Knockout Boxing Puns that Pull No Punches

A page of puns and more around the noble art of boxing.

Legalized fighting is still a sport even though many other blood sports have disappeared.  

Two men and occasionally women enter a boxing ring to punch each other.

There is more to it than that but this is the most basic of competitions.  ​You against me.  Although not me because I have a low pain tolerance level.
I did once have the school boxing champion worried in the third round.  He thought he had killed me.

One famous boxing quote says plans for a fight disappear as soon as you get punched in the face.

Here are some puns around the sport of boxing for a quiet moment at ringside.

Seconds away - ding!

Puns

artistic boxer starts with  a blank canvas
boxer divorce - split decision
compliment average boxer with feint praise


female palooka - Diving Miss Daisy

freight goods - boxcar
fight's over - 'bout time

​fights small dogs - pugilist
​good dog - boxer
head swimming - take a dive


no hands - beat boxing
party drink - punch
posh opponent - spar-di-da

ringside questions canvas your opinion
​seaside spectacle - Punch and Judy
somersaulting boxer rolls with the punches


that's enough - count me out
​travel in style - Porsche Boxster
win without fighting - no bell prize

Boxing Gloves Drawing Gifts

Expressions

Below the belt - unfair low blow
Box clever - deal with issues in a clever way
Could hold this fight in a phone-booth - close-contact match

In your corner - on your side
On the ropes - when you are hanging on for dear life
Rope-a-dope - Ali expression for conning Foreman into using his energy

Take a dive - pretend to be knocked out
​​Throw your hat in the ring - signify intention to compete
​Throw in the towel - quit

Films

Fight Club - what happens in - stays in
​Raging Bull - De Niro / Scorsese
​Rocky - Stallone has a hit

Snatch - Brad Pitt as a gypsy bare-knuckle champion
​The Harder They Fall - Bogart

The Boxer Boxing Gifts

People

Count Dracula - coffin boxer
Clinch Eastwood - actor
Captain Hook - fought Peter Pan 

The Jabberwock - from the Jabberwocky poem
Ringo Starr - Beatle
Marquess of Queensbury - the Queensbury Rules

​Boxcar Willie - country music singer

Social Media

eBox - second hand boxing equipment
FeintBook - duck and dive with friends and family
InstaKO - boxer selfies

OnlyBoxers - hunks
Ringterest - collections of ringside pics
YouFeud - videos of pre-bout flaming

Songs

Hurricane - Bob Dylan
Ring My Bell - Anita Ward
Rumble in the Jungle - Fugees
​The Boxer - Simon and Garfunkel

Threats and Promises

I'll fight you with one hand tied behind my back
​I'll punch your lights out
I'll knock you into the middle of next week

I'll punch your teeth so far down your throat you'll need to stick a toothbrush up your a-- to clean them
You couldn't punch the skin off a rice pudding
You couldn't punch your way out of a paper bag

Words For Boxing Puns

Some handy words for making boxing puns.

bell, bobbing, ​box, bout, break, canvas, clinch, corner, count, dive, duck, feint, fight, fist, hook, jab, knockout, punch, ring, ropes, second, spar, weaving

The Bell Has Sounded

That's the end of this page of boxing puns and stuff.

As the final bell dies away we wait with bated breath for the judges decision. 

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