History Of Boxing

nooops | 19:24 Tue 29th Apr 2014 | Sport

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Hi there

Does anyone know when the term 'hook' first started being used in boxing, in the UK, please? Or does anyone have any pointers to references which could advise?

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The OED gives the earliest known printed reference as "After Smith had put a left hook on the chin the issue was not in doubt", printed in the Daily News of 9 November 1898.

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