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prizefighters

noun

plural of prizefighter

as in boxers

one that engages in the sport of fighting with the fists a prizefighter who is generally acknowledged to be one of the ring's most dangerous men

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Recent Examples of prizefighters But Ford had stripped these two unpainted entries down to the chassis, like prizefighters shedding final pounds before weigh-in. — Eric Moskowitz, The Atlantic, 31 May 2026 Certainly, as too many prizefighters like the now-48-year-old and occasional exhibition-bout-fighting Floyd Mayweather have learned the hard way, not paying attention to the money and the purse has consequences above and beyond the fine print in or out of your prime. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2026 Ahead of New York’s mayoral election last month, a billboard for Polymarket in Times Square showed Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo face to face, but with their photos edited to give them bare chests, like prizefighters at a weigh-in. — Danny Funt, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025

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View gallery - 3 images As the second World Humanoid Robot Games got under way on August 21 at Beijing’s National Speed Skating Oval, most of the interest has been on the machine sprinters and boxers.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Aug. 2026
As a teenager and young adult, Tae-ha had a bright future as one of South Korea’s best young boxers.

— Kayti Burt, Time, 7 Aug. 2026

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Kurdish civilians as well as SDF fighters were pushed out of areas seized in the offensive, although some of the displaced have now begun to return.

— Hogir al Abdo, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
The International Crisis Group estimates that some 5,000 foreign fighters remain under arms inside state forces.

— Jason M. Blazakis, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026

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