'Slugging match' definitions:

Definition of 'Slugging match'

From: GCIDE

Slugging match \Slug"ging match\ (a) A boxing match or prize fight marked rather by heavy hitting than skill. [Cant or Slang] (b) A ball game, esp. a baseball game, in which there is much hard hitting of the ball. [Slang, U. S.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]