prizefighter
Example Sentences
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"Iron Mike" Tyson, 59, last appeared in the ring in a lopsided loss to YouTuber-turned prizefighter Jake Paul in November 2024 in Texas.
From Barron's ● Feb. 21, 2026
He chugged down glassfuls of raw eggs like Sylvester Stallone in “Rocky” and ran across town and back like a prizefighter in training.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2026
He resembles a prizefighter doubled over from a gut punch — staggering, grabbing the ropes, looking to the referee for help.
From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2025
A tamandua, or collared anteater, with prizefighter arms and curved claws that break open termite mounds, tried to ignore a car full of onlookers.
From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2024
In the summer of 1936 he was twenty-six and in the twelfth year of a failing career as a jockey and part-time prizefighter.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
