prizefights

Noun

prizefight (plural prizefights)

1. A professional boxing match, in which two boxers compete for a prize (usually money).
   • “Regrettable though it may be, fighting is a basic human interest and previous attempts to outlaw professional boxers in other countries have failed to stamp out illegal prizefights,” the paper said in an editorial.1976 April 7, Ian Stewart, “Boxer's Death Stirs In in Australia”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 18 Sep 2024