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

“Like that, like that,” Quiles said, a four-time championship prize fighter and boxing trainer “The goal is to have it in your muscle memory,” Le said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2022

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

“When I’m done I look like a prize fighter who lost,” Hale said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 10, 2018

Though I do think it go better as a jukejoint Harpo look at the prize fighter.

From "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker