Английское слово, насколько я понимаю, предполагает, что ring это что-то roughly circular. Так, более или менее. Тем более что античные кулачные бойцы дрались в амфитеатрах.
The name ring (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_ring) is a relic from when contests were fought in a roughly drawn circle on the ground. The name ring continued with the Jack Broughton rules in 1743, which specified a small circle in the centre of the fight area where the boxers met at the start of each round. The first square ring was introduced by the Pugilistic Society in 1838. 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 "square circle".
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