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  2. Boxing ring - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Ring size - Wikipedia

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    Originally in 1945, the divisions were based on the ring inside diameter in steps of 1 ⁄ 64 inch (0.40 mm). [6] However, in 1987 BSI updated the standard to the metric system so that one alphabetical size division equals 1.25 mm of circumferential length. For a baseline, ring size C has a circumference of 40 mm. [7]

  4. Boxing - Wikipedia

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    Boxing [b] is a combat sport and martial art. [1] Taking place in a boxing ring, it involves two people – usually wearing protective equipment, such as protective gloves, hand wraps, and mouthguards – throwing punches at each other for a predetermined amount of time.

  5. Marquess of Queensberry Rules - Wikipedia

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    The boxing code was written by John Graham Chambers, a Welshman from Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, and drafted in London in 1865, before being published in 1867 as "the Queensberry rules for the sport of boxing". [3] [4] At the time, boxing matches were conducted under the London Prize Ring Rules, written in 1838 and revised in 1853. Bare-knuckle ...

  6. London Prize Ring Rules - Wikipedia

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    The London Prize Ring Rules were a list of boxing rules promulgated in 1838 and revised in 1853. [1] These rules were based on those drafted by England's Jack Broughton in 1743 (known as the Broughton Rules ) and governed the conduct of prizefighting/ bare-knuckle boxing for over 100 years.

  7. Talk:Ring size - Wikipedia

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    I've seen other pages that list it as ring_diameter = 11.54 + 0.83 * ring size, which more closely agrees with the size 0 number. On the other hand, a linear regression of this chart results in 11.634 + .8136 x ring_size. It's all over the place, and the charts don't even match from store to store.

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  9. Boxing styles and technique - Wikipedia

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    Headgear is no longer mandatory in amateur and Olympic boxing. Boxing techniques utilize very forceful strikes with the hand. There are many bones in the hand, and striking surfaces without proper technique can cause serious hand injuries. Today, most trainers do not allow boxers to train and spar without hand/wrist wraps and gloves. Handwraps ...

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