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neutral corner

noun

, Boxing.
  1. either of the two corners of the ring not used by the boxers between rounds.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of neutral corner1

First recorded in 1950–55
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Example Sentences

Watching Ali get back up from his position in the neutral corner, Wepner noticed a change.

From BBC

Briton Marshall, 30, unleashed a brutal left hook in the third round as the Belgian challenger hit the canvas by a neutral corner, with referee Howard Foster instantly waving off the fight.

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In many ways Ibrahimovic has modeled his own over-the-top behavior on Ali — until he threw a verbal sucker punch at LeBron James that rightly got him sent to a neutral corner.

Dempsey knocks Tunney to the mat, but Dempsey doesn’t go to a neutral corner.

Dempsey knocks Tunney to the mat, but Dempsey doesn’t go to a neutral corner.

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