Boxing Parlance in everyday use

The real McCoy

 

coming up to scratch

 

On the back foot.

 

Slugging it out?

 

you can run but you can't hide.

 

Round 1

 

Cricket?

His legs have gone - After a night out.

 

Arram Punches...

 

Down for the count
Sucker Punch
Fancy Footwork
Below the belt

and many, many more.

Tbh, no other sport really comes close to boxing in this area, probabily because of the nature of the sport and also because it's a metaphor for life. Boxing wins by a knockout when it comes to the idiom stakes.

 

going toe to toe

coming out fighting

down and out

the gloves are off

below the belt

squaring off

taking a dive

throwing in the towel

So there appear to be lots of things which are said day to day. I never really thought of it. Great thread.

 

Its the epitome of one on one competition. There is no other sport like it. There are no time-outs, no team mates, no breaks when your hurt. The sport still tugs at our natural primal instincts. Whether modern society wants to accept it or not we are still humans and still have that caveman in us who is still hunting sabre tooths.

 

Okay, I have a slightly different view (maybe thats why i'm attracted to passive, slicksters lol) I think what you've said there is a bit of a cliche and doesn't really help boxing, it's something a person opposed to it would say before going into the 'but'. I see your point though.

 

Yep, Jonny Mc is a big boxing fan and references it almost everytime he commentates.