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Alexander the Great

king of Macedon; conqueror of Greece and Egypt and Persia; founder of Alexandria (356-323 BC)

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)

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defender, withstander

a fighter who holds out against attack

boxer, pugilist

someone who fights with his fists for sport

brawler

a fighter (especially one who participates in brawls)

butter

a fighter who strikes the opponent with his head

fencer, swordsman

someone skilled at fencing

gladiator

(ancient Rome) a professional combatant or a captive who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat

gouger

an attacker who gouges out the antagonist's eye

gamecock, hell-kite, hell-rooster

someone who is a very fierce fighter

mauler

a fighter who batters the opponent

skirmisher

someone who skirmishes (e.g., as a member of a scouting party)

street fighter, tough

someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing

master, superior, victor

a combatant who is able to defeat rivals

grappler, matman, wrestler

combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground

bantamweight

an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 119 pounds

bantamweight

weighs 115-126 pounds

slogger, slugger

a boxer noted for an ability to deliver hard punches

conqueror, vanquisher

someone who is victorious by force of arms

featherweight

weighs 126-139 pounds

featherweight

an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 126 pounds

flyweight

an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 112 pounds

flyweight

weighs no more than 115 pounds

heavyweight

a wrestler who weighs more than 214 pounds

heavyweight

an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 201 pounds

junior featherweight

weighs no more than 122 pounds

junior lightweight

weighs no more than 130 pounds

junior middleweight

weighs no more than 154 pounds

junior welterweight

weighs no more than 140 pounds

light flyweight

an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 106 pounds

light heavyweight

a wrestler who weighs 192-214 pounds

light heavyweight

an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 179 pounds

light middleweight

an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 156 pounds

lightweight

a wrestler who weighs 139-154 pounds

lightweight

an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 132 pounds

light welterweight

an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 140 pounds

middleweight

a wrestler who weighs 172-192 pounds

middleweight

an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 165 pounds

gladiator, prizefighter

a professional boxer

puncher

someone who delivers punches

sparring mate, sparring partner

a boxer who spars with another boxer who is training for an important fight

palooka, stumblebum

a second-rate prize fighter

sumo wrestler

a wrestler who participates in sumo (a Japanese form of wrestling)

super heavyweight

an amateur boxer who weighs more than 201 pounds

welterweight

a wrestler who weighs 154-172 pounds

welterweight

an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 148 pounds

type of:

individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul

a human being