THE ART OF BOXING.

Dozerdust, Volume 1, Issue 22, 13 November 1943, Page 6

THE ART OF BOXING.

IN mra LSSSOIT. IN thia brief article I wish to outline the noble art of boxing of which you have no doubt hoard some - thing. It takes place in wfe.t is celled a ” ring u which is the first

thing one has to learn. Having thoroughly grasped that fact you then proceed to distinguish between the boxing ” ring ” the ” Bull Ring, " and the Wadding ”, both of which are places of captivity. The boxing ” ring ” is totally different;' in fact-, it is not a ” ring ” at all. : It is something very different and, / unless you are an expert at geom- / etry, you may as well keep out of \ it o For you have to show that a ring is a square, and a square is a ring/ This is- frightfully complicated. If you fail you take what is known as ■ ” the d£>unt ”, and you take it lying down. • * * AROUITD this ” ring ” or square, there are three ropes on - each, side, the objexst of which is to keep you in and your friends out; not that, they will be particularly anxious to get in wthyouh Their attitude usually being that, if you are mug enough to get in, you take wha£ is coming tc you. s : » 11T the ” ring ” with you arc two other men. One is generally called your opponent; he always appears much larger and stronger than you arc-; normally

he has thick ears. a broken nose- and*

Sow'front teeth* His one object you! soon discover is to wake you look as, little like Robert Taylor as possible* 11l order to prolong the process' you arc each feiven a pair of gloves. The third man in the ” ring ” is 'given a pair of white trousers and a shirt on the assumption that he may come without cither were - the precaution not feakcri® His presence"is the pretax that he watches fox' fair play — what ho does when he finds it is not known. First, he makes you, shake hands, which is entirely superflous,~you may not wish to most ths man socially. A gong is sounded and you immediately think of ” chow ”, but you are not allowed to leave. As 1 the man with the broken nose hits you all his friends, roar approvingly and> yours .find it convenient to. visit the latrine, or tell ; each other’,’ I told you so’* - Your ■•natural impulse to escape is foiled by the man in white*’ If you take refuge on the floor, he will stand over you giving you"the couht”whilo you work but the mathematics of rise and- fall in the “ ring?, if you are scnsibftS , you stay put, * if you are insensible, you also "stay put* That is the highest art of the

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