Synonyms of prizefighter

prizefighter

noun

ˈprīz-ˌfī-tər 

as in boxer

one that engages in the sport of fighting with the fists

a prizefighter who is generally acknowledged to be one of the ring's most dangerous men

Synonyms & Similar Words

• boxer
• fighter
• gladiator
• pugilist
• pug
• slugger
• middleweight
• welterweight
• heavyweight
• bantamweight
• featherweight
• palooka
• lightweight
• flyweight
• light heavyweight
• cruiserweight
• stumblebum
• superheavyweight

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of prizefighter

Mustafa Fteja, 54, pleaded guilty in Brooklyn Federal Court Thursday to obstructing justice, admitting to playing a key role in the bribery plot, which threw Gogic’s trial into disarray and landed the prizefighter’s lawyer in the crosshairs of a federal investigation. — John Annese, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2026

Certainly, as too many prizefighters like the now-48-year-old and occasional exhibition-bout-fighting Floyd Mayweather have learned the hard way, not paying attention to the money and the purse has consequences above and beyond the fine print in or out of your prime. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2026

Ahead of New York’s mayoral election last month, a billboard for Polymarket in Times Square showed Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo face to face, but with their photos edited to give them bare chests, like prizefighters at a weigh-in. — Danny Funt, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025

Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson as Balrog Curtis Jackson, best known as 50 Cent, will play Balrog, the boxer initially modeled on real-life prizefighter Mike Tyson. — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Sep. 2025