boxer
Other forms: boxers
Someone taking part in a sport in which two people punch each other with big padded gloves is a boxer. If you want to be a boxer, you'll need to build your arm strength and practice fast-moving footwork.
If you spend time training at a boxing gym, sparring in the ring with partners who dance around throwing jabs in your direction, you can call yourself a boxer. If your job involves putting things into cardboard boxes, you're another kind of boxer. A third meaning of this word is a smooth-coated, serious-faced breed of dog that's named for its habit of standing up and "boxing" with its paws when it plays with other dogs.
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someone who fights with fists for sport
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synonyms:
pugilist
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types:
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bantamweight
an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 119 pounds
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slogger, slugger
a boxer noted for an ability to deliver hard punches
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featherweight
an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 126 pounds
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flyweight
an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 112 pounds
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heavyweight
an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 201 pounds
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junior featherweight
weighs no more than 122 pounds
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junior lightweight
weighs no more than 130 pounds
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junior middleweight
weighs no more than 154 pounds
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junior welterweight
weighs no more than 140 pounds
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light flyweight
an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 106 pounds
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light heavyweight
an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 179 pounds
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light middleweight
an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 156 pounds
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lightweight
an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 132 pounds
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light welterweight
an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 140 pounds
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middleweight
an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 165 pounds
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gladiator, prizefighter
a professional boxer
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puncher
someone who delivers punches
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sparring mate, sparring partner
a boxer who spars with another boxer who is training for an important fight
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palooka, stumblebum
a second-rate prize fighter
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super heavyweight
an amateur boxer who weighs more than 201 pounds
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welterweight
an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 148 pounds
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featherweight
a professional boxer who weighs between 123 and 126 pounds
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heavyweight
a professional boxer who weighs more than 190 pounds
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cruiserweight, light heavyweight
a professional boxer who weighs between 169 and 175 pounds
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lightweight
a professional boxer who weighs between 131 and 135 pounds
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middleweight
a professional boxer who weighs between 155 and 160 pounds
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welterweight
a professional boxer who weighs between 141 and 147 pounds
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type of:
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battler, belligerent, combatant, fighter, scrapper
someone who fights (or is fighting)
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a workman employed to pack things into containers
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working man, working person, workingman, workman
an employee who performs manual or industrial labor
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working man, working person, workingman, workman
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a breed of stocky medium-sized short-haired dog with a brindled coat and square-jawed muzzle developed in Germany
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working dog
any of several breeds of usually large powerful dogs bred to work as draft animals and guard and guide dogs
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working dog
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