Meaning of kidney punch | Babel Free

Definitions

A blow struck with the fist to the lower back region, capable of causing serious internal injury and not permitted under the rules of boxing.

Examples

“Following the bout, Schmeling said he was fouled. He said that he was hit a kidney punch, a devastating right, which so shocked his nervous system that he was dazed and his vision was blurred”

“These fees have ballooned. . . . That has hit advertising like a kidney punch.”

“When the champion landed a vicious left-handed kidney punch early in the fourth, Azzaoui crumpled to the canvas.”

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