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A wild swing thrown with your whole life savings, not your training.
means A powerful, wildly thrown punch that relies on sheer force rather than technique, often telegraphed and swung from way back.
from Borrowed from farm labor — the big, sweeping overhand motion of swinging a scythe or pitchfork to cut and gather hay. By the early 1900s, boxing slang picked up the image: a wide, full-body swing that looked like a farmhand cutting hay, and hit just as hard.
- origin
- named for the sweeping motion of scything hay
- technique grade
- boxers consider it amateur and telegraphed
- risk
- huge power but leaves you wide open
- effect
- one clean landing can end a fight instantly