boxing
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈbɑːksɪŋ/
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boxeo
- The event represented much more than just a championship boxing match, however.
- a boxing match
- boxing gloves
- boxing ring
I mean, I did a lot of boxing, a lot of conditioning.
- I mean, I did a lot of boxing, a lot of conditioning.
- He is the only undefeated bare knuckle boxing champion ever.
- So anything that brings new people in to boxing, it's great for the sport.
- The fool's gone wild Wrestling boxing championship belt.
- So misfits do celebrity boxing and Jake Paul KSI.
- That's how big amateur boxing was in those days.
- OK, who wins in a chess boxing match between you and Magnus?
- So nobody in boxing fights out of their weight class.
- And he is because it's not a boxing display, is it?
- And then the, the, the boxing side of it, I'm still learning.
- Entrepreneurship is UFC, entrepreneurship is boxing who can take a punch.
Examples
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That stunning second round knockout was the crowning moment... of Wayne Barclay's brilliant boxing career.
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There were lots of girls who followed boxing, and Buster could have his pick, and he did.
Fiction book (1990) -
So anything that brings new people in to boxing, it's great for the sport.
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After that, we bring back the boxing team.
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So nobody in boxing fights out of their weight class.
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You do honour to the sport of boxing.
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A sport that is part combat and part art, various styles of boxing exist.
Academic text (2013) -
There's going to be a boxing match for some of the old-timers, 60 and over.
Fiction book (1994) -
During the post-Tyson era, Oscar became the face of professional boxing and carried the sport into the twenty-first century.
Academic text (2013) -
The boxing match featured two skilled fighters hitting each other with powerful punches.
Synonyms
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8.6
A sport of fighting with the fists like boxing
Compounds
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2.4
A padded leather glove boxers wear to protect their hand and the opponent from serious injury
- UK
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3.0
A public holiday on the first weekday after Christmas celebrated in the UK and some other countries
How Physical
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Boxing comes from the verb box, which means 'to hit with the fist'. So boxing is the sport where two people fight using their fists.