The fighting area for participants in a combat
sport. Origianally, these
sports took place in a circle. When support ropes were added to clearer identify the border, the rings were made sqaure or rectangular in shape.
See also ring, boxing ring,
wrestling ring, enter the ring, queensbury
As these
two competitors enter the sqaured
circle, they begin to realise that for
one of them, fame and fortune on a tremedous scale awaits after this bout.