prize ring

a ring where prizefights take place; boxing ring.

the sport of prizefighting.

Origin of prize ring

First recorded in 1815–25

The prize-ring is disgusting and inhuman, but at least it is a voluntary encounter of two individuals.

Ars Recte Vivende |George William Curtis
Back in the world outside he had made a brief essay in the prize-ring, not without some success.

The Huntress |Hulbert Footner
This liking for them is pushed to excess, much as the cult for heroes of the prize-ring was with us in a past generation.

Romantic Spain |John Augustus O'Shea
It is a relief to turn from these mostly futile indoor pastimes to the robuster sports of the chase, the turf and the prize-ring.

Mr. Punch's History of Modern England Vol. IV of IV. |Charles L. Graves

My adversary was bigger than I was, and evidently far more at home with the customs of the prize-ring.

My Friend Smith |Talbot Baines Reed

prize ring

the enclosed area or ring used by prizefighters

the prize ring the sport of prizefighting