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A boxer has just managed to bring down his opponent landing his final punch.
However, he surprisingly goes down too. [Here you can see the whole
page](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2B6Eg.jpg). His trainer comments with this
sentence:

> [スリッピングアウェー]{首 ひ ね り}と同時に[とんで]{・・・}たか……ガキ〰〰〰

[![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/bI40N.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/bI40N.jpg)

Why has 首ひねり been used as furigana for スリッピングアウェー? I researched 首ひねり and it is
a sumo move in which a wrestler grab the opponent's head with one hand and
with the other tries to throw him down, but, from the image, to me it looks as
if the boxer bumped into or was hit by his opponent's arm after landing the
final punch, though there are some spinning marks drawn. Not understanding
this, I am also not able to understand the second part of the sentence. Could
you help me understand why 首ひねり was used here and what is the general meaning
of the sentence? Thank you for your help!
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translation meaning katakana furigana sports
Meaning of 首ひねり in the following sentence
# English

> [スリッピングアウェー]{首ひねり}と同時にとんでたか……ガキ～

The above phrase is spoken by the second of Boxer A (RIKU). A "second" is a
supporter of fighting sports such as boxing, that is explained
[here](http://www.sportsdefinitions.com/boxing/Seconds.html).

Boxer B threw his left punch on boxer A just before the above phrase. That
punch hit straight on the face of Boxer A.

In fact, Boxer A turned his face to the right so as to ease the shock of the
punch just before the punch reached straight on his face. However, still the
strong punch hit the face a bit and Boxer A fell on the ring.  
Boxer A gave a punch against Boxer B with his left arm at the same time Boxer
A makes a "首ひねり _neck twist_ ". Boxer A's punch was a punch that
counterattacked when the opponent struck, so it is commonly called "counter
punch", which is more powerful than an ordinary punch. As a matter of course,
Boxer B also fell on the ring as he received the full force of the punch.

The following phrase was uttered by Boxer A's "second" at that time.

> [スリッピングアウェー]{首ひねり}と同時にとんでたか……ガキ～

"ガキ" is generally used for "わんぱく坊主｛ぼうず｝ _naughty boy_ or _mischievous boy_ ",
but Boxer A's second loved him and called him "ガキ" jokingly with affection.
"You twisted your neck to the right and avoided the opponent's finishing punch
as well as giving your punch to him. I could say that you performed a nice
technique at once," he said with feeling admiration for Boxer A.  
The explanation of "スリッピングアウェー _slipping away_ " is
[here](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%94%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC).
According to it, it is a kind of boxing defense techniques: A higher skill
where a boxer turns his face in the same direction as the direction in which
the punch extends and relieves the impact.  
In English there is no terminology of "slipping away", I think that it
corresponds to "slipping" or "slip". It is explained
[here](https://www.expertboxing.com/boxing-techniques/defense-techniques/how-
to-slip-punches) as "How to Slip Punches". Perhaps, I think, both "スリッピングアウェー
lit. _slipping away_ " and the Japanese translation of "首ひねり _neck twist_ "
for "スリッピングアウェー" are not established. So I think that the author of the comic
book devised by putting 首ひねり to スリッピングアウェー like ふりがな to スリッピングアウェー to make the
reader understand what スリッピングアウェー means.

"とんでたか (= 飛んでたか)" means "Wow, a punch was thrown (by GAKI or by Boxer A)" or
"Wow, Boxer A threw a punch on Boxer B's face unconsciously". It is an
expression used with admiring Boxer A's unintended fine play. As interpreted
by naruto's answer interpreting Boxer A as "fainted", you cannot explain the
fact that Boxer A and Boxer B both fell down on the ring.

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Kruro.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Kruro.jpg)

# 日本語

> [スリッピングアウェー]{首ひねり}と同時にとんでたか……ガキ～

上記｛じょうき｝のフレーズは、ボクサーＡ(リク RIKU)の「セコンド
_[second](http://www.sportsdefinitions.com/boxing/Seconds.html)_ 」からでたセリフです。  
「セコンド」とはボクシングなどの格闘技｛かくとうぎ｝における介添人｛かいぞえにん｝のことです。

