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Definition of prizefight in US English: prizefightnoun ˈpraɪzˌfaɪtˈprīzˌfītˈpraɪzˌfaɪt A boxing match fought for prize money. Example sentencesExamples - Moreover, he is often part of the broadcast teams at the major prizefights.
- The physical toll of a prizefight is often not apparent immediately following the contest.
- In ‘The Death of Benny Paret,’ Mailer describes a prizefight he witnessed where one boxer beats another to death in the ring.
- But in Maggie's fatal prizefight the German fighter hits her from behind after the bell has rung, and what happens next is pure accident.
- The most important prizefight in boxing's history would take place on Boxing's biggest stage - Madison Square Garden.
- The whole point of a debate - like a prizefight - is for somebody to win, and a pundit who declares a debate a draw is as worthless as the pundit who says ‘no comment’ to a direct question.
- Eric considers this phase of the research as similar to a prizefight.
- Like hitting the slot machine right and watching coins come spilling out, a major prizefight is similar in that regard.
- He grasped his hands together and shook them above his head as if in a title prizefight.
- With the fight less than a week away, as many as half the seats remain unsold, but when the television money comes in, it could still end up being the richest prizefight ever.
- During one prizefight in Nevada, the World deployed four-foot-tall puppets to illustrate the blows as they were transmitted by telegraph from ringside.
- Before the eating of chicken wings began around 8 a.m., 29 contestants made grand entrances with their entourages, as if this were a prizefight.
- He achieved recognition with the bravura Stag at Sharkey's (1907; Cleveland, Mus. of Art), a vivid representation of an illegal prizefight.
- A variant of the Gursky crowd scene, Klitschko depicts the scene of a prizefight in Germany.
- Last night nearly 5,000 people in Cardiff witnessed a massacre and not a prizefight.
- The project culminates in a Battle of the Bands that has all the hoopla of a Rocky prizefight.
Synonyms contest, fixture, match, game, event, trial, test, test match, meeting
Derivatives noun ˈpraɪzˌfaɪdərˈprīzˌfīdərˈpraɪzˌfaɪdər Seemingly as vibrant as the day he first stepped into the ring, this is one prizefighter who just cannot be broken. Example sentencesExamples - So since you have replaced your law career with a career as a prizefighter, do you have some other aspirations when you leave boxing?
- All three prizefighters were so naturally talented that they would've won Gold while boxing in blindfolds.
- The enterprises that endured and, quite frankly, thrived were those that exhibited the characteristics of the best prizefighters: stamina, agility, intelligence, and tenacity.
- I am a prizefighter who is willing to show all my best things in the ring.
noun ˈprʌɪzfʌɪtɪŋˈpraɪzˌfaɪdɪŋ If his radical Professional Boxing Act becomes law, it could significantly alter how prizefighting is conducted around the world. Example sentencesExamples - But prizefighting was not, in fact, a major avenue of social mobility.
- In its heyday, boxing was known as prizefighting, a sporting event that is rich in history and culture.
- The government's task was made more difficult by the fact that wealthy and influential colonists were among the most devoted followers of prizefighting.
- That said, modern boxing appears almost genteel alongside its prizefighting predecessor in which bareknuckled pugilists fought to exhaustion, with fights often lasting several hours.
Definition of prizefight in US English: prizefightnounˈprīzˌfītˈpraɪzˌfaɪt A boxing match fought for prize money. Example sentencesExamples - Before the eating of chicken wings began around 8 a.m., 29 contestants made grand entrances with their entourages, as if this were a prizefight.
- Eric considers this phase of the research as similar to a prizefight.
- During one prizefight in Nevada, the World deployed four-foot-tall puppets to illustrate the blows as they were transmitted by telegraph from ringside.
- But in Maggie's fatal prizefight the German fighter hits her from behind after the bell has rung, and what happens next is pure accident.
- Like hitting the slot machine right and watching coins come spilling out, a major prizefight is similar in that regard.
- Moreover, he is often part of the broadcast teams at the major prizefights.
- The most important prizefight in boxing's history would take place on Boxing's biggest stage - Madison Square Garden.
- With the fight less than a week away, as many as half the seats remain unsold, but when the television money comes in, it could still end up being the richest prizefight ever.
- Last night nearly 5,000 people in Cardiff witnessed a massacre and not a prizefight.
- In ‘The Death of Benny Paret,’ Mailer describes a prizefight he witnessed where one boxer beats another to death in the ring.
- The physical toll of a prizefight is often not apparent immediately following the contest.
- He grasped his hands together and shook them above his head as if in a title prizefight.
- A variant of the Gursky crowd scene, Klitschko depicts the scene of a prizefight in Germany.
- The whole point of a debate - like a prizefight - is for somebody to win, and a pundit who declares a debate a draw is as worthless as the pundit who says ‘no comment’ to a direct question.
- He achieved recognition with the bravura Stag at Sharkey's (1907; Cleveland, Mus. of Art), a vivid representation of an illegal prizefight.
- The project culminates in a Battle of the Bands that has all the hoopla of a Rocky prizefight.
Synonyms contest, fixture, match, game, event, trial, test, test match, meeting
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