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This category is for terms used in or derived from the sport of boxing. ... Pages in category "Boxing terminology" The following 46 pages are in this category, out of ...
The term "tomato can" is primarily used in the context of individual combat sports: boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts, and other sports of similar structure. The concept—if not the term—is also prevalent in team sports.
In boxing, a sucker punch is one delivered unexpectedly. OED dates boxing term to 1947, but does not cite first figurative usage. Sunday punch Boxing: A destructive blow to an opponent as in "knocked him into next Sunday". In boxing, a Sunday punch is a knockout blow. WordNet refers to it specifically in terms of boxing. [81]
This category is for terms used in or derived from the sport of kickboxing and affiliated styles such as muay Thai and sanshou. Pages in category "Kickboxing terminology" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total.
Boxing terminology (2 C, 46 P) C. Chinese martial arts terminology (35 P) J. Japanese martial arts terminology (5 C, 84 P) K. Kickboxing terminology (53 P)
Over the years the term has been attributed to sports, including toeing the starting line in track events and toeing a center line in boxing, where boxers were instructed to line up on either side of to start a match. However, the earlier boxing term was toeing the scratch, referring to a scratch mark on the floor. One of the earliest ...
Al McCoy, world champion in the 1910s, displaying southpaw stance with right hand and right foot to the fore Ruslan Chagaev in southpaw stance. In boxing and some other sports, a southpaw stance is a stance in which the boxer has the right hand and the right foot forward, leading with right jabs, and following with a left cross right hook.
The rope-a-dope is a boxing fighting technique in which one contender leans against the ropes of the boxing ring to draw non-injuring offensive punches in an effort to tire their opponent out and, while they are on the ropes, try to execute devastating offensive punches.