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Prizefighting vs Boxing - What's the difference?

prizefighting | boxing |

In sports terms the difference between prizefighting and boxing

is that prizefighting is professional boxing, in which two fighters compete for a prize 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.

prizefighting

English

Noun

  • (sports) Professional boxing, in which two fighters compete for a prize.

    • Related terms

    * prizefight * prizefighter * prizing (obsolete)

    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)