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technical knockout
noun
the termination of a bout by the referee when it is the judgment of the attending physician, a boxer's seconds, or the referee that a boxer cannot continue fighting without sustaining severe or disabling injury. TKO, T.K.O.
technical knockout
noun
boxing a judgment of a knockout given when a boxer is in the referee's opinion too badly beaten to continue without risk of serious injury
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of technical knockout1
Example Sentences
In approving terms for fights, the departmentās combative sports staff considers, among other factors, each contestantās age, medical tests, win-loss record and losses by knockout or technical knockout.
As for Covington the fighter, Edwards pointed out he has lost multiple ways - submission, technical knockout, unanimous decision.
A few minutes later, Wood's fans were in raptures and journalists were frantically rewriting their copy following the 35-year-old's sensational technical knockout win over Warrington.
But despite a few weak points, āChampionā feels, at the very least, like a technical knockout.
The British heavyweight, 37, suffered a sixth-round technical knockout at London's Copper Box Arena on Saturday.
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