News tagged "boxing" on mun2

spanish or english: fighting

peep this

fri 11/13/2009

A man in a hooded sweatshirt writes graffiti.

Some words sound cooler in Spanish, some sound cooler in English.
Of the following, which sounds cooler to you?

pelea

Latin: pilus "hair"

fight

Old English: feohtan "to fight"

puñetazo

Latin: pungus "fist"

punch

Old French: ponchonner "to punch, prick, stamp"

patada

French: patte"paw, animal's foot"

kick

Old Norse: kikna "bend backwards, sink at the knees"

nocaut

English: knockout "to render unconscious"

knockout

Latin: cnocian "deprecate, put down"

bloquear

Catalunyan Spanish: bloqueo "block"

block

Old French: bloc"solid piece"

estrangular

Latin: strangulare "to choke, stifle"

choke

Old English: aceocian "to choke"

cachetada

Catalunyan Spanish: calxeta "punch"

slap

Germanic: schlappe "to defeat"

golpe corto

Latin: colpus "stroke" + Latin curtus "short"

jab

Middle English: jobben "to jab, thrust, peck"

gancho

Arabic: gonch "to look at someone out of the corner of your eye"

hook

Old English: hoc "bent object"

sangre

Latin: sanguis "blood"

blood

Old English: blod "blood"

(images by ArtBrom, newagecrap, d.billy, kate.gardiner, Lee Brimelow, manuel | MC, TenSafeFrogs, boltron-, mborowick and Polina Sergeeva via flickr)

walking on the moon

daily dos

tue 9/15/2009

A photo gallery of boxers before and after fights. (via Kottke)

pass or fail

daily dos

fri 9/11/2009

Mexican boxer Juan Manuel Marquez, who will face off against Floyd Mayweather next week, says he drinks his own pee to help him recover vitamins. (via With Leather)

make it clap

daily dos

mon 8/24/2009

Puerto Rican boxing champ Miguel Cotto has confirmed he will put up his WBO title at stake against Filipino superstar Manny "Pac Man" Pacquiao this November.

still in love

daily dos

tue 7/7/2009

A knife-wielding U.K. man who attempted to steal from a 72-year-old former boxer left the man's apartment with a black eye and a swollen jaw. (via Waxy)

extra extra large

daily dos

thu 7/2/2009

Legendary Nicaraguan boxer and mayor of Managua Alexis Arguello was found dead after committing suicide in his home. The former champ was 57 years old.

Boxer Oscar De La Hoya announced his retirement in a press conference from Los Angeles: "When I can’t do it anymore, when I can’t compete at the highest level, it’s not fair. It’s not fair to me, it’s not fair to the fans, it’s not fair to nobody."