: the art of attack and defense with the fists practiced as a sport
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: an act of enclosing in a box
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: a boxlike enclosure : casing
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: material used for boxes and casings
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Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
The week Areq’s edit was posted, viewership of the 2015 boxing drama increased 29% on Amazon Prime, according to Luminate data.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
The group found inspiration from the boxing manga series Ashita no Joe.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
Hatton was described in court as a boxing coach and company director and the cause of his death was given as hanging.
—Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
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The owner of the company that made the short, Nazmo Productions, is business partners with Ali Shams Pour, a British entrepreneur who later helped run Probellum, the boxing company.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
The week Areq’s edit was posted, viewership of the 2015 boxing drama increased 29% on Amazon Prime, according to Luminate data.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
The group found inspiration from the boxing manga series Ashita no Joe.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
Hatton was described in court as a boxing coach and company director and the cause of his death was given as hanging.
—Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Boxing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boxing. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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: construction of the base of a dental cast by building up the walls of an impression while preserving important landmarks
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