Why are boxing rings square?

Question

Why are boxing rings square?

Answer 1

why do we park on the driveway, and drive on the parkway?

Answer 2

why do boys have penises?why do girls have vaginas?see we don't know it's just how it is.

Answer 3

Because in a circle there are no corners 4 breaks. Because in a triangle, its to pointy and odd shaped (u'd b bumpin in2 da sides all da time) and if u had a rectangle... well y wod u have a rectangle!

Answer 4

This question has been asked a lot lately, here is the answer:

It goes back to the days when fighters used to fight in a small, drawn-out circle, and whoever wanted to challenge the fighter would throw their hat into the ring. As boxing became more popular in the 1800s, there needed to be bigger rings for the fights. As a result, the ring became elevated off the ground and it bacame a square that was held together by two ropes and four corners/turnbuckles. The name "ring" however stuck and that is why today, the boxing ring is called by some, "the squared circle."

Answer 5

that is kinda dumb eh...rings would be circles not squares lol

Answer 6

some are round some are octagone.ufc,etc.

Answer 7

if it was in a ring the boxers would run around in circles

tat does sound more entertaining though

Answer 8

Boxing rings are still referred to today as "Rings" because when boxing was first invented, the two fighters would fight in a cirlce and called it a "Ring", but today people still call it a Ring because the name hasnt seem to change!

Answer 9

easy to build...circle would be better...good idea!

Answer 10

thats a good one. How about this one: why is bread square and Bologna round? Why is the word abbreviation so long?

Answer 11

squares are easier to build rather than a circle or anything else.