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Pugilist meaning
One who fights with their fists, especially a professional prize fighter; a boxer. | One who engages in rhetorical attacks, for himself or on behalf of another.
Example sentences (11)
Magic Knight has Heavy Rush, which can deal medium pierce damage, while Pugilist does the same with Power Thrust but also lowers the enemy’s defense.
Maiyegun’s death was confirmed on Monday in a Facebook post by Rudolfine F Soultan, who is believed to be a confidante of the late former pugilist.
The Taiwanese boxer and Alegrian pugilist Imane Khelif are the only two 'biological male' boxers to win medals in the history of the Olympics.
Before Christmas, Taylor was also recognised as the outstanding female pugilist of 2019 by the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA), whose separate awards are also coveted by fighters worldwide.
US based Ghanaian juvenile pugilist Joseph Awinonga Jnr. as part of efforts to support other young talents on Thursday donated boxing equipment and cash to two boxers in Accra.
The entourage talked up their pugilist during a press conference at the Palace building up to the fight about how his superior age (40) would be decisive come fight night.
The pugilist from Manipur said she also drew inspiration from action movies of Jackie Chan as well as fight sequences of Bollywood films starring Akshay Kumar and others initially.
But the Japanese pugilist skillfully avoided taking big blows from his opponent and landed counter punches to prevail on the score sheets.
WINDHOEK – It never rains but pours for Namibia’s veteran light heavyweight pugilist Wilberforce Shihepo, aka ‘Black Mamba’.
Casseux's pupil Charles Lecour was exposed to the English art of boxing when he witnessed an English boxing match in France between English pugilist Owen Swift and Jack Adams in 1838.
However, this was considered "unmanly" Anonymous ("A Celebrated Pugilist"), The Art and Practice of Boxing, 1825 and was frequently disallowed by additional rules negotiated by the Seconds of the Boxers.