Boxing is an activity in which each of two men, by delivering a series of repeated sharp blows to the head, attempts to render the other senseless – leaving him lying on the floor, unable to act rationally, defend himself, or even stand up.
If one of the two men is knocked down and beaten into an only partially blank and helpless mental state, the other is made to stand aside and the contest is halted momentarily while the damaged man regains just enough strength to stand up and have the beating continue… to the point where he is again lying on the floor – this time completely immobile and functionless.
Afterwards, the two men embrace in a display of good sportsmanship.
I never quite saw it that way! Hehehehe.