as in fighter
one that engages in the sport of fighting with the fists
that boxer is quite famous for being the youngest heavyweight champion ever
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Recent Examples of boxer
The throwback video begins with former boxer Evander Holyfield sitting courtside before Stiller, a diehard fan, is seen.
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Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 27 May 2026
Down on both knees, the veteran boxer was unable to take any more punishment.
—Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 23 May 2026
Playing Vinny Patz, as a five-time world champion boxer, very much a man’s man, absolutely, that was something.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 19 May 2026
The promotion was built to be fighter-first, a phrase Bidarian repeated four times in a conversation with The Athletic on Monday, and for years those fighters were solely boxers, including Paul muscling into the sport with his fame as an influencer.
—Mark Puleo, New York Times, 17 May 2026
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Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 27 May 2026
Down on both knees, the veteran boxer was unable to take any more punishment.
—Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 23 May 2026
Playing Vinny Patz, as a five-time world champion boxer, very much a man’s man, absolutely, that was something.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 19 May 2026
The promotion was built to be fighter-first, a phrase Bidarian repeated four times in a conversation with The Athletic on Monday, and for years those fighters were solely boxers, including Paul muscling into the sport with his fame as an influencer.
—Mark Puleo, New York Times, 17 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boxer
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Given Coker’s track record and the desire to build attention for the new MMA league and its fighters, tournaments are expected to play a key role.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
2 June 2026
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Few modern fighters have this feature, and the old F-18s cannot match it.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
2 June 2026
Noun
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Cussing in a gladiator sport like football shouldn’t draw much attention.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
27 May 2026
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Across the foot and ankle, adjustable leather straps wrapped through silver-tone hardware, while a tall shield-like panel rose over the front of the foot and up the shin, giving the sandal a gladiator shape pushed through Owens’ industrial lens.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
26 May 2026
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The explosive jazz‑rock pianist – known for redefining piano performance with the physicality of a prizefighter and the swagger of a rock guitarist – is set to turn the DIA’s auditorium into something closer to a sonic combustion chamber.—
Duante Beddingfield,
Freep.com,
24 Feb. 2026
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Mustafa Fteja, 54, pleaded guilty in Brooklyn Federal Court Thursday to obstructing justice, admitting to playing a key role in the bribery plot, which threw Gogic’s trial into disarray and landed the prizefighter’s lawyer in the crosshairs of a federal investigation.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
19 Feb. 2026
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In terms of skippers, our Frank Selee might rightly be considered more philosopher than a pugilist.—
Tyler Estep,
AJC.com,
6 May 2026
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But a patient pugilist values the muffled thud of shots to the resolve.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
5 May 2026
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“Boxer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boxer. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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