Think about it!(part 3)

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WHY IS A BOXING RING A SQUARE??

 

[SecretStash99]

The name "ring" is a relic from when contests were fought in a roughly drawn circle on the ground. ... That ring was specified as 24 feet (7.3 m) square and bound by two ropes. For these and other reasons, the boxing ring is commonly referred to as the "squared circle".

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The name "ring" is a relic from when contests were fought in a roughly drawn circle on the ground. ... That ring was specified as 24 feet (7.3 m) square and bound by two ropes. For these and other reasons, the boxing ring is commonly referred to as the "squared circle".

But the contests you are talking about were not boxing matches they were freestyle restling matches the boxing matches are being played in a square since its beginning.....

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[SecretStash99]

But the contests you are talking about were not boxing matches they were freestyle wrestling matches the boxing matches are being played in a square since its beginning.....

Sorry! Answer -> “because they were so used to calling it a boxing ring that when they changed the shape to a square they still kept calling it a boxing ring.”

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