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boxer

[bok-ser] / ˈbɒk sər /
NOUN
person who fights as a sport
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Kali Reis, a former world champion boxer and actor who identifies with the Seaconke Wampanoag Tribe, offers a different kind of entrance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026

The “Head of Class” star purchased the home for $520,000 in 1987—the same year she began dating boxer Mike Tyson.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

Dalton is a better boxer than him and better at his game.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

That time came when he was shopping around his screenplay about an underdog boxer, Rocky Balboa, who through sheer, immiserating grit enters the ring against the champion fighter Apollo Creed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

The water was shockingly cold at first—not a great situation vis-a-vis wearing only boxer shorts—but I got used to the temperature pretty quickly.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs

In response, he created a series of photographic collages that showed Black boxers battling corporate towers — figures that generate wealth attempting to take down the symbols of its accumulation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

One of the most gifted boxers Northern Ireland has produced, Close was born in 1969 and turned professional in 1988 after a decorated amateur career.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Among the regular participants are active-duty firefighters, lifeguards, professional boxers, National Guard personnel, yoga teachers and locals just looking for a fun way to get their cardio in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

The team manager for the Ugandan Commonwealth Games team has told BBC Scotland News he has no idea why four boxers with the team have vanished.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

Spike hops out of bed, blond hair pointing in a million directions, throws a towel over her shoulders, and heads off to the bathroom in nothing but her boxers and a tank top.

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon


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