pugilist
Example Sentences
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Weathers starred as Apollo Creed, the champion heavyweight boxer who was loosely based on number of real-life pugilists, opposite Sylvester Stallone in the first four films of the “Rocky” franchise.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2024
What was going to happen when these two manly pugilists finally entered the arena?
From Salon • May 15, 2023
That would be a meeting between two undefeated, masterful pugilists with eccentric characters.
From BBC • Sep. 13, 2022
When the bell rings, Whittaker fights with a mentality that runs nearly opposite to what most fans — let alone the judges — want from their pugilists.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2021
It was what the gentlemen pugilists would call a cross-counter impinging upon the supersensitive maxillary muscles.
From Officer 666 by Currie, Barton Wood
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