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TKO

TKO

5 8.0
A referee stopping a boxing match because a fighter cannot continue safely
  • noun
  • Jargon
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  • Jake Paul won the match by TKO after the referee stopped the fight in the fourth round.
  • 11th-round TKO
  • seventh-round TKO
  • round TKO

You can win by TKO, you can submit them, or you can win by decision.

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Examples

  • The winner by TKO, still undefeated, George Foreman!

  • Georges St. Pierre by TKO, round 2.

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  • Jake Paul, TKO in the fourth round.

  • One by decision, the other by TKO.

  • You can win by TKO, you can submit them, or you can win by decision.

  • Wood won the bout by TKO in the second round.

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  • Wood won by TKO in 4:22 in the second round.

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  • Winner by TKO, Hoagie "Cheap Shot" Parker.

  • Prediction: Patrick Cote by TKO in the first round.

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  • Adonis Johnson, a little-known boxer being trained by Rocky Balboa handed light heavyweight title contender Leo Sporino a second-round TKO defeat in Philadelphia last night.

Synonyms

2 4.0

A fight stopped by the referee because one fighter cannot continue safely

is the abbreviated form used as a short label in reporting and scorecards

Antonyms

1.0

To keep doing something without stopping

How Decisive

KO
6 5.3
TKO
  • Jargon
5 8.0
decision
270 1.0

Surface Forms

TKO singular
TKOs plural

Morphology

TKO = technical + knockout (opaque) = T + K + O

TKO is an initialism formed from the phrase 'technical knockout'; the letter abbreviation does not transparently reveal the full phrase to learners.

Etymology

The word TKO is short for technical knockout. 'Technical' here means 'official' or 'for safety' and 'knockout' means 'one fighter cannot continue', so a TKO is when the referee stops the match to protect a boxer.