bare-knuckle
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7.5
- adjective
- /ˈbɛrˌnʌkəl/
:
a puño limpio
- We'd fight, you know, bare knuckle brawling the two sides.
- bare-knuckle fight
- bare-knuckle boxing
- bare-knuckle boxing match
But again, he's a fucking world champion bare knuckle fighter as well.
- But again, he's a fucking world champion bare knuckle fighter as well.
- Should more disputes be settled by a good old fashioned bare knuckle fight?
- How did you end up in a gym miles from home having a bare knuckle fight with a man twice your size?
- He competed in the UFC for a long haul, and he's currently fighting in welterweight in the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championships.
- And when you described your bare knuckle fighting style, Packer, would you say you're a boxer or a slugger?
- We'd fight, you know, bare knuckle brawling the two sides.
- But yeah, it's I just find boxing at bare knuckle is my kind of thing.
- Don't They say the bare knuckle fights are actually safer than boxing because there's a headgear Headgear.
Examples
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Two men are in a savage bare-knuckle fight, surrounded by screaming customers of bikers and truckers.
Fiction book (1996) -
It's a great way to do it when the gloves are off and it's bare-knuckle fighting," Johnson said.
Blog text (6) -
But yeah, it's I just find boxing at bare knuckle is my kind of thing.
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And he's like, oh, like bare knuckle MMA fighting.
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And when you described your bare knuckle fighting style, Packer, would you say you're a boxer or a slugger?
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He Mondt recalled the history of an early bare-knuckle fighter, one James Figg, who dated back to 1716.
Blog text (6) -
He fought in a bare-knuckle boxing match that drew a large crowd.
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The rules were clear: it would be a bare-knuckle bout, and no protective gear was allowed.
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In the bare-knuckle competition, fighters often faced severe injuries without any safety measures.
Synonyms
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3.3
A fight where people hit each other with their bare hands
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3.5
Using only your hands and no tools or weapons
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4.0
Having no gloves on the hands
A physical fight using only hands between people
Using the hands without gloves or other covering
Antonyms
How Protected
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bare-knuckle comes from the simple idea of fighting with your bare 'uncovered' knuckle, meaning your 'fist', so it first named boxing without gloves or protection. That's why it means done 'without protection' or 'without safety measures'.