prizefighter
Noun
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A professional boxer (synset 110496662)
subtypes:
- featherweight - a professional boxer who weighs between 123 and 126 pounds
- heavyweight - a professional boxer who weighs more than 190 pounds
- cruiserweight, light heavyweight - a professional boxer who weighs between 169 and 175 pounds
- lightweight - a professional boxer who weighs between 131 and 135 pounds
- middleweight - a professional boxer who weighs between 155 and 160 pounds
- welterweight - a professional boxer who weighs between 141 and 147 pounds
specific instances:- ali, cassius clay, cassius marcellus clay, muhammad ali - United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942)
- corbett, gentleman jim, james john corbett, jim corbett - United States heavyweight boxing champion (1866-1933)
- dempsey, jack dempsey, manassa mauler, william harrison dempsey - United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion (1895-1983)
- charles liston, liston, sonny liston - United States prizefighter who lost his world heavyweight championship to Cassius Clay in 1964 (1932-1970)
- joe louis, joseph louis barrow, louis - United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion for 12 years (1914-1981)
- marciano, rocco marciano, rocky marciano - United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship in 1952 (1924-1969)
- ray robinson, robinson, sugar ray robinson, walker smith - United States prizefighter who won the world middleweight championship five times and the world welterweight championship once (1921-1989)
- gene tunney, james joseph tunney, tunney - United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship by defeating Jack Dempsey twice (1898-1978)
- michael gerald tyson, mike tyson, tyson - United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion (born in 1966)
same as: gladiator
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