Article about a fight and the phoney losing of it (8)
I believe the answer is:
throwing
'the phoney losing of it' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'article about a fight' is the wordplay.
'article' becomes 'thing' (both can mean an object).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a fight' becomes 'row' (I've seen this in another clue).
'thing' placed around 'row' is 'THROWING'.
'and' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for throwing that I've seen before include "Chucking; unsettling" , "Projecting through the air" , "Propelling through the air" , "Puzzling" .)