Thesaurus results for PRIZEFIGHTERS

prizefighters

noun

plural of prizefighter

as in boxers

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 prizefighters 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 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 Most people participating in American warrior culture are not prizefighters, of course, and relatively few are veterans. —

Dan Brooks, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2025

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Noun

Now in production in Los Angeles, Delphi follows a group of gifted young boxers in an elite academy fighting to achieve their dreams and reach the pinnacle of the sport.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 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