Prizefight
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Prizefight is a noun meaning A professional boxing match, in which two boxers compete for a prize (usually money).
Meaning
A professional boxing match, in which two boxers compete for a prize (usually money).
Example Sentences
At its heart, the story is fairly familiar from prizefight fiction, one of betrayal - and self-betrayal - in which a once-promising athlete confronts his failure.
“Regrettable though it may be, fighting is a basic human interest and previous attempts to outlaw professional boxers in other countries have failed to stamp out illegal prizefights,” the paper said in an editorial.
Word Forms
- prizefights
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include scrap, fight, bout, superfight, boxing, handy-fight.
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