prizefight

[ prahyz-fahyt ]

/ ˈpraɪzˌfaɪt /

a contest between boxers for a prize, a sum of money, etc.; a professional boxing match.

Origin of prizefight

First recorded in 1695–1705

prize·fight·er, noun prize·fight·ing, noun

She trained for Justine like a prizefighter trains for an opponent, studying her every decision from inside out.

Kirsten Dunst on 'Melancholia' and Lars von Trier |Richard Rushfield |November 11, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Like a thunderclap the prizefighter broke loose in a turbid stream of profanity.

Steve Yeager |William MacLeod Raine
The prizefighter was hastening towards us as fast as his bulk would allow.

Rodney Stone |Arthur Conan Doyle
A prizefighter or waterman used to commence his training with a liberal dose of physic.

Boating |W. B. Woodgate

In his haste to reach Los Robles before Yeager the prizefighter had ruined the horse he rode.

Steve Yeager |William MacLeod Raine
Yeager had no intention of letting Pasquale fix the conditions against him as he had against the prizefighter.

Steve Yeager |William MacLeod Raine

prizefight

/ (ˈpraɪzˌfaɪt) /

a boxing match for a prize or purse, esp one of the fights popular in the 18th and 19th centuries

prizefighter, noun prizefighting, noun