boxing

IPA: bˈɑksɪŋ

(sports) A sport where two opponents punch each other with gloved fists to head and torso; the object being to score more points by the end of the match or by knockout, or technical knockout.
Material used for making boxes or casing.
(construction) Casing.
(object-oriented programming) Automatic conversion of value types to objects by wrapping them within a heap-allocated reference type.

Examples of "boxing" in Sentences

CNN: Wife held in boxing champ's killing in Brazil
There were more superstars in boxing, Leonard said.
James Anderson sustained broken rib in boxing match?
_pancration_, which we call boxing; but as even these helpless
Whitaker's expertise in boxing and Jack's knowledge of how to get stories sold.
I began to search my dictionary for the translation to pelea, which is what we called a boxing match in Cuba.
My interest in boxing is mainly historical --- I like to read books like Tosches ', but I've never followed the game in real time.
How about if Manny win the fight, are you going to say that Oscar is faded fighter too (knowing that majority of what you call a boxing expert like you keep on saying that it is a mismatch)?
BOX NYC will be holding a "massive social boxing event" tomorrow night which apparently entails poker, models, and, you guessed it smart guys, boxing**, all broadcast on ESPN2 (so let's just get this out there now-only the camera ready should read on).
“I should well know how to explain, were these fists clenched, and were the hall dedicated to the pancration, which we call boxing; but as even these helpless Greeks use not their hands without their fingers being closed, by St. George I can make out nothing of their meaning.”