Boxing ring sizes

[The Old LefHook]

Queensbree's lie was caught out by me, unfortunately. The ring size for Leonard vs Hagler appears to have been only 22 ft.

[Anthony342]

What about sizes of rings they wore? Like a size 9 or 10 ring finger? I heard Andre the Giant's ring was so big that one could pass a silver dollar through it, according to Gorilla Monsoon. Any boxers known to have hands that big or wear that big a ring size? It was also said Andre's watch had a custom chain to fit his wrist and the face was from a pocket watch.

[markusmod]

What about sizes of rings they wore? Like a size 9 or 10 ring finger? I heard Andre the Giant's ring was so big that one could pass a silver dollar through it, according to Gorilla Monsoon. Any boxers known to have hands that big or wear that big a ring size? It was also said Andre's watch had a custom chain to fit his wrist and the face was from a pocket watch.

What about when his hand covered Lord Al Hayes' entire face.

[The Old LefHook]

I once found a picture on the internet of Shaq and some 7'5" Las Vegas soul singer/humanitarian where Shaq looked like a little kid next to this guy whose hand covered most of Shaq's belli.

[QueensburyRules]

Queensbree's lie was caught out by me, unfortunately. The ring size for Leonard vs Hagler appears to have been only 22 ft.

- -I only quote what was reported by the media at fight time. U caught out in public again without U dentures more like it...

[Anthony342]

What about when his hand covered Lord Al Hayes' entire face.

That was good stuff too.

[markusmod]

That was good stuff too.

Best story was when he sharted on Bad News

[Willie Pep 229]

Boxrec notes state that the ring was 20ft. - that Leonard chose 10oz. Reyes - and 12 rounds.

The Reyes gloves is interesting - while Leonard went up two ounces from the traditional eight ounces, the Reyes have a reputation of having a more proportional distribution of the horse hair padding while Everlast places more padding on the knuckles - I probably don't understand the dynamics of gloves correctly but I always thought Reyes to be a puncher's glove and Everlast the boxer's choice.

[Anthony342]

Best story was when he sharted on Bad News

Another good one. Not intentional though. I liked the story of Bad News telling Andre he didn't wanna hear anymore black jokes around him and Andre was like okay because Bad News was a Tae Kwon Do black belt.

[markusmod]

I probably don't understand the dynamics of gloves correctly but I always thought Reyes to be a puncher's glove and Everlast the boxer's choice.

I do as well.