boxer

Example Sentences

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It felt as if a boxer had used my bladder as a punching bag.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026

"The World Boxing Medical Committee considered and evaluated the medical documentation presented and determined that the boxer was deemed to be female and eligible to compete in the female category," it said.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

I first heard his name at Anaheim High School in the mid-1990s and thought my teacher was talking about Julio Cesar Chavez, the famous Mexican boxer.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

They moved on to the titular boxer in "Creed," tormented by his father's legacy, and the villainous Killmonger of "Black Panther," traumatized by being an orphan in a racist world.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

On its deck, a man lay sprawled like a boxer who’d lost a fight.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr