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Prizefighting meaning
Professional boxing, in which two fighters compete for a prize.
Example sentences (3)
His breakout role came in 1949 when he played a self-absorbed boxer in "Champion," based on a Ring Lardner story of a restless young man who alienates those closest to him as he pursues a prizefighting career.
The father of four took up prizefighting at the age of 19 to support daughter Naieya, who was born with a rare and serious spina bifida condition.
Late 19th and early 20th centuries Through the late nineteenth century, the martial art of boxing or prizefighting was primarily a sport of dubious legitimacy.