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a competition between two people to find out who is stronger, in which they sit opposite each other and place an elbow on a table between them. Each holds the other’s hand and tries to force their arm down onto the table to win.

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a boxer or wrestler who is fairly light

adjective

fighting or fought without boxing gloves

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a boxing or wrestling match

verb

to fight in the sport of boxing

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someone who takes part in boxing matches, especially as their job

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a sport in which two boxers fight by hitting each other while wearing large leather boxing gloves on their hands. They fight in a square area with ropes around it, called a boxing ring.

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in boxing or wrestling, one of the corners of the square ring where the fighting happens

in boxing, to count up to ten, and then say that someone has lost a fight

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in boxing, a way of hitting your opponent from the side as they try to hit you

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an act of pushing your opponent to the ground in the sport of wrestling or judo

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a boxer who weighs between 53.5 and 57 kilograms

verb

to hit someone as part of a sport, especially boxing

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an occasion when people fight as part of a sport, especially boxing

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someone who takes part in the sport of boxing or any other sport in which people fight physically

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a boxer, wrestler, or weightlifter who is light in weight, usually not more than 112 pounds or 51 kilograms

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a boxing glove

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the way that boxers stand with their hands in front of their face, to protect themselves from an opponent

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a position in which someone holds their arm around another person’s neck so that they cannot move

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a boxer or wrestler in the heaviest weight group

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relating to this weight group

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a hit that a boxer (=someone who fights as a sport) makes with their arm bent

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in boxing, a short quick hit with a closed hand

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a sport in which two people kick as well as hit each other when they fight

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a fall in a boxing match, after being hit

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a hit that knocks a boxer down, so that they cannot get up

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a boxing match that is won when one person cannot get up after being hit

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a knockout in a fight

to begin an attack in boxing with a particular hand or hit

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a hit made with your left hand, especially in the sport of boxing

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a boxer or wrestler who belongs to one of the lower weight divisions

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a way of holding someone so that they cannot move when you are fighting

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a boxer or wrestler who weighs less than a light heavyweight and more than a welterweight

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in the sport of boxing, the action of hitting an opponent first with one hand then quickly with the other

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a boxer 1

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a type of entertainment in which people pretend to wrestle in a way that looks very violent

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a boxer

adjective

a boxer who is punch-drunk has been hit in the head so much that his brain is damaged

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an amount of money that is offered as a prize in a sports competition, especially a boxing match or a horse race

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the official rules of the sport of boxing

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a hit made with your right hand

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a hit made with the right hand

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a raised square area surrounded by ropes where people take part in boxing or wrestling

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the sport of boxing or wrestling

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the area around the place where people perform in a circus or fight in a boxing or wrestling match

adjective

near to the place where an event is happening, especially a boxing or wrestling match

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one of a series of short periods of fighting in a boxing or wrestling match

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training in which a boxer fights with an imaginary opponent

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someone who uses their left hand, especially in boxing

verb

to practise fighting with someone

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someone who helps a boxer to train for a fight by taking the part of an opponent

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an illegal hold in wrestling

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a Japanese sport in which two very large men wrestle (=fight by holding each other, and pulling or pushing). Someone who does this is called a sumo wrestler.

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the action of throwing your opponent to the ground in a sport such as wrestling

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a way of hitting someone very hard on the chin or in the stomach with your fist (=closed hand) by swinging your arm upwards

to have your weight checked before you take part in a sport such as boxing or horse racing

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an occasion when someone who is taking part in a sport such as boxing or horse racing is officially weighed

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a welterweight

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a boxer who weighs between 135 and 147 pounds, which is between a lightweight and a middleweight

verb

to fight by holding and pushing someone but without hitting with your fists, especially as a sport

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someone who wrestles, especially as a sport

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a sport in which two people fight by holding each other in special positions and throwing each other

the World Wrestling Federation: a former name of World Wrestling Entertainment Inc, a company that manages the sport of professional wrestling

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adjective

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to reduce the force of a hit by moving backwards slightly as you are hit

to hit someone very hard, so that they fall down and cannot get up

the thick ropes that enclose an area that is used for boxing or wrestling