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Why is it called a boxing 'ring'...

07-29-2011, 07:12 PM

...when quite obviously it is not ring shaped? Where did the term come from?
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07-29-2011, 07:21 PM

Originally posted by OG Wenger View Post

...when quite obviously it is not ring shaped? Where did the term come from?

Before there was an actual square ring there was just a circle of men around the two combatants, hence the name ring.
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