tomato can
English
Etymology
Presumably because of tendency to bleed when battered, tomato juice leaking from a can being a metaphor for bleeding.
Noun
tomato can (plural tomato cans)
- (slang, boxing, derogatory) An inferior fighter in the sport of boxing; The insinuation is that an up and coming fighter takes on a “tomato can” to burnish his reputation and record.
- (slang, boxing) A boxer who “takes a dive” or loses a fight on purpose.