fisticuff

It was not often that my siblings had true fights, but when they did, they were monster, one-on-one fisticuff affairs, and Helen had picked the Mount Everest of fighters.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride

Literature has hitherto glorified serene immobility, ecstasy, and sleep; they will extol aggressive movement, feverish insomnia, the double-quick step, the somersault, the box on the ear, the fisticuff.

From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by James Huneker

But this was no cadet fisticuff; it was a serious matter, and I needed a friend.

From Kitty's Conquest by Charles King

But it was beneath the dignity thus outraged, to avenge itself by a vulgar fisticuff, and A—— bethought him of a much better and more honorable course.

From Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States by F.O.C. Darley

He had a fisticuff encounter with "Cerro Gordo" Williams, in which he came out victorious, having knocked Williams into the gutter.

From Fifty Years of Public Service by Shelby M. Cullom