How to say "boxing" in Japanese

• ボクシングCommon
  nounThe word for the combat sport: gloved fighting in a ring. Use it whenever 'boxing' means the athletic contest, as in watching a match or taking up boxing; it never refers to packing.
  ボクシングは必かならずしも荒あらっぽいスポーツではない。↗

  Boxing is not always a rough sport.
• 箱詰めはこづめCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers the unrelated sense: packing things into boxes, or the contents so packed. Use it when 'boxing' means boxing up goods for storage or dispatch, never the sport.
  母ははが箱詰はこづめのぶどうを送おくってくれました。↗

  Mother sent us grapes packed in a box.

For the sport use 「ボクシング」; for the packing sense of 'boxing' — putting things into boxes, or the packed contents — use 「箱詰め」; the two senses never overlap.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• ボクシングboxing
• 箱詰めはこづめpacking into a box
• 拳闘けんとうboxing
• ボックス化ボックスかboxing (putting a value in a wrapper type)
• 拳闘術けんとうじゅつ(art of) boxing