Boxing slang.

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  1. dan4579

    dan4579 Boxing Addict Full Member

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  2. latineg

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    Don't go down on a hooker!!
     
  3. SmackDaBum

    SmackDaBum TKO7 banned Full Member

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    I like - "chopping wood" as work the body.

    I like - "Glass cannon" as David Price.
     
  4. LaidOut

    LaidOut Whaaaaat? Full Member

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    "You got knocked the F!@K out!!" (from the movie Friday, for those just born yesterday).
     
  5. N17

    N17 Loyal Member Full Member

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    I think Yusaf Mack uses the phrase "que.er street" a lot these days.
     
  6. flashy k.o

    flashy k.o Supporter of E.E fighters Full Member

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    chopping down ; working his body, go downstairs/upstairs, take his air, working angles, create space, off balance, building momentum, dictating the pace, finding/breaking his rhythm, timing him, circle him, leaning forward, lunging in to a punch , getting sloppy, getting reckless, capitalizing , smelling blood, going for the kill, going into his shell, coming out of his shell, philly shell, slick boxer, switcher, getting lazy in to a fight, a$$ whooping, stilling rounds, flickering the jab, outsmarting, rough him up, etc.:good
     
  7. SmackDaBum

    SmackDaBum TKO7 banned Full Member

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    Building momentum?

    Other favorites:

    Answer that phone.

    Take him into deep waters.

    Snipe him outside of his cage.

    Let him out of his cage.

    Phonebook names.

    Chicken dance.

    Sell a punch.

    Deceptively quick.

    Gamebreaker.

    Adapt on the fly.

    Chessmatch.

    One trick pony.

    The champion coming thru.

    In the pocket.

    Capitilaze on the name.

    Someones O gotta go.

    Fat cat.

    Tune up opponent.

    Standing in the wheelhouse.

    Culture shock.

    A pick'em fight.

    Stab in the gut.

    Gastank.

    Tweener.

    Potshot mode.

    Volume puncher.

    Low output.

    Gunned down.

    Have his number.

    Personal favorite: 911 call: Adrian Granat's left hook.
     
  8. flashy k.o

    flashy k.o Supporter of E.E fighters Full Member

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    getting hit with everything but the kitchen sink, keep the composure, schooling , break a sweat, flurry, punches in bunches , rope a dope, phone booth fight, testing the waters, ring rust, squaring off, getting hit flush, straight on his pipe, down the pipe, timing beats speed, punch output, gassing out, pressing the action, plodder...
     
  9. SmackDaBum

    SmackDaBum TKO7 banned Full Member

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    Explain when in a fight someone says - "building momentum"?

    Blown his load - Corrie Sanders after 4 rounds.
     
  10. Kush

    Kush Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    "Bang bang bang"

    It's up to my promoter

    First and foremost I want to thank Al Haymon
     
  11. CST80

    CST80 The Hesitant Nihilist Staff Member

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    I can tell you Malignaggi's "Catch and Shoot":lol:
     
  12. Gannicus

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    Tough SOB,
    I'ma f*** you till you love me f*****
    'Greatest of all time'
     
  13. CST80

    CST80 The Hesitant Nihilist Staff Member

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    Or "I'm gonna eat yo ***hole alive you *****"
     
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  15. turnip

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    Heart breaker.a fighter who stops his opponent late after being behind on points.