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Boxing vs Fistiana - What's the difference?

boxing | fistiana |

As nouns the difference between boxing and fistiana

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 fistiana is things related to the sport of boxing.

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
    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)
  • fistiana

    English

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • Things related to the sport of boxing.
  • * 1915 , Joseph K Griffis, Tahan, Out of Savagery Into Civilization
  • Then came the necessary preliminaries — the finding of a place in which to train; the securing of an expert boxer to instruct me in the art of fistiana ...
  • * 2001 , Nat Fleischer, Sam Andre, Don Rafael, Nigel Collins, An Illustrated History of Boxing
  • ...Heenan's friends urged him to issue a challenge to Tom Sayers, British title holder, for the highest honors in fistiana .