boxer
- noun
- /ˈbɑːksər/
- My father was a boxer.
- an amateur boxer
- a professional boxer
- an American boxer
Who are the top three creator boxers right now?
- Who are the top three creator boxers right now?
- He's a YouTube content creator, entertainer, boxer, promoter, musician.
- I'm just letting you know, you know what a championship boxer looks like years later.
- The greatest boxers in the world took punches.
- We've got who Who is the boxer that has inspired you the most?
- He's boxed one boxer, Tommy Fury, and he lost.
- The way he can't get hit, the way professional boxers get tired and frustrated.
- And especially Jordy, I'm coming off fighting the greatest boxer ever, potentially.
- The guy, he's not a boxer, he has no experience.
Examples
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My first guest will be undefeated boxer Joko Zaggy.
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Joe Louis was the greatest boxer to ever live!
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I love him as a boxer, as a man.
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I hear he used to be a boxer in his younger days.
Fiction book (1994) -
Wow, We've only gone and got the greatest boxer of all time.
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Well, it's a pretty good trait for a boxer to have.
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He was a boxer, former boxer, whether it's amateur or professional.
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In classic sweet science lingo, Oscar was a boxer, not a brawler.
Academic text (2013) -
I was half-asleep, but Lee had his boxer's wits about him.
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As a promising young boxer, she trains every day to perfect her skills.
Synonyms
A boxer who fights for money
A person who hits people with their fist, often in boxing
A boxer who uses very hard punches to try to knock opponents out
A person who fights with their fists, often as a professional boxer
A fighter who hits opponents very hard, often a boxer
A trained person who fights in boxing matches for money
A person who fights with fists, like a boxer
A boxer who hits with very strong, heavy punches
A boxer who fights very close, using short punches and moving their body
How Professional
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Boxer for a fighter comes from the verb box meaning 'to fight with the fists' and the agent -er meaning 'one who does something', so a boxer is literally 'one who boxes'.