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A. Requirements. In all competitions, the
ring shall conform with the following
requirements:
1. Size. The minimum size shall be 4.90 m
square (16 feet) and the maximum size 6.10 m square (20
feet) inside the line of the ropes. In international
championships the size of the ring shall be 6.10 m square.
The ring shall not be less than 91 cm (3 feet) or more than
1.22 m (4 feet) above the ground or base.
2. Platform and Corner Pads. The Platform
shall be safely constructed, level and free from any
obstructing projections and shall extend for at least 46 cm
(18 inches) outside the line of the ropes. It shall be
fitted with four corner posts which shall be well padded or
otherwise so constructed as to prevent injury to the boxers.
The corner pads should be arranged in the following way: In
the nearer left-side ring corner facing the President of the
Jury- red; in the far left-side corner- white; in the far
right-side corner- blue; and in the near right corner-
white.
3. Floor Covering. The floor shall be
covered with felt, rubber or other suitable
approved material having the same quality of elasticity, not
less than 1.3 cm
(half an inch) and not more than 1.9 cm (three-quarters of
an inch) thick over
which canvas shall be stretched and secured in place. The
felt, rubber or other
approved material, and canvas, shall cover the entire
platform.
4. Ropes. There shall be three or four
ropes of a thickness of 3 cm (1.8 ins.)
minimum to 5 cm (1.97 ins.) maximum tightly drawn from the
corner posts at 40 cm (1 ft. 3.7 ins.) 80 cm (2 ft. 7 1Ž2
ins.) and 1m 30 cm (4 ft. 3 ins.) high respectively.
In case of four ropes, the ropes shall be
40.6 cm (16 ins.), 71.1 cm (28ins.), 101.6 cm (40 ins.) and
132.1 cm (52 ins.) high respectively. The ropes shall be
covered with a soft or smooth material. The ropes shall be
joined on each side,at equal intervals, by two pieces of
close textured canvas 3 to 4 cm. (1.2-1.6 ins.)wide. The
pieces must not slide along the rope.
5. Steps. The ring shall be provided with
three steps. Two steps at the opposite corners for the use
of contestants and seconds, --one step in the neutral corner
for use by the Referees and Doctors.
6. Plastic Bag. In the two neutral
corners outside the ring, a small plastic bag shall be fixed
in which the referee shall drop the cotton or tissue pads
used by him to nurse bleedings.
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