boxer

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Smith says no boxer he has spoken to has ever taken the option to "top up" their insurance, and past attempts to create pensions were met with a lack of interest.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

"The World Boxing Medical Committee considered and evaluated the medical documentation presented and determined that the boxer was deemed to be female and eligible to compete in the female category," it said.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

I first heard his name at Anaheim High School in the mid-1990s and thought my teacher was talking about Julio Cesar Chavez, the famous Mexican boxer.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

They moved on to the titular boxer in "Creed," tormented by his father's legacy, and the villainous Killmonger of "Black Panther," traumatized by being an orphan in a racist world.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

Remember Terry Malloy, the tormented former boxer played by Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront?

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt