technical knockout
Fight ends early
A technical knockout is a boxing victory awarded when the referee, doctor, or corner stops a fight because one boxer cannot safely continue—due to injury, excessive punishment, or inability to defend themselves.
Abbreviated TKO.
Unlike a knockout, the losing fighter hasn't been knocked unconscious.
The term extends to decisive defeats in other contexts: The debate was a technical knockout for the challenger.
Interruption of flow
- refereeSports rule enforcer
- cornerMeeting point of edges
- towelAbsorbent fabric for drying
- boutLimited stretch of something
match · ring · rounds · standing count · cut · swelling · bleeding · mouthguard
Physical or psychological harm
- concussionBrain injury from impact
- head traumaInjury to the skull
- swellingAbnormal tissue enlargement
- bleedingBlood loss from injury
laceration · cut · broken nose · rib injury · eye closure · hematoma · medical examination
Defeating an opponent
decisive · insurmountable · overwhelm · one-sided · outclassed · beaten · conquered · no decision
stoppage
Interruption of flow
bout · match · ring · rounds · standing count · cut · swelling · bleeding · mouthguard · gloves
injury
Physical or psychological harm
- concussionBrain injury from impact
- head traumaInjury to the skull
- swellingAbnormal tissue enlargement
bleeding · laceration · cut · broken nose · rib injury · eye closure · hematoma · medical examination
victory
Defeating an opponent
finish · decisive · insurmountable · overwhelm · one-sided · outclassed · beaten · conquered · no decision · record
- boxingjab, uppercut, hook, punch, TKO
- incapacitatedunconscious, out cold, passed out, comatose, paralyzed
- boxing rulesreferee, knockdown, TKO, round, rounds
- fight resultsKO, TKO, decision, win, victory
- Beatdownsbeatdown, drubbing, thrashing, trouncing, blowout
- KnockoutsKO, TKO, knocked down, knockdown, floored
technical knockoutdecision
Settled course of action
unanimous decision · knockout · KO · going the distance · knockout punch
technique, technical, knockout, technology, technician, techie, technological, technocracy, knockouts