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prizefighter

noun

ˈprīz-ˌfī-tər

Definition of prizefighter

as in boxer

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 prizefighter Mustafa Fteja, 54, pleaded guilty in Brooklyn Federal Court Thursday to obstructing justice, admitting to playing a key role in the bribery plot, which threw Gogic’s trial into disarray and landed the prizefighter’s lawyer in the crosshairs of a federal investigation. — John Annese, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 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 Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson as Balrog Curtis Jackson, best known as 50 Cent, will play Balrog, the boxer initially modeled on real-life prizefighter Mike Tyson. — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for prizefighter

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Russ has a solid roster of people from different stretches of Tyson’s life, from childhood friends to gym partners to follow boxers to family members to several of the women who didn’t divorce him or accuse him of rape.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2026
The Ukrainian boxer and Olympic gold medalist has had full custody of their daughter since 2018.

— Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026

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Its design supports an air group of up to around 40 aircraft, including F-35B fighters and helicopters, depending on the operational configuration.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026
This reboot, directed by Kitao Sakurai and starring Noah Centineo and Andrew Koji, takes place in 1993 as two estranged fighters are recruited to enter a tournament that forces them to face off against each other.

— Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026

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