1.0 link 91475 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frank-mankiewicz/boxing-metaphors-fancy-fo_b_91475.html As late as the '50s and '60s, Americans (well, at least most of the men), if asked, could tell you who was the Heavyweight Champion of the World. Today, especially since there seem to be three or four at any given time, hardly anyone can. Boxing is a sport hated and shunned by almost half the population, reduced to scant notice in the sports pages, and yet -- it remains by far the source of more idioms and catch phrases...

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