Boxers know they can knock someone down and end the fight if they hit the solar plexus with force. Getting hit there can "knock the wind out" or cause the man to temporarily stop breathing.

video source: Body Punches - The Burp by Teddy Atlas

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𝘖𝘯 𝘉𝘰𝘹𝘪𝘯𝘨 by Joyce Carol Oates ★★★☆☆

Oates is the least likely boxing writer imaginable -- and yet she's a genuine fan, like me, who fell for the sport watching fights with her dad. Her poetic take treats boxing as a kind of religion.

"The primary rule of the ring—to defend oneself at all times—is both a parody and a distillation of life."

<https://books.robertbreen.com/2025/11/01/on-boxing-by-joyce-carol-oates/>

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Boxer Chris Eubank Jr has secret girlfriend for very good reason

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/boxing/chris-eubank-jr-girlfriend-boxing-36949239