pugilist
Noun
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Someone who fights with his fists for sport (synset 109889614)
is a type of: battler, belligerent, combatant, fighter, scrapper - someone who fights (or is fighting)subtypes:
- bantamweight - an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 119 pounds
- slogger, slugger - a boxer noted for an ability to deliver hard punches
- featherweight - an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 126 pounds
- flyweight - an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 112 pounds
- heavyweight - an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 201 pounds
- junior featherweight - weighs no more than 122 pounds
- junior lightweight - weighs no more than 130 pounds
- junior middleweight - weighs no more than 154 pounds
- junior welterweight - weighs no more than 140 pounds
- light flyweight - an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 106 pounds
- light heavyweight - an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 179 pounds
- light middleweight - an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 156 pounds
- lightweight - an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 132 pounds
- light welterweight - an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 140 pounds
- middleweight - an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 165 pounds
- gladiator, prizefighter - a professional boxer
- puncher - someone who delivers punches
- sparring mate, sparring partner - a boxer who spars with another boxer who is training for an important fight
- palooka, stumblebum - a second-rate prize fighter
- super heavyweight - an amateur boxer who weighs more than 201 pounds
- welterweight - an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 148 pounds
same as: boxer
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