Boxing slang.

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  1. SmackDaBum

    SmackDaBum TKO7 banned Full Member

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    Some boxing slang such as - "Saved by the bell" - or: - "Throw in the towel" - is well known in public and used as methapors of expression.

    Give me more slang that you like to use! Well established or local - it doesn't matter!

    Sometimes the slang needs an explanation!
     
  2. Reg

    Reg Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  3. Barrera

    Barrera Defeated Boxing_master Full Member

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    Rolling with the punches is one i use and frequently here used in day to day life
     
  4. alspacka

    alspacka Boxing Addict Full Member

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    "Keep your eyes peeled" is kinda visceral
     
  5. Clinton

    Clinton Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I was floored when I saw the "floored" thread still on the general.
     
  6. alspacka

    alspacka Boxing Addict Full Member

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    "Throw your hat in the ring" - Although modern boxing doesn’t incorporate hats, amateur boxing in the early 19th century sometimes did – in the form of accepting a challenge. When the crowd was called upon to provide a challenger for a boxer, someone might literally throw their hat into the ring to take up the call. Today, the phrase throw one’s hat into the ring still refers to the taking up of a challenge, though more often in non-physically combative arenas. For instance, one might refer to a politician announcing a run for office as having ‘thrown her hat into the ring’.
     
  7. Pimp C

    Pimp C Too Much Motion Full Member

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    Don't hook with a hooker
     
  8. alspacka

    alspacka Boxing Addict Full Member

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    :lol:
     
  9. LondonRingRules

    LondonRingRules Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    'Shot below the belt' when someone has a cheap verbal dig at another person.
     
  10. Pimp C

    Pimp C Too Much Motion Full Member

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    Always been my favorite it's hilarious.:yep
     
  11. latineg

    latineg user of dude wipes Full Member

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    I thought that meant something else :oops:
     
  12. Ilesey

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    "Don't hit me punches"
     
  13. Pimp C

    Pimp C Too Much Motion Full Member

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    :lol:
     
  14. SmackDaBum

    SmackDaBum TKO7 banned Full Member

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    Thanks, haven't heard of it before. This is great explanation.
     
  15. flashy k.o

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