Composure – If you get hit by a big punch, knock the wind of you from body punches, or too tired to even keep your hands up and block the shots coming at you, keeping your composure will save you from the almost inevitable knockout. When you are hurt, you can either clinch or move around, trying not to show that you have been affected by your opponent's barrage of punches. Composure will tell you that you should not engage if you are hurt. Be smart is another way to put it. Do not do something that you will regret later.
Conditioning – Before you step into the ring, you carry everything you have acquired and learned while on training. Solid conditioning will enable you to tolerate punches from your opponent, throw punches at the right time, and remain standing throughout the fight.
Focus – Awareness inside the ring is as important as choosing your punches carefully. Focus allows you to read the body movement of your opponent, to pay attention on your game plan, to get in touched with the moment and the situation at hand, and to become more aware on your defensive and offensive strategy.
Movement – If you are not punching, you are moving. That is the rule and the first and last thing you should remember while on the ring. Movement is a quintessential requirement to become a good boxer. But not just any movement. A good movement maximizes the whole ring and not just the center or one corner. Basically, the reason why you move is to avoid becoming a sitting duck and to become an elusive target, thus avoiding punches.
Meanwhile, movement can also be used to frustrate your opponent. Once your opponent gets frustrated, he may start swinging punches wildly which will leave him open for a counter punch.
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