prize fighter
Example Sentences
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A former heavyweight prize fighter, he was not afraid to mix it up on the picket line with cops and strikebreakers.
From Salon • May 16, 2022
Hopkins likened restarting the UW program to a prize fighter returning to boxing after a lengthy absence.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 17, 2021
But after an hour and a half, Kontaveit resembled a prize fighter whose arms were still swinging but whose wobbly legs could not sustain her any longer.
From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2021
Just as if Charlie weren't as athletic as a prize fighter, and as if he didn't, just for exercise and fun, climb all over the skyscraping girders of the news stages.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2018
Though I do think it go better as a jukejoint Harpo look at the prize fighter.
From "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker
