As nouns the difference between karate and boxing
is that
karate is an Okinawan martial art involving primarily punching and kicking, but additionally, advanced throws, arm bars, grappling and all means of fighting while
boxing is 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.
As a verb boxing is
present participle of lang=en.