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Boxing vs Champeen - What's the difference?

boxing | champeen |

As nouns the difference between boxing and champeen

is that boxing is (sports) a sport where two opponents punch each other with gloved fists, the object being to score more points by the end of the match or by knockout, or technical knockout or boxing can be material used for making boxes or casing while champeen is (nonstandard) a champion.

As a verb boxing

is or boxing can be .

boxing

English

Etymology 1

From

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (wikipedia boxing) (-)
  • (sports) A sport where two opponents punch each other with gloved fists, the object being to score more points by the end of the match or by knockout, or technical knockout.
    • Synonyms
    * (sports) fisticuffs, pugilism, sparring
    Derived terms
    (terms derived from boxing) * boxing glove * boxing match * boxing ring * kick-boxing, kickboxing * shadow-boxing, shadowboxing
    Related terms
    * box * boxer
    See also
    (terms associated with boxing) * clinch * down for the count * fancy footwork * left hook * on the ropes * on the canvas * on the mat * upper cut * prizefighting * ring * wrestling * (boxing)

    Etymology 2

    From

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Material used for making boxes or casing.
  • (construction) Casing.
  • (programming) Automatical conversion of value types to objects by wrapping them within a heap-allocated reference type.
    • Antonyms
    * (programming) unboxing

    Verb

    (head)

    • champeen

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nonstandard) A champion.
  • * 1912 , , The Prince and Betty , ch. 19:
    • "He could whip a dozen Cyclone Dicks in the same evening with his eyes shut."
    "He's the next champeen ," admitted the first speaker.
  • * 1917 , , The Definite Object , ch. 24:
    • "You're right, me lad, I was the best fightin' man, the greatest champeen as ever was."
  • * 1920 , , The Big-Town Round-Up , Ch. 1:
    • "I'd take a li'l' bet that New York ain't lookin' for no champeen ropers or bronco-busters," said Stace.
  • * 1991 , " Entertainment: Will Tyson Do The Encores?," Time , 12 Aug:
    • In this corner, the operatic heavyweight from Modena, Italy, Luciano Pavarotti! And in this corner, that Iberian emoter, champeen tenor Placido Domingo!
  • * 2005 , Paul Oerjuerge, " Armstrong untouchable to the end," The Sun (San Bernadino, USA), 24 July (retrieved 18 Oct 2010):
    • So, there he goes, riding off into the golden sunset of history. Lance Armstrong, champeen of the cycling world.

    Usage notes

    * Originally used especially to refer to a champion in the sport of boxing, but since extended to other contexts.