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Index
Title Page
Dedication
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FIGHTING TALK
A LOW BLOW
AHEAD ON POINTS
ALL-OUT FIGHT
ALL OVER THE SHOP
ALL PUNCHED OUT
AND THE WINNER IS…
AT THE DROP OF A HAT
BACK ON HIS FEET
BACK ON HIS/YOUR HEELS
BACK TO THE CORNER
BACK TO THE ROPES
BANTAMWEIGHT
BARE-KNUCKLE
BARNSTORMING
BATTLE ROYAL
BEATING THE COUNT
BEATEN TO THE PUNCH
BECOMING SCRAPPY
BELOW THE BELT
BETWEEN ROUNDS
BIG BEN
BIG HITTER
(HIS) BLOOD IS UP
BLOW
BLOW-BY-BLOW
BOB AND WEAVE
BODYBLOW
BOTTLE
BOUT
BOXER SHORTS
BOXING
BOXING CLEVER
BOXING ON
BOXING SMART
BRAWLER
BREAK IT UP
BRING IT ON
BRINGING HOME THE BACON
BRUISER
BRUISING BATTLE/ENCOUNTER
BUM OF THE MONTH
CARRIES A PUNCH
CARRYING (ONE’S OPPONENT)
CATCHWEIGHT
CHAMPION
CHUMP
CLARET
CLEAN FIGHT
CLINCH
CLOUT
COMEBACK
COME OUT FIGHTING
COME OUT SWINGING
COME UP SMILING
COME UP TO SCRATCH
CONTENDER
CORNERED
COULDN’T LAY A PUNCH/GLOVE ON HIM
COUNTED OUT
COUNTERPUNCHER
CROSS
CROSS THE LINE
DIRTY FIGHTER
DONNYBROOK
DON’T COUNT HIM OUT
DOUBLE BLOW
DOUBLE-CROSS
DOUBLE WHAMMY
DOWN AND OUT
DOWN BUT NOT OUT
DOWN FOR THE COUNT
(A) DRAW
DRAW FIRST BLOOD
DRAW THE LINE
DROPPING YOUR GUARD
DUCK/DUCK AND WEAVE
DUKES
DUST YOURSELF OFF
EVERYBODY WANTS TO GO TO HEAVEN BUT NOBODY WANTS TO DIE
EXCHANGE BLOWS
FACE OFF
FACE UP TO
FAIR FIGHT
FAN
FEATHERWEIGHT
FEINTING
FIGHT OF THE CENTURY
FIGHT PLAN
FIGHTING CHANCE
FIGHTING DIRTY
FIGHTING FIT
FIGHTING HIS CORNER
FIGHTING TALK/WORDS
FIGHTING WEIGHT
FINAL BELL
FINAL ROUND
FIRST BLOOD
FIRST ROUND
FISTICUFFS
FIX/FIXED FIGHT
FLAT ON THE CANVAS
FLATTENED
FLOORED
FOUGHT TO THE LAST BELL
FOUL BLOW
FROM THE FIRST BELL TO THE LAST
(THE) GATE
GET UP OFF THE CANVAS
GIVE AND TAKE
GIVE AS GOOD AS YOU GET
GIVE IT TO HIM STRAIGHT
GLASS JAW
(THE) GLOVES ARE OFF
GLUTTON FOR PUNISHMENT
GO A FEW ROUNDS
GO DOWN FIGHTING
GO DOWN FOR THE THIRD TIME
GO THE DISTANCE
GREAT WHITE HOPE
GUM SHIELD
HAM-FISTED
HANG A LEFT/RIGHT
HANG IN THERE
HANGING UP THE GLOVES
HARD BLOW
HARD-HITTING
HARD-NOSED
HAYMAKER
HE CAN RUN BUT HE CAN’T HIDE
HEAD-TO-HEAD
HEAVY BLOW
HEAVY-HANDED
HEAVY HITTER
HEAVYWEIGHT
HIT WITH EVERYTHING BUT THE BUCKET
HITTING A MAN WHEN HE’S DOWN
HOLDING ON
HOMETOWN DECISION
(A) HUNGRY FIGHTER IS A GOOD FIGHTER
INFIGHTING
IN GOOD SHAPE
IN/INTO THE RING
IN THIS CORNER
INSIDE THE DISTANCE
IT’S A HIT
IT’S A KNOCKOUT
JAB
JOE PALOOKA
JOURNEYMAN
KEEP PUNCHING
KEEP YOUR GUARD UP
KILLER BLOW
KILLER INSTINCT
KILLER PUNCH/BLOW
KING-HIT
KISSER
KNOCK
KNOCK THE WIND OUT OF SOMEONE
KNOCK YOUR SOCKS OFF
KNOCKDOWN
KNOCKOUT
KNOCKOUT BLOW
KNUCKLEHEAD
KO
LAID OUT
LAND A BLOW/PUNCH
LAND A KNOCKOUT BLOW
LASTED THE DISTANCE
LEAD WITH THE CHIN
LET’S GET READY TO RUMBLE
LIGHTWEIGHT
LINE IN THE SAND
LOWERING YOUR GUARD
LUCKY PUNCH
MAIN EVENT
MAJORITY DECISION
MAKING A COMEBACK
MARQUESS OF QUEENSBERRY RULES
MAUL
MILLING
MIXING
NEUTRAL CORNER
NEVER IN THE SAME RING
NEVER TAKING A BACKWARD STEP
NO CONTEST
NO-ONE IN HIS CORNER
NOBLE IN DEFEAT
OFF THE ROPES
ON HIS BIKE
ON HIS KNEES
ON THE BUTTON
ON THE CANVAS/DECK
ON THE ROPES
ONE MORE ROUND
ONE-TWO PUNCH
OPEN SLATHER
OUT COLD
OUT FOR THE COUNT
OUT ON HIS FEET
OUTBOXED
OUTFOUGHT
OUTPUNCHED
PACKS A PUNCH
PACKS A WALLOP
PALOOKA
PEOPLE’S CHAMPION
PINS
PLASTER
PLENTY OF BOTTLE
PLENTY OF FIGHT LEFT IN HIM
POINTS DECISION
POUND FOR POUND
POWDER PUFF
POWER PUNCH
PRIZE-FIGHT
PROTECT YOURSELF AT ALL TIMES
PUGILIST
PUGILISTIC/PUGNACIOUS
PULLING YOUR PUNCHES
PUNCH
PUNCHBAG
PUNCHDRUNK
PUNCHED FROM PILLAR TO POST
(A) PUNCHER’S CHANCE
PUNCHING ABOVE HIS WEIGHT
PUNCHING ME IN THE NOSE
PUNCHY
(A) PUNISHING ROUND
(THE) PURSE
PUSHOVER
PUT HIM AWAY
PUT UP A GOOD FIGHT
PUT UP OR SHUT UP
PUT YOUR DUKES UP
PUTTING THE GLOVES ON
QUEENSBERRY RULES
QUEER STREET
RAFFERTY’S RULES
RANKING/RATING
READY TO RUMBLE
REFEREE
RETREAT TO HIS CORNER
RIGHT ON THE BUTTON
RING GENERALSHIP
RING RUST
RING THE BELL
RINGSIDE SEAT
RINGWISE
ROLL WITH THE PUNCHES
ROPE-A-DOPE
ROUND
ROUNDHOUSE PUNCH
RUMBLE
RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE
SAVED BY THE BELL
SCRAP/SCRAPPER/SCRAPPY
SCRATCH
SECONDS OUT
SHADOW BOXING
SHAKE HANDS AND COME OUT FIGHTING
SHAPING UP
SHOCK PUNCH
SIDE BET
SIDESTEP
SLAP-HAPPY
SLUGFEST
SLUGGER
SLUGGING MATCH
SMACKER
SNEAK-PUNCH
SOFT TOUCH
SOUTHPAW
SPARRING
SPARRING PARTNER
SPLIT DECISION
SPOILER
SQUARING UP/OFF
STAKE
STAKEHOLDER
STAND ONE’S GROUND
STAND-UP
STARE DOWN
START FROM SCRATCH
STEP UP TO THE MARK
(A) STIFF
STILL STANDING
STOOD OFF
STOUSH
STRAIGHT FROM THE SHOULDER
SUCKER PUNCH
SUNDAY PUNCH
TAKE A DIVE
TAKE A SWING
TAKE IT ON THE CHIN
TAKE THE FIGHT TO
TAKE OUT
TAKING PUNCHES
TALKS A GOOD FIGHT
TANK JOB
TELEGRAPH ONE’S PUNCHES
TELLING BLOW
TELLING IT STRAIGHT
THE BIGGER THEY ARE, THE HARDER THEY FALL
THE MAIN EVENT
THE OLD ONE-TWO
THE REAL McCOY
THE ROAR OF THE CROWD
THEY NEVER COME BACK
THREW THE FIGHT
THREW THE FIRST PUNCH
THROW/TOSS IN THE TOWEL
THROW PUNCHES
THROW YOUR HAT IN THE RING
TITLE FIGHT
TODDLER
TOE THE LINE
TOE-TO-TOE
TOMATO CAN
TOSSING IT IN
TOTTERING
TRADING PUNCHES/BLOWS
TWO-FISTED
UMPIRE
UNCROWNED CHAMPION
UNDER HIS BELT
UNDER THE BELT
UP STICKS/STAKES
UP TO SCRATCH
UP TO THE MARK
WALLOP
WE WUZ ROBBED
WEAKEN YOUR PUNCH
WENT THE DISTANCE
WORKOUT
APHORISMS AND METAPHORS FROM OTHER SPORTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ALSO BY BOB JONES
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