Boxing and Jab

Boxing

Boxing noun - Fighting with the fists.

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Jab and boxing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Jab" instead a verb "Boxing".

Nearby Word: boxer

Jab verb - To penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object.

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Boxing and jab are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Boxing" with "Jab", this verbs are similar.

good	good boxing	good jab
long	long boxing	long jab
real	real boxing	real jab
little	little boxing	little jab
Other adjectives: casual, basic.

In boxing posing yourself to jab fast with the right and hit hard on the left is called "southpaw stance".

Source: The Southpaw
The Real Life sport of boxing, which eschews all other forms of attack in favor of four punches: jab, cross, hook, and uppercut.

Source: Bare-Fisted Monk
Orginated from British steet-fighting style before the Queensberry Rules were introduced to stop the massacre, Boxing has only four attack moves.note Jab, straight, hook and uppercut, in case you were wondering.

Source: Simple, yet Awesome

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