boxing? But I'll say the falcons.
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one has the ring and the other doesnt...
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Mills did his job.  Ring-savvy fighters like Holyfield know how to dig deep within themselves to keep themselves in the fight for another round, even if it isn't in their best physical interest.  That's where the referees come in.  They have to be the unbiased voice of reason for both fighters, responsible for rules being followed, and the all physical aspects and condition of both fighters.  I am happy to see that the others in this forum hold the same opinion.
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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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This has nothing to do with the sport of boxing or prizefighting.\n\nBoxing Day is a public holiday observed in many Commonwealth countries on 26 December. In many European countries it is also a holiday, called St. Stephen's Day or the Second Day of Christmas. Depending on its origin, it may have traditionally been strictly defined as the first weekday after Christmas, however, in recent years Boxing Day has been almost universally accepted as 26 December, although its associated public holiday may fall on a different day.\n\nIn Britain many years ago, it was common practice for the servants to carry boxes to their employers when they arrived for their day's work on the day after Christmas (December 25). Their employers would then put coins in the boxes as special end-of-year gifts. This can be compared with the modern day concept of Christmas bonuses. The servants carried boxes for the coins, hence the name Boxing Day.
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A boxer named Ace Riddle fought two no contest bouts with an opponent by the name of Pat Corbett in 1925. Corbett was a Welterweight, Riddle's weight is not listed in these two bouts.\n\nhttp://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=137692
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I don't think boxing is going away as a sport. Not everyone's into ground and pound, however effective that may appear to be in a medium that encourages such tactics.
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Olympic Wrestling is not in square shape....Why WWF is a wrestling ring square? Because it is the Entertainment not pure sport. The ring is stand for stage for the acter. But Wrestler should have very good skill in many sport. It harder than ordinary sport and very danger.
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Boxing and tennis?\n\nEach boxing organization has its own ranking system.\nThe most prestigious of the alphabet organizations in boxing is the World Boxing Council (WBC) http://www.wbcboxing.com/\n\nMany people also go by The Ring's rankings:\nhttp://www.thering-online.com/\n\nBoth the WBO and BoxRec use a computerized system:\nhttp://www.boxrec.com/
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From Nigel Collins, editor-in-chief of Ring Magazine, opined that the term "ring" meant that during the early fights, spectators formed a "ring" around the boxers. But this led to problems with the spectators occasionally jumping into the fray.  So they eventially had to encircle the fighters with ropes.  Naturally, it was easiest to create a square, or rectangle, with four posts in the corners.  Eventially, the fighting surface became a heavy tensioned canvas and was raised off the floor.  But the term "ring" has kept on.\n\nCollins' summary here:\n\nhttp://espn.go.com/magazine/vol3no26answerguy.html
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The ring is representation of a dowelry or owenership in some cultures.  Within the modern days sometimes it's turned around and the chic gets the guy a wring and proposes.  So it goes both ways now, but it didn't used to.