ringwise

ringwise

(ˈrɪŋˌwaɪz)
adj
(Boxing) (of a boxer) used to being in a boxing ring and able to respond appropriately
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Also at Temple Park, Green's Hamilton-trained team-mate Lynden Watt recovered from a first round count to beat tubby but ringwise Czech southpaw Jan Balog 38-37 in a four rounds light-heavyweight contest.
He had to work hard and often wildly to unsettle the ringwise and more experience McCauley.
He was ringwise enough to give James something to think about but he couldn't avoid the lightning-fast combination that dropped him heavily in the second.
Former amateur star Edmonds, in only his sixth pro contest, scored well to the body and rattled the ringwise Booth on several occasions before fading late on.
Then at the Scottish Boys' Clubs Championships giant-killer Matt scooped gold by beating the supposedly more ringwise Mike Longridge from Coatbridge's Barn Club.
Certainly 34-year-old Norris is clever and ringwise enough to make it awkward for Tyson and if the former champion fights as he did against Botha then Norris could run him close.
Burke, a 32-year-old from Preston, bangs on about being too ringwise for a newish pro - a puncher unlike anybody Magee has encountered.
It is McDonnell's job to instil ringwise discipline into Hide while gently stoking his mean streak towards fight night.
But he had many other ringwise wiles, and carrying his six-inch umbrella on a five-foot handle, he performed at the White House for Calvin Coolidge and Franklin Roosevelt.
Hanna has mixed with the country's best and is a tough, ringwise fighter still capable of shock results.