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contender vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a fighter | contender |
| a blow delivered with the arm bend at the elbow | hook |
| a short, swinging blow directed upward | uppercut |
| an exercise used by boxers where the boxer spars with an imaginary opponent | shadowboxing |
| a scientific method of boxing without hitting seriously | sparring |
| a piece of equipment placed in the mouth to protect the teeth | mouthpiece |
| to move or turn as if on a specified point | pivot |
| a piece of equipment used to cover and protect the head | headguard |
| a short, straight punch | jab |
| a boxer weighing over 175 pounds | heavyweight |
| a boxer weighting more than 135 pounds but not over 145 pounds | welterweight |
| a blow that fells an immobilizes an opponent | knockout |