上記のセリフの直前｛ちょくぜん｝に、ボクサーＢが左腕｛ひだりうで｝によるパンチをボクサーＡに浴｛あ｝びせます。「相手｛あいて｝にパンチを打つ」ことを「パンチを浴びせる」と言います。
そのパンチはボクサーＡの顔面｛がんめん｝にまともに当たります。実際｛じっさい｝には、パンチがまともに当｛あ｝たる寸前｛すんぜん｝にボクサーＡは、顔｛かお｝を右｛みぎ｝に向｛む｝け（＝右回｛みぎまわ｝りに「首ひねり」をして）パンチの衝撃｛しょうげき｝を和｛やわ｝らげます。しかし、それでもパンチは顔に少し当たりボクサーＡはダウンします。
ボクサーＡが「首ひねり」をしたときと同時にボクサーＡは、自分の左腕でパンチをボクサーＢに向かって打ちます。ボクサーＡのパンチは相手が打ってきたときに反撃的｛はんげきてき｝に打つパンチですので一般に「カウンターパンチ」と言うもので、普通のパンチ以上に威力｛いりょく｝があります。そのパンチがボクサーＢにまともに当たりましたので、ボクサーＢは倒｛たお｝れます。

その時に、ボクサーＡの「セコンド」から出たセリフです。

> [スリッピングアウェー]{首ひねり}と同時にとんでたか……ガキ～

「ガキ」とは一般に「わんぱく坊主｛ぼうず｝」に対して言う言葉ですが、ボクサーＡのセコンドは愛情｛あいじょう｝を持ってボクサーＡのことを「ガキ」と呼んでいます。「首を右にひねって相手のパンチを避｛よ｝けたと同時によく自分のパンチを出したな。とっさに素晴｛すば｝らしい技｛わざ｝を出したな」とボクサーＡに対して感心｛かんしん｝して言ったセリフです。

スリッピングアウェーは、[ここ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%94%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC)にあります。ボクシングの防御｛ぼうぎょ｝の一種｛いっしゅ｝だと書かれています。英語ではスリッピングアウェーという用語は無く、単に、slippingあるいはslipというのだろうと思います。それについては[ここ](https://www.expertboxing.com/boxing-
techniques/defense-techniques/how-to-slip-punches)に「How to Slip
Punches」という題の説明があります。

多分｛たぶん｝「スリッピングアウェー」に対する「首ひねり」という日本語訳は定着｛ていちゃく｝していないと思いますが、[ここ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%94%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC)の説明｛せつめい｝を読｛よ｝み、漫画｛まんが｝の絵｛え｝を見ると、日本人には馴染｛なじ｝みの薄い「スリッピングアウェー」とはどのようなものかを説明するために、漫画の作者｛さくしゃ｝が「ふりがな」を振｛ふ｝るようにして「スリッピングアウェー」を工夫｛くふう｝して説明｛せつめい｝したものだと理解｛りかい｝できます。

「とんでたか（＝飛んでたか）」とは、「パンチが飛んでいたのか」という意味｛いみ｝で、ボクサーＡの左のパンチがボクサーＢの顔面｛がんめん｝に向｛む｝かって飛んだ（＝「パンチを打った」）ということを感嘆｛かんたん｝/
感心{かんしん}して言った表現｛ひょうげん｝です。
なお、narutoさんの回答にあるように「とんだ」を「飛んだ＝気絶した」と解釈すると、ボクサーＡとボクサーＢとが同時にリング上に倒れている状況を説明できない。

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首ひねり is obviously used to explain スリッピングアウェー, so it shouldn't be another
difficult technical term. You can forget the sumo move.

首をひねる (literally "twist a neck") is a common set phrase (not specific to
boxing) that means rotating or coking your head. Most of the time this phrase
also figuratively means "to think deeply" or "to be puzzled" (similarly to "to
shrug"), but its figurative meaning is not relevant now. In this context it
just refers to the physical movement of rotating your head in order to absorb
the shock of the punch, as illustrated in your picture and [this
entry](https://ameblo.jp/yoshiki-0722/entry-11767937572.html). This may be
obvious to you, but remember the [masu-stem can be used to nominalize a
verb](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/32311/5010).

Next, I believe this [とぶ]{・・} is 意識が飛ぶ, which is another set phrase meaning
"to faint". Note the dots beside とぶ, which often imply some slangy/derivative
meaning of a word is used. For example [やる]{・・} might mean 殺る or "to kill".

Therefore the basic meaning of the sentence is "Boy, you had been unconscious
since your last 首ひねり move".
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