“Soldier Handler dropped him five times in four rounds, and then stopped a right-hander that knocked him clear out of the ring and into fistic oblivion.”

-The Iron Man

1. fist•ic

[ˈfistik]

ADJECTIVE

1. of or relating to boxing; pugilistic.

Related words from the bare-knuckle period include fistiana [meaning the body of boxing legend] and fistically, referring to the means of persuasion with the fist.