Man boxing woman gets beaten (6)
I believe the answer is:
tanned
'beaten' is the definition.
(to tan is to beat as a punishment)
'man boxing woman' is the wordplay.
'man' becomes 'ted' (Ted is a man's name).
'boxing' means one lot of letters goes inside another ('box' can mean contain, as in to put in a box).
'woman' becomes 'ann' (woman's name).
'ted' going around 'ann' is 'TANNED'.
'gets' is the link.
(Other definitions for tanned that I've seen before include "Brown from sunbathing" , "Converted hide into leather, looking brown" , "Brown from exposure to the sun" , "Made brown by sun" , "Bronzed" .)