Sentence examples for boxer landing from inspiring English sources

"The best way to beat the system is have evenings like this where you have record-setting votes, record-setting delegates," he said, likening himself to a boxer landing a knockout punch.

(Points are awarded based on the number of times a boxer lands a clean, forceful blow with the knuckle of her glove to her opponent's head or torso).

The general rule of thumb is; the boxer who lands the most kicks and knees on their opponent's body wins that particular round.

One boxer can land two or three bombs that have more of an effect than his opponent's 20 or 30pitty-patspitty-pats

Rust and Bone, the bruising new drama from the talented Jacques Audiard, charts the rumble-tumble existence of Ali Matthias Schoenaertss), an itinerant worker and bare-knuckle boxer who lands in Antibes with his infant son in tow, fishing food from the dustbins or cadging off his sister.

After a cagey first two rounds, the St Helens boxer started to land his shots in the third, opening a cut underneath Sturm's left eye.

On Wednesday they came out swinging like a boxer attempting to land a shock knockout blow to the chin of an opponent they knew was stronger, better and vastly superior.

Unlike professional boxers, who are rewarded for the power of their punches, amateur boxers receive points for landing clean blows to the head and the torso.

And because the boxers only score by landing clean blows there is no scope for negativity.

The dirty boxer shorts that mysteriously land on my side of the bed (have I turned into a man?) or the fact that I am still living, albeit temporarily, as a single parent with a part-time husband?

(l in pug, & lit).. D. V. Harry: This horse would make ploughers frustrated (comp. anag. & lit).. R. Hesketh: Good word for punch coming from left landed by boxer – a piece of cake for many a champ (3 meanings, & l in pug).