: the art of attack and defense with the fists practiced as a sport
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: an act of enclosing in a box
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: a boxlike enclosure : casing
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: material used for boxes and casings
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Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
Trained by the merciless El Buda, Gama battles to transform his rage, memories of a brutal childhood, into glory as a boxing champion.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 15 July 2025
In the 13 years since women's boxing was added to the Olympics, the sport is growing at the professional level, said women's boxing historian Malissa Smith.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 15 July 2025
This weekend’s boxing match isn’t the only international square-off that Gasanova has been tied to.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 14 July 2025
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Noun
Claressa Shields has done everything anyone could imagine in a boxing ring, and the 30-year-old future Hall of Famer is in search of the biggest bags possible.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
Trained by the merciless El Buda, Gama battles to transform his rage, memories of a brutal childhood, into glory as a boxing champion.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 15 July 2025
In the 13 years since women's boxing was added to the Olympics, the sport is growing at the professional level, said women's boxing historian Malissa Smith.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 15 July 2025
This weekend’s boxing match isn’t the only international square-off that Gasanova has been tied to.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 14 July 2025
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“Boxing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boxing. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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