Definition of prizefight
: a professional boxing match
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That Saturday night, the charismatic, if profane, fighter from Ireland captivated a boisterous crowd at New York City’s Madison Square Garden, the site of some of the most legendary prizefights of all-time.
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From there, the game turned into a back-and-forth prizefight: Kansas scored 10 straight, West Virginia answered with eight in a row, and the Jayhawks responded with 10 more.
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From there, the game turned into a back-and-forth prizefight: Kansas scored 10 straight, West Virginia answered with eight in a row and the Jayhawks responded with 10 more.
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Jan Reid, one of many Austin writers who orbit around Texas Monthly and the Texas Observer and The Austin Chronicle, was in Mexico City for a prizefight when he was shot and seriously injured resisting a robbery.
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During the early stages of a basketball game, the burly center resembles a heavyweight boxer prior to a prizefight.
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Every prizefight asks its participants to play roles, to ratchet up tension—real or perceived—in order to goose public interest.
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As in any good prizefight, everybody came out the richer Friday, putting aside the potentially severe internal injuries.
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Why would anyone bring a little girl to a prizefight?
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First Known Use of prizefight
1929
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Definition of prizefight for English Language Learners
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: a fight between two professional boxers for money
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