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    why is a boxing ring called a ring when it is square

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    0  Views: 732 Answers: 3 Posted: 11 years ago
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      Because boxers used to fight in a circle drawn on the floor, called the ring. This name stuck On even after the boxing ring became a square...

      11 years ago. Rating: 6
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        To make people ask this question many years later...they were a very cunning bunch, they were!

        11 years ago. Rating: 2
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          ....and....why do you park on a driveway and drive on a parkway?    :)

          11 years ago. Rating: 1
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