Boxing

Boxing

Terms of or relating to a sport in which two opponents engage in hand to hand combat within a defined boundary. A referee manages the match in order to ensure rules are not broken and to declare a winner if a player is not knocked unconscious.

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doctor

Sports; Boxing

See Ringside Physician

down

Sports; Boxing

A boxer is "down" if he touches the floor or canvas of the ring with any part of his body other than his feet, or if the boxer should go outside the ropes from a blow. A boxer can also be called ...

draw

Sports; Boxing

When a fight has gone the full distance and the points given to each boxer by the judges are the same. It is a tie or in boxing, a draw.

duration

Sports; Boxing

See Rounds

elbowing

Sports; Boxing

Hitting your opponent with your elbow. Against the rules and this will get the boxer a warning.

feint

Sports; Boxing

Faking a punch to try and trick your opponent into letting down his defenses in some manner so as to hit him in another place with a real punch.

fix

Sports; Boxing

This is when a fight has been decided before it has taken place. A fighter agrees to lose for a certain amount of cash. A big no-no and of course it is against the law. This does not happen at the ...