How to Use boxer in a Sentence

boxer

noun
  • The 29-year-old boxer stepped out in a dark suit for sports’ big night.
    — Jaclyn Hendricks, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026
  • One of the greatest boxers of all time is hanging up the gloves.
    — Ryan Morik Outkick, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Had Coker scored, Tremble would have been the boxer who got knocked out.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Men's knit vests were styled like halters and worn over button-down shirts and thin long johns peeked out of baggy boxers.
    — ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Novak is one of those athletes who, like a boxer, responds better when they’re punched in the face first.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026
  • It has not yet been announced whether Biyarslanov will fight a replacement boxer on the card.
    — Eduard Cauich, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Elena called for Harold, who ran out in his boxers — both men screamed at each other and threatened to call the cops.
    — Olivia Bensimon, Curbed, 17 June 2026
  • In the present, Lara meets Mari, a sarcastic and blunt high school tomboy who competes as a boxer.
    — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 24 July 2026
  • His profile of Louis, the boxer, starts with him not talking to Talese, but talking to his wife.
    — Kelefa Sanneh, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The couple shared an 11-year-old daughter, who lives with the Ukrainian boxer.
    — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The Algerian boxer is the first athlete from Africa to win a gold medal.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2026
  • In the video game, the character was inspired by real-life boxer Mike Tyson.
    — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 16 Oct. 2026
  • As a teenager and young adult, Tae-ha had a bright future as one of South Korea’s best young boxers.
    — Kayti Burt, Time, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The former pro boxer hyped him up as the audience cheered and, once on stage, performed a fake-out punch over Hernández’s head.
    — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 16 July 2026
  • Among the deportees was a professional boxer, who said he was born in the Bahamas.
    — ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Tae-ha’s mom left him after Sang-gil, who was also a boxer prior to becoming a thug, cheated in a match.
    — Kayti Burt, Time, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The opening minutes were relatively evenly matched as both teams felt each other out like boxers at the start of a major bout.
    — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
  • Whitehead took the stage at around seven, rocking at the hips like a boxer readying himself to deliver a quick knockout.
    — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • In addition, there's a killer-looking dark apocalypse comedy and a docuseries about one of the most famous boxers of all time.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Written by Stallone, Rocky V pulled the rug from under the titular boxer.
    — Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The actress met the former world champion boxer in 2008, and the two got engaged five years later.
    — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The project traces Ali’s breakthrough as a gold medal boxer through his brutal battle with Sonny Liston.
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The sweatshirt-fabric robes modeled on boxers' cover-ups are a nice change up from the typical hotel offerings.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, Aidan has competed as an amateur boxer.
    — Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026
  • Well-built for a man of 60, with a scar across his upper abdomen, Weakfall was wearing nothing but royal blue boxer-briefs.
    — Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 30 June 2026
  • His father was a former boxer, and his great-uncle Iran Barkley had been a middleweight boxing world champion.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The events give youth amateur boxers from the city's 22 boxing gyms a chance to show their skills in a competitive atmosphere.
    — Victor Jacobo, CBS News, 24 June 2026
  • The 49ers, an otherwise good team, have for the past couple of months been weaving and slipping bad news like a boxer trying to avoid a knockout punch.
    — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The Ukrainian boxer and Olympic gold medalist has had full custody of their daughter since 2018.
    — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
  • His art often featured jazz luminaries, boxers, and other figures along with graffiti-like words.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2026

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