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

Stephen Smith, a boxer turned coach from a family of boxers - including former world champions Callum Smith and Liam Smith - says retired fighters become "vulnerable" and can feel "forgotten".

From BBC • Mar. 25, 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

Walking home from school, I pretended to be Joe Louis, the Brown Bomber, the greatest boxer who ever lived and the only black boxer headed to the heavyweight championship.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz