Glossary of Boxing Terms

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A

B
Bantamweight
Below the belt
Blow
Body punches
Bolo punch
Bout
Boxer's handshake
Brawler
Breadbasket

C
Card
Catchweight
Clinch
Combination
Corner
Corner man
Count
Counter punch
Cruiserweight

D
Disqualification
Down and out
Down for the count
Draw

E

F
Fall through the ropes
Featherweight
Feint
Flyweight
Fouls

G
Gate
Glass Jaw
Gloves
Go the distance
Go to the scorecards

H
Haymaker
Headbutt
Heavyweight
Hitting on the break
Hook

I
Inside fighter

J
Jab
Junior heavyweight

K
Kidney punch
Kissed the canvas
Knockdown
Knockout (KO)

L
Lacing
Light flyweight
Light heavyweight
Lightweight
Liver punch

M
Majority decision
Majority draw
Manager
Mandatory eight count
Memorial ten count
Middleweight
Minimumweight/Mini flyweight

N
Neutral corner
No decision

O
On the ropes
Orthodox
Outside fighter

P
Palooka
Peek-a-boo
Pound for pound
Power punches
Prizefighter
Promoter
Punch
Punch drunk
Purse

Q

R
Rabbit punch
Ropes
Rope a dope
Rounds

S
Sanctioning Body
Saved by the Bell
Southpaw
Split decision
Stick and move
Sucker punch
Super bantamweight
Super featherweight
Super flyweight
Super lightweight
Super middleweight
Super welterweight

T
Take a dive
Technical draw
Technical knockout (TKO)
Throw in the towel

U
Undercard
Uppercut

V

W
Weigh-in
Weight classes
Welterweight

X

Y

Z