Glossary: Banging

Banging is most often used in MMA rather than boxing and would be more familiar to fans of the sweet science as "slugging" or "brawling." Generally used to describe a style where the fighter prefers to stand in the pocket and overwhelm their opponent by sheer number of strikes, often "bombs" or haymakers.

Those who choose to "stand and bang" generally display sloppy or unsophisticated punching skills (and rarely kick), but those who are good at it can force their opponents to abandon their gameplans and bang in order to merely survive.

Also known as "standing and trading" or "testing the chin."