prizefighter

as in boxer
one that engages in the sport of fighting with the fists a prizefighter who is generally acknowledged to be one of the ring's most dangerous men

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Recent Examples of prizefighter Long assumed to be man-eaters, hammerhead sharks live in Florida, but very rarely bother humans. Sharks to watch out for in Florida (click for more): Bull Shark The prizefighter of the ocean: stout, surly and stubborn. Erik Vance, New York Times, 26 July 2024 And then New York ended the series an evening later, on a tenth-inning homer by Soto, whose numerous baseball talents include a prizefighter’s swaggering eagerness to shuffle and then pounce. Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2024 Nowhere is that bond stronger than with hip-hop, with prizefighters walking out to the ring with their favorite artists, rap verses referencing greats of the sport, and boxers dropping albums of their own. Justin Koreis, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2024 The pair got carried away in their conversation and forgot about the heavyweight prizefighter standing with them. Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 12 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for prizefighter
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Noun
  • He, Durant and Iverson were joined in the letter by former boxer Roy Jones Jr., former Dallas Cowboys star Dez Bryant, former NFL star Antonio Brown and former NFL player and prominent cannabis advocate Ricky Williams.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2025
  • He was initially slated to receive $40 million for beating the retired boxer.
    TaMaryn Waters, USA Today, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • Jumper, who later helped create the Navy’s Top Gun fighter pilot school in Miramar, was at the center of the action.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2025
  • Overnight July 6-7, 20 Israeli fighter jets dropped over 50 munitions on key Yemeni ports, including Hodeidah and the Ras Khatib power station.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025

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“Prizefighter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prizefighter. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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