Figure the Fact
By Blue Rose on Tuesday, 18 of August , 2009 at 4:15 pm
Why a square boxing area is called a ring?
The answer is that “ring” was first applied not to boxing area but to the spectators who formed a ring around the combatants, according to Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. Although hand-to-hand combat was probably invented by the first two-year-old boy to discover he had a younger sibling, the first public boxing matches took place in early 18th century England. These were bare-knuckled affairs with no time limits, no ropes and no referees. The winner was the last man standing. The ring of bloodthirsty fans formed an enclosure for the pugilists.
Eventually, as boxers started to make money for their efforts, small arena were built that featured rings demarcated by wooden barriers or heavy ropes. The current ring, with four (or occasionally three ropes tied to turnbuckles on corner posts, is the descendant.
Although sanctioning bodies mandate the size of boxing rings, professional wrestling has no such requirement. In many venues, the same rings are used for boxing and wrestling. Amateur wrestling is done on amts laid across the floor. Ironically, the action in amateur wrestling is demarcated by a circle yet it isn’t called a ring. None of this makes sense without the historical perspective. That’s probably why most common slang term for the ring in professional wrestling is “the squared circle”.
Why can’t hair grow on a vaccination mark?
A vaccination mark is nothing more than scar tissue. A vaccination causes an inflammation intense enough to destroy the hair follicles in its vicinity. Any deep injury to the skin will destroy hair follicles and cause hair loss. One can transplant hair onto a vaccination mark, but one can never bring a dead hair follicle back to life.
