fistiana
English
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editfistiana pl (plural only)
- Things related to the sport of boxing.
- 1915, Joseph K Griffis, Tahan, Out of Savagery Into Civilization:
- Then came the necessary preliminaries — the finding of a place in which to train; the securing of an expert boxer to instruct me in the art of fistiana...
- 2001, Nat Fleischer, Sam Andre, Don Rafael, Nigel Collins, An Illustrated History of Boxing:
- ...Heenan's friends urged him to issue a challenge to Tom Sayers, British title holder, for the highest honors in fistiana.