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The Express English team
Some people think boxing is a noble sport, and boxers have admirable discipline.
Others feel it's disgusting and barbaric to hit someone, or to take pleasure in watching people beat each other up.
Did you know?
- Fact
Muhammad Ali is a three-time World Heavyweight Champion and many boxing historians consider him to be the best heavyweight champion ever.
- Language tip
The idiom 'on the ropes' means on the verge of defeat. It refers to a boxer who has been knocked against the ropes that enclose the boxing ring and that is kept there by blows from his opponent.
- Cultural tip
In boxing there is an imaginary line from the belly button to the top of the hips where a boxer is not supposed to hit. To hit below the belt is considered a behaviour that breaches the rules or decency.
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