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English boxer Nicky Cook with his ring name Cookie on the trunks. A ring name [1] is a type of stage name or nickname used by an athlete such as a professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, or boxer whose real name is considered unattractive, dull, difficult to pronounce or spell, amusing for the wrong reasons, or projecting the wrong image.
Michael Buffer (born November 2, 1944) is an American ring announcer (or "MC") for boxing, professional wrestling, and National Football League events. Pioneering a distinct announcing style in which he rolls certain letters and adds other inflections to a fighter’s name, and known for his trademarked catchphrase: "Let's get ready to rumble!", he was inducted into the International Sports ...
The name "ring" is a relic from when contests were fought in a roughly drawn circle on the ground. The name ring continued with the London Prize Ring Rules in 1743, which specified 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.
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A ring girl (also number girl, card girl, or round girl) is a woman who enters the ring between rounds of a combat sport, carrying a sign displaying the number of the next round. Ring girls are often seen in boxing , kickboxing and mixed martial arts .
The Ring Record Book and Boxing Encyclopedia is a book published yearly by The Ring magazine. Ring editor Nat Fleischer , noting that other sports had record books and that boxing did not have any books specialized in keeping fans up to date as far as the participants' records, began writing the first Ring boxing encyclopedia in 1941.
Name Reign Defenses 1 Mushy Callahan (awarded inaugural title) 1928 – 18 Feb 1930 1 2 Jack Berg: 18 Feb 1930 – 1931 6 The Ring ended the list in 1931 and then resumed in 1962. 3 Duilio Loi (def. Eddie Perkins) 15 Dec 1962 – 24 Jan 1963 0 Loi retires. [41] 4 Eddie Perkins (def. Roberto Cruz) 15 Jun 1963 – 18 Jan 1965 2 5 Carlos Hernández
In the Japanese version, the game takes place in a generic boxing ring using the publisher's name in place of the HBO advertisements found in the North American version. A special version was released in Mexico and the American Southwest called Chavez II; the game exchanged the English language words for Spanish and omitted some vocals.