Sport Boxing SQUARED CIRCLE Why boxing rings are actually square after ancient tradition was scrapped hundreds of years ago Jake Lambourne Published: 13:35, 19 May 2022 Updated: 17:11, 19 May 2022 ...

2 The modern square boxing ring is often referred to as the squared circleCredit: Mark Robinson - The Sun 2 Boxers used to compete in circular rings, before it was changed in 1838 ...

Once the province of men in dark, smoky stadiums and shadowed by an image of violence, Thailand's ancient martial art of Muay Thai is being reborn - as a fitness regime.

The Big Knockout Boxing ring is a cramped, low-slung circle with no ropes. The fighters who step into "the Pit" are expected to trade flurries of big punches during two-minute rounds until one is ...