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prizefighter

DEFINITIONS OF: prizefighter

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n a professional boxer

Synonyms:
gladiator
Examples:
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Cassius Marcellus Clay
United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942)
James John Corbett
United States heavyweight boxing champion (1866-1933)
William Harrison Dempsey
United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion (1895-1983)
Charles Liston
United States prizefighter who lost his world heavyweight championship to Cassius Clay in 1964 (1932-1970)
Joseph Louis Barrow
United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion for 12 years (1914-1981)
Rocco Marciano
United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship in 1952 (1924-1969)
Sugar Ray Robinson
United States prizefighter who won the world middleweight championship five times and the world welterweight championship once (1921-1989)
James Joseph Tunney
United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship by defeating Jack Dempsey twice (1898-1978)
Michael Gerald Tyson
United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion (born in 1966)
Types:
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featherweight
a professional boxer who weighs between 123 and 126 pounds
heavyweight
a professional boxer who weighs more than 190 pounds
cruiserweight, light heavyweight
a professional boxer who weighs between 169 and 175 pounds
lightweight
a professional boxer who weighs between 131 and 135 pounds
middleweight
a professional boxer who weighs between 155 and 160 pounds
welterweight
a professional boxer who weighs between 141 and 147 pounds
Type of:
boxer, pugilist
someone who fights with his fists for sport
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