prize fighter

One must have nerves of steel, and the constitution of a prize-fighter to stand such a fatiguing life.

The Baron blew and puffed like a prize-fighter when I had finished the perusal.

You talk of a prize-fighter being in good form,' observed Sykes.

For each guest a toy figure of a hunter, football player, golfer, prize fighter or any desired athlete could be used.

In the morning she learned for the first time that Wilbur was to go to war in company with a common prize fighter.