boxer
Example Sentences
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If a professional boxer loses a fight on purpose, it’s called a “dive” or “tanking” and it is illegal.
From Los Angeles Times
Hill’s father Virgil, a boxer, earned a silver medal at the 1984 Summer Games.
From Los Angeles Times
On its deck, a man lay sprawled like a boxer who’d lost a fight.
From Literature
During high school, his father, Noah Robinson, a former professional boxer, would sometimes go to the football field to watch Jesse play.
From Los Angeles Times
In Philadelphia: In “Rocky,” Sylvester Stallone’s character runs up the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s 72 steps as part of the boxer’s grueling training regimen.
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