Synonyms of boxing

boxing

verb

present participle of box

as in punching

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner

his mother threatened to box his ears if he didn't show a bit more respect

Synonyms & Similar Words

• punching
• hitting
• knocking
• slapping
• slamming
• smacking
• banging
• clapping
• pounding
• striking
• clipping
• whacking
• batting
• swiping
• cracking
• kicking
• rapping
• bashing
• slugging
• nailing
• thumping
• tagging
• hammering
• jabbing
• whaling
• bobbing
• tapping
• clouting
• licking
• swatting
• shoving
• socking
• flicking
• pushing
• clobbering
• thwacking
• bopping
• pasting
• clocking
• chopping
• poking
• stabbing
• belting
• bludgeoning
• busting
• zapping
• slogging
• walloping
• bumping
• bonking
• smiting
• stroking
• biffing
• mauling
• beating
• battering
• pummeling
• stamping
• mangling
• hanging one on
• bunting
• lacing
• cuffing
• roughing
• slashing
• drubbing
• pelting
• peppering
• lashing
• jostling
• buffeting
• scuffing
• clubbing
• lambasting
• pommeling
• dumping
• whipping
• bunging
• kneeing
• switching
• butting
• cudgeling
• bowling (down or over)
• decking
• flooring
• prodding
• spearing
• creaming
• flailing
• knocking down
• sledging
• caning
• felling
• flogging
• thrashing
• braining
• rabbit-punching
• sledgehammering
• sapping
• leveling
• sucker punching
• skulling
• conking
• beaning

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of boxing

Perhaps the most noteworthy sports figure to battle Parkinson’s was boxing great Muhammad Ali, who died in 2016. — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

The pier-to-pier walk in Southern California’s South Bay was supported by boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard, celebrity TV host Brooke Burke, actor Nate Simon and baseball icons Chris Taylor, Kyle Karros and Jared Karros. — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026

Adam Rodriguez as Ruben Chapa, a trainer at the local El Centro boxing gym. — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2026

Eubank Jr was seven years older than Benn, five years further into his professional career and, more pertinently, boxing at middleweight, three weight classes higher than super-lightweight Benn. — Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Pausing midway through a meal to check in with your hunger is a good rule of thumb, and boxing half of a meal at a restaurant to bring home can also help. — Gavin Escott, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026

If, as Jimmy Connors has said, tennis is boxing at ninety feet—a lonely battle of wills that punishes the slightest lapse in concentration—Eala’s southpaw forehand drives resemble Pacquiao’s blazing left hooks. — Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026

He was stripped of his heavyweight title, barred from boxing for more than three years and convicted of draft evasion. — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026

But for Gonzales, the gym has always been about more than boxing. — Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2026