[AW] Boxing Ring, Ring Tactics and Boxing Corner

Have you ever wondered what all the elements in and/or around the boxing ring are? Have you ever wondered how big the ring is? Well, this is the article for you! The picture above represents a typical atmosphere during a boxing match.

*NOTE: There are 4 judges in a boxing match - 3 outside the ring who score the fight and 1 inside the ring - commonly known as the referee.

As you've probably heard they call any boxing ring - the magic square, because it is a square. Each of the 4 sides is identical to the other 3 and can be from 4.1 to 6.9 meters long. As you can see the ring is 'lifted' off the ground. This 'lifting' is done so that people in the crowd can see what's going on inside. The canvas is 0.9 meters above the ground.

On each corner of the ring there is a pole. The poles are all connected with 4 ropes. These ropes serve as a wall and as a cage at the same time. 2 nearby ropes form a corner. There are 4 corners - 1 red corner, 1 blue corner and 2 neutral corners. The blue and the red corners as well as the 2 neutral corners are opposing each other and are positioned diagonally. Boxers sit in the red and the blue corner and in an event of a knockdown the boxer who is still standing must go to the nearest neutral corner.

Every professional boxer has a "corner". This time the word "corner" refers to the people who are with him during the 60 second break between rounds. Three people form a boxer's corner - a trainer, an assistant trainer and a cutman. Both trainers give tips to the boxer, explain tactics that he should apply next round in order to improve his performance. The cutman takes care if the boxer has any damage on his face - a swelling, a cut, etc. He uses a special gel that can't contain more than 1/1000 adrenaline (so I've heard). This gel is used to stop the bleeding.

Ring tactics are probably more important than the skill of the boxer, because when applied they can turn a match around. I won't explain any ring tactics in this post, because it is already too long. All I can say for now is that these tactics depend a lot on the boxer's footwork, distance sense and brain. I believe in this: What makes you lose a boxing match is your own stupidity! Don't be stupid! Be clever and creative!