as in gladiators
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 boxers
The card will also feature several other San Diego-area boxers, including super lightweights Daniel Morales (8-0, 5 KOs) and Angel Juan Estrada (12-1-1, 9 KOs).
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Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
Recently released from prison, coach Walt Mangian joins a local youth gym to help a ragtag team of adolescent boxers aspiring to a national championship.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 16 Apr. 2026
The boxers who are able to attract more eyeballs usually participate in bigger fights.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 16 Apr. 2026
And in a city that knows a thing or two about fighting spirit, these boxers are stepping into the ring for something bigger than themselves.
—Josh Sanders, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
There was none of the usual fanfare that comes with a Grammys performance — just Bieber, his boxers and a guitar.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2026
Proll has three dogs – all deaf boxers (white boxers are more prone to deafness than other colors in the breed) – and all therapy animals.
—Mikayla Bunnell, Hartford Courant, 11 Apr. 2026
Ahead of Fury’s latest comeback clash against Russian Arslanbek Makhmudov this weekend, The Athletic spoke to Fury’s former cook Pressley and Anthony Joshua’s high-performance nutritionist Mark Ellison to get an insight into the art of feeding elite heavyweight boxers.
—Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
At 62, Macpherson rocks everything from lace bikini undies and bras and swimwear for the company, which starred Robert Irwin in a smokin' boxers campaign.
—Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 8 Apr. 2026
Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
Recently released from prison, coach Walt Mangian joins a local youth gym to help a ragtag team of adolescent boxers aspiring to a national championship.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 16 Apr. 2026
The boxers who are able to attract more eyeballs usually participate in bigger fights.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 16 Apr. 2026
And in a city that knows a thing or two about fighting spirit, these boxers are stepping into the ring for something bigger than themselves.
—Josh Sanders, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
There was none of the usual fanfare that comes with a Grammys performance — just Bieber, his boxers and a guitar.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2026
Proll has three dogs – all deaf boxers (white boxers are more prone to deafness than other colors in the breed) – and all therapy animals.
—Mikayla Bunnell, Hartford Courant, 11 Apr. 2026
Ahead of Fury’s latest comeback clash against Russian Arslanbek Makhmudov this weekend, The Athletic spoke to Fury’s former cook Pressley and Anthony Joshua’s high-performance nutritionist Mark Ellison to get an insight into the art of feeding elite heavyweight boxers.
—Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
At 62, Macpherson rocks everything from lace bikini undies and bras and swimwear for the company, which starred Robert Irwin in a smokin' boxers campaign.
—Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 8 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boxers
Noun
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Part of the appeal of female gladiators was their very paradoxical nature.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Apr. 2026
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At roughly 1,800 years old, the artwork depicts women fighting animals long after the empire banned them from performing as gladiators.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The Sudanese paramilitary group also benefited from an airbase in Kufra and other facilities that were used as transit points for Colombian fighters and as sites for the modification of vehicles imported through Libya, the experts found.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2026
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Navy requirements include a combat radius approaching 1,000 miles—roughly 25 percent greater than current fleet fighters—while maintaining compatibility with existing carrier catapults and arresting gear.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Certainly, as too many prizefighters like the now-48-year-old and occasional exhibition-bout-fighting Floyd Mayweather have learned the hard way, not paying attention to the money and the purse has consequences above and beyond the fine print in or out of your prime.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
3 Feb. 2026
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Ahead of New York’s mayoral election last month, a billboard for Polymarket in Times Square showed Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo face to face, but with their photos edited to give them bare chests, like prizefighters at a weigh-in.—
Danny Funt,
New Yorker,
12 Dec. 2025
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“Boxers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boxers. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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