tomato can
Meanings
noun
- An inferior fighter in the sport of boxing. The insinuation is that an up-and-coming fighter takes on a "tomato can" to burnish his reputation and record.
- By extension, an opponent who presents little challenge.
- A boxer who takes a dive, or loses a fight on purpose.
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Etymology
Presumably because of tendency to bleed when battered, tomato juice leaking from a can being a metaphor for bleeding.
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