Talk:King hit

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I have added what I believe are OK references for this term; but I don't know if I should remove the "needs references" tag or wait for someone to review it. I think I'll go to the user who added the tag and notify him. Monado 14:06, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Primary meaning

There are ample examples here of the meaning knocked unconscious with a single hit, typically from behind the head, but no examples that clearly mean "designed to cause as much damage as possible", "usually a punch to the face". When the phrase was first introduced to me (1991, Melbourne), it was as a hard hit to the back of the head to knock the victim unconscious. I'm inclined to modify the article to put this as the primary meaning. I've just googled for the phrase, here are a couple of instances of people discussing its meaning. (Each paragraph is from a different comment.) :

http://timblair.spleenville.com/archives/005752.php (2004):

I'm sorry but what is a ``king hit?

That's when you're a … coward who is a trained boxer but still needs to hit a 50 year old man when he's not looking.

a "king hit" is when you strike a downwards blow to the top of the head, generally from behind. Much favoured by … anyone … who likes to beat the shit out people with minimal possibility of getting hit back.

http://forums.rleague.com/showthread.php?t=25048 (2007):

A king hit is just a massive punch with every ounce of strength put into it. Usually a big wind up. … He flattened him and it was a beauty but I wouldn't call it a king hit.

A king hit is just any punch that connects 100% with full force and is unimpeded. IE a big drawback, full strength, and complete contact without being blocked or glancing. It doesn't HAVE to be when someone isn't looking, but given people's nature to defend themselves it's hard to do one to someone unless they don't see it coming at all.

I wouldn't call [the blow in the incident under discussion] a king a hit. My opinion is that a king hit is a shot when they aren't looking, [whereas the victim in the incident under discussion] saw him coming and actually raised his right hand

A king-hit is any punch to the face that floors the other guy and ends up winning you the fight

Pjrm (talk) 13:03, 19 January 2008 (UTC)