noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a boxing/tennis/golf etc champion
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The show will be opened by the former world boxing champion, Chris Eubank.
Boxing Day
boxing gloves
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The trainer laced up Mike's boxing gloves.
shadow boxing
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
champion
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And who better to promote such knock-down prices than boxing champion , Chris Eubank.
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But never before a heavy weight boxing champion of the world.
glove
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The chain had two boxing glove pendants and was valued at £65.
heavyweight
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World heavyweight boxing ends the year much as it started this year and almost every other year - in total chaos.
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Willard's restoration of white dominance in heavyweight boxing in 1916 coincided with the re-establishment of the colour line.
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Lewis's win provided more than cosmetic surgery to the battered, punch-drunk features of heavyweight boxing .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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As a teenager, Dolittle took up boxing .
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The boxing match will be held at the Arena.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Among other contributions, Neil Allen looks pityingly at athletics and boxing , and the stink is just as pronounced in soccer.
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At first glance it would seem that sport must involve a victim, which rather explains why boxing is considered sporting.
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In a boxing ring that's fine, but you can't do that day and night for four days.
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Join in and have your own boxing career, watch fights and consult your trainer.
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My guess is that I am not alone in waking up to the stunning brutality of boxing .
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Neither athletics nor soccer prospered from black participation in the same way as boxing , but there were exceptions.
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Then I widened my circle to boxing friends.
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These whips dictated not only the shape but also the size of the boxing ring